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San Clemente resident outlines goat‑grazing pilot and commercial bid to reduce hill fuel loads
Summary
Michael Kaye presented a city‑supported pilot using goats, sheep and a guard donkey to reduce fire fuels in steep canyons; he said the animals have been kept offsite overnight, the pilot is three months, and he has filed a $585,000 commercial bid to widen the practice to homeowners associations.
Michael Kaye, a San Clemente resident and volunteer with experience in post‑fire recovery, told the Public Safety Committee that a pilot project to use livestock — primarily goats — has been operating near Hermosa Sports Park to reduce flammable ground cover and control invasive species.
“I'm trying to evolve that into a commercially viable business,” Kaye said, describing a recent $585,000 commercial bid he submitted to an HOA and the operational details of the pilot.
Kaye described his approach as targeted and adaptive: goats are rotated across roughly one‑acre pastures, he said, and a group of about 20 goats will clear an acre in about three days. The animals are enclosed overnight in…
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