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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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Goats return to Reagan Library to eat and create a firebreak
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Goats return to Reagan Library to eat and create a firebreak
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) More than 350 goats are using their mouths to help protect The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum from wildfire danger.
The herd returned this week to eat brush around the institution’s campus in the Southern California community of Simi Valley.
The goats create a firebreak between the natural vegetation and the facility, library spokeswoman Melissa Giller told the Ventura County Star.
Goats were credited with helping keep the library safe from a wildfire in 2019.
Goats return to Reagan Library to eat and create a firebreak
May. 07, 2021 at 1:00 pm
More than 350 goats are using their mouths to help protect The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum from wildfire danger.
The herd returned this week to eat brush around the institution’s campus in the Southern California community of Simi Valley.
The goats create a firebreak between the natural vegetation and the facility, library spokeswoman Melissa Giller told the Ventura County Star.
Goats were credited with helping keep the library safe from a wildfire in 2019.
“During the huge fires a year and a half ago, many of the firefighters who were battling the fire that came within feet of the library said that it was the perimeter created by the goats that allowed them to fight the fire and stop it from getting onto our campus,” Giller said.
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – More than 350 goats are using their mouths to help protect The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum from wildfire danger.
The herd returned this week to eat brush around the institution’s campus in the Southern California community of Simi Valley.
The goats create a firebreak between the natural vegetation and the facility, library spokeswoman Melissa Giller told the Ventura County Star.
Goats were credited with helping keep the library safe from a wildfire in 2019.
“During the huge fires a year and a half ago, many of the firefighters who were battling the fire that came within feet of the library said that it was the perimeter created by the goats that allowed them to fight the fire and stop it from getting onto our campus,” Giller said.