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San Anselmo staff, MWPA and ecologists report early gains and management fixes from Soarich Park goat grazing program
Summary
Town staff and partners told the council that two years of monitoring show modest native-plant increases and no special-status species observed, while council members and residents pressed for firmer protections for trees, riparian zones and steeper slopes and asked staff to tighten a draft grazing work plan.
San Anselmo town staff and partner agencies presented a multi-year review of goat and sheep grazing used for wildfire fuel reduction in Soarich Park, describing modest ecological gains alongside operational lessons to protect trees and riparian areas.
The staff report, introduced by public works staff Sean, outlined a program the town has deployed intermittently since 2018 and that cost roughly $13,600 for grazing and $14,700 for vegetation monitoring in 2025. "This project is CEQA exempt under CEQA guidelines section 15304, class 4, and section 15301, class 1, as documented in the NOE filed on 05/31/2023," staff said while noting the town filed a notice of exemption in 2023.
Jacob Dadman, vegetation-management specialist with the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, framed grazing as part of a layered wildfire-prevention approach: "Goat grazing has a really unique ability to efficiently remove what…
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