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San Clemente resident briefs committee on pilot goat‑grazing fuel‑reduction project at Hermosa Sports Park
Summary
A resident who runs a pilot livestock grazing program described results, community outreach, and operational learnings from using goats, a donkey guardian and targeted grazing to reduce fire fuels on city slopes.
Mike Kaye, a San Clemente resident and the presenter, updated the committee on a pilot project using livestock — primarily goats — to reduce brush and invasive plants on steep slopes near Hermosa Sports Park.
Kaye said the pilot was conceived as a fuel‑reduction exercise and has demonstrated the goats’ ability to reduce fire fuel loads without chemicals or large hand crews. He described operational practices intended to reduce negative impacts reported in earlier regional trials: the goats are kept…
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