This is one of those nice stories where goats save the day.
It came from a 10/30/2019 USA today article
Here is the link to the article
www.usatoday.com/…
Here is an excerpt.
As a fast-growing wildfire scorched a corner of Simi Valley, California, flames came within a few feet of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and an unlikely hero may have saved the day.
The structure was threatened but undamaged Wednesday morning by the so-called Easy Fire. Goats that grazed on vegetation near the property are partially to thank for why the building remains standing.
Library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said the Ventura County Fire Department brings hundreds of goats every May to eat the brush around the perimeter of the library to create a fire break.
It looks like this practice of having goats eat the brush around the library may have helped save the library from the fire.Obviously, the firefighters had a big part in saving the library as well. We will probably need to find additional ways to co-exist with nature to not only preserve a building but to also preserve our planet.
In spite of daily reminders of climate change (worse fires in California), we still have politicians that are ignoring this issue, so I will include a poll concerning that issue.
Kudos to the goats and fire-fighters.