Sawyer D’Argonne | Daily Summit Wildfire risk mitigation is a frequent topic of conversation in Summit County. County and U.S. Forest Service officials are constantly looking to the next hazardous fuels reduction project in hopes of creating effective firebreaks...
Medium.com Goats munch on flammable vegetation and create buffer zones In 2019, goats saved the Ronald Regan Presidential Library in California from being burned down in the season’s wildfire. A few months before, goats had devoured the flammable undergrowth around...
The Denver Post | John Meyer Goats: Four-legged weed-whackers devour noxious plants while improving the condition of the soil Goat herder Alexi Wattis watches over some 200 goats and their kids at Standley Lake Regional Park and Wildlife Refuge in Westminster,...
June 9, 2021 CNBC’s The News with Shepard Smith discusses fighting wildfires with goats as severe droughts and wildfires rise in the Western United States. Brewer speaks with ranch owners who work with the animals to talk about how the goats consume vegetation and how...
April 30, 2021 | Celia Hoffman TomKat Ranch Hires Goats for Fire Mitigation On April 6, about 850 goats arrived and immediately started grazing up the brush-filled hill behind the main barn and around the ranch buildings to create a fire break. Lani Malmberg explains...
April 30, 2021 | Kelli Bender | TomKat Ranch Fire Fighting Goats Deployed at TomKat Ranch TomKat Ranch has teamed up with Goatapelli and their herd of 26th generation “browsers” (animals that prefer brush, weeds, and woody matter to grass) to remove dry, parched...
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.
