Santa Cruz neighborhood group launches ‘Goat Fund Me’ to reduce fire fuels

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The Highland community aims to hire a tribe of 400 goats, and needs to raise $6,000

SANTA CRUZ — After years of trying to reduce fire fuels in a steep ravine filled with overgrown vegetation and facing roadblocks, Santa Cruz’s Highland Firewise community realized there was one method worth exploring — goat grazing..

By HANNAH HAGEMANN | hhagemann@santacruzsentinel.com | Santa Cruz Sentinel

PUBLISHED: May 11, 2021 at 5:01 p.m. | UPDATED: May 12, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

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Shielding itself from the warm afternoon sun a kid stands on the branch of a tree growing along Lagoon Valley Road in April in Vacaville. The young goat is part of a large herd that is currently doing weed abatement in the open space near Lagoon Valley Regional Park.(Joel Rosenbaum — The Reporter file)

Shielding itself from the warm afternoon sun a kid stands on the branch of a tree growing along Lagoon Valley Road in April in Vacaville. The young goat is part of a large herd that is currently doing weed abatement in the open space near Lagoon Valley Regional Park.(Joel Rosenbaum — The Reporter file)

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