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Regenerative Fire Mitigation with Goats

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Fire Mitigation

Wildfires are not just natural, but actually a part of the cycle that this planet is based off of! We NEED fires!

It is not a question of IF but WHEN

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A Fire is Not a Fire is Not a Fire

Healthy/ “Cool” Burn

Unhealthy/”Hot” Burn

Why? Poorly managed land!

Solution? Grazing!

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Bring in the Goats!

Grazing as Fire Mitigation

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Bring in the Goats!

  • Reducing ladder fuels
  • Regenerative Fire Defense
  • “Teaching” oak how to grow
    • Canopies
    • Water Retention

Benefits

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Bring in the Goats!

Grazing as Fire Mitigation

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Bring in the Goats!

Grazing as Fire Mitigation

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Aftermath

Effects of Long-Term Livestock Grazing on Fuel Characteristics in the Rangelands: An Example From the Sagebrush Steppe by Davies et al. (2009)

The Study

  • Plots of grazed and ungrazed land
  • Biologically identical plots
  • 10 years of grazing
  • Healthy burn vs “Hot” burn

Future of prescribed burns?

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THANKS

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