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All signs point to a dangerous wildfire season here in Southern California, so prevention efforts such as clearing brush are well underway.
At the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, that work is being handled, at least in part, by hundreds of goats.
“They eat all the brush and vegetation and plants around the entire perimeter of the library,” said Melissa Giller, a spokeswoman for the Reagan Library.
The clearing then creates a fire break around the museum, which firefighters credit for saving the library when the Easy Fire surrounded the building in 2019.
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More than 350 goats were tasked with munching on 13 acres of brush on the campus of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Southern California.
The goats, which arrived Monday, are expected to spend two weeks cleaning up the brush near the library to help prevent fire hazards.
The goats are part of a partnership the library has with the Ventura County Fire Department, library spokeswoman Melissa Giller told the
Washington Examiner. Before the goats came about six years ago, fire crews would clear the brush by hand. It is a tremendous program the goats need to eat, so why not have them come eat the brush to create a fire break perimeter around various properties? Giller said.
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