Goatapelli Foundation

Skills, knowledge & confidence to restore land with grazing.

Courses & Trainings

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Online Intro Course >>

A combination of live group discussions and pre-recorded webinars that will introduce you to key concepts essential for working with goats or operating a targeted goat grazing business—covering topics such as herd management, tactics for wildfire and invasive plant control, and contracting fundamentals.

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In-Person Workshops >>

One- or two-day in-person workshops focused on temporary electric fencing, land stewardship, and/or herd and dog management. These short courses provide hands-on instruction and can serve as an introduction or help experienced graziers elevate and refine their professional grazing skills and knowledge.

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Intensive Field Training >>

A vetted, in-the-field trial (2+ weeks) for individuals seeking work in goat grazing or growing a service business. Field training depends on land partnerships and may be available only at certain times of year. Completion of the Goatapelli online intro course is required before enrolling; space is limited and offered seasonally.
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Procurement & Continuing Education >>

Designed for public- and private-sector land managers, this course teaches procurement strategies, contract requirements, and evaluation methods to secure high-quality grazing services for wildfire mitigation, invasive plant control, and landscape restoration.

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Custom Team Training >>

Want to build your team’s knowledge or sharpen practical skills? Our customized virtual or in-person trainings focus on the topics that matter most to your goals, giving corporate, nonprofit, and private land managers practical tools they can apply immediately.

Targeted goat grazing for wildfire prevention

Wildfire costs are rising. Skilled goat graziers are in demand.

The need for trained goat graziers has never been greater. As wildfires grow more destructive each year—and insurance cancellations rise—goats offer a proven, natural solution for reducing hazardous fuels and restoring landscapes. But success depends on skilled operators at the lead. This course equips you with the hands-on training and knowledge to step into that role, prevent wildfires, protect communities, and meet the rising demand. Why grazing skills matter.

Targeted goat grazing for wildfire prevention

Why Goats?

Fire Mitigation

Goats cut wildfire risk, breaking fuel ladders, recycling fire tinder in place, and restoring land without chemicals or machines.

Land Management

Goats control invasive plants, recycle nutrients, restore soil and ecosystems—an adaptive solution for any landscape.

Soil Health

Goats build healthy soil—fertilizing, reseeding, restoring balance, and regenerating living systems below ground surface and up.

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“Goats provide educational and entertainment value beyond their ecological services. Nobody stops to watch mowing or herbicide spraying, but we had 1,000+ people come outside their offices on one job, asking what the goats were up to. It became an opportunity for us to share more about the fire mitigation project.”

Donny Benz, Co-founder of the Goatapelli Foundation and Owner of Goat Green LLC, a goat grazing business specializing in land restoration, fire and weed mitigation, erosion control, oilfield reclamation, reseeding, and brush management.

“There needs to be 1,000 of us with 1,000 head each working the land right now. I believe that preventing, rather than simply fighting, fires will save money and lives. The key to making that switch may well be more hooves on the ground.”

Lani Malmberg, Co-founder of the Goatapelli Foundation, former owner of Goat Green LLC and past Board Member of Beyond Pesticides, has been herding for nearly three decades.

"Goats go where machines can’t, use less water than cattle, eat plants toxic to other livestock, and help reduce herbicides in the soil. We need more people to start using them to manage vegetation on public lands.”

Kristy Wallner, a Silt-based rangeland management specialist with the Bureau of Land Management. BLM contracted the herd to clear brush from the slopes of Glenwood Canyon.

"With herd diversity in mind, Goatapelli came to TomKat Ranch to graze their goats around fire-sensitive structures with exemplary results reducing fire risk and promoting ecosystem health.”

Mark Biaggi, TomKat Ranch.