Goats are being used to prevent wildfires in the Sierra Nevada

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Grazing goats are being utilized to assistance mitigate wildfire successful the forests of Fresno County.

A herd of astir 100 goats were hired by the electrical institution Southern California Edison this summertime to graze the forests adjacent Shaver Lake.

The electrical institution says it employs the goats to devour brushwood arsenic a earthy method of reducing hazardous vegetation and lowering the wildfire hazard successful the Sierra Nevada.

The herd roams 26 acres of land, clearing and successfully protecting the country astir Southern California Edison’s transmission and organisation lines.

According to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, goats volition devour astir 3% of their assemblage value successful adust substance per day, meaning the mean 100-pound goat would devour astir 12 pounds of greenish brushwood daily.