The Washington Post | Cathy Free. Lani Malmberg rounds up her goats on June 19 near Eaton, Colo., for a trip to another job site. They have an appetite for the kind of vegetation that makes up the fire ladder,’ said Lani Malmberg, who manages goat herds and teaches...
National Geographic | Chris Iovenko. Goats have a well-deserved reputation as one of the planet’s most voracious and rugged herbivores. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that goats are increasingly being recruited to help reduce the fuel load in the wildfire-stricken American...
Colorado Media | Chancy J. Gatlin. Spring Valley Ranch community brings in 1,200 goats to clear brush The northern Elizabeth area has adopted a natural approach to fire mitigation this year. Instead of plowing down the tall grasses to reduce the risk of brush fires,...
Pacific Research Institute | Kerry Jackson The New York Times calls them an “unconventional weapon against future wildfires.” Some are known as “Fire Grazers.” To most of us, though, they’re just goats. But they provide a valuable service: eating the “type of...
Sholeh Patrick | News Network Not far from us is a home on a couple of acres. They must rent out goats because over the years, we’ve seen anywhere from zero to a couple of dozen munching on their grass. I wondered if large property owners might find these hooved...
New York Times | Coral Murphy Marcos Unconventional Weapon Against Future Wildfires: Goats In Silverthorne, Colo., as her herd of goats grazes along a bucolic hillside, Lani Malmberg wonders how much more the land can take. In 2020, Colorado experienced the largest...
Lani Malmberg and her goats can be seen throughout cities, towns, and countrysides in the Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Texas and surrounding areas.
Her work is an inspirational example of successful pesticide-free weed control management.
County weed and pest departments and local conservation districts interested in more information using goats for alternative weed control solutions, contact us.
