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WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO FEEL LIKE AN ADULT 1 THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME OF MONOPOLY EVER PLAYED
WHY REAL CONFIDENCE TAKES TIME AND EFFORT 2
THE REAL LESSONS BEHIND YOUR FIRST JOB
CHOCOLATE-COVERED BANANA BROWNIES 3 COMPANY ENLISTS GOATS TO REDUCE RISK OF WILDFIRES 4
Goats on the Job in Colorado HOOVED HELPERS WARD OFF WILDFIRES
When a Colorado wildfire threatened one of Lockheed Martin’s plants last summer, the big defense contractor decided they needed better fire protection measures.
facility near Littleton. Five firefighters were injured battling the blaze, which forced the evacuation of 600 homes and put thousands of Colorado residents on edge.
So, the company called in an unlikely emergency workforce — a battalion of 1,200 grazing goats.
Goat Green has contracted with parks, government agencies, municipalities, farms, ranches, and private
Lockheed contracted Goat Green, a local Colorado company, to put its herd of hungry Cashmere goats to work clearing 98 acres of wilderness terrain near the company’s worksite, which includes a $350 million satellite-manufacturing facility. The terrain is too steep and hazardous for machine clearing or human crews, but it posed little challenge to the goats. Their mission: to eliminate fuel for future fires and clear paths for firefighters, if needed. The goats could mow down an acre of land dense with plants and underbrush in a day, eliminating invasive vegetation and reducing the terrain to a nearly level, trimmed surface. The goats’ work also prevents overgrowth near powerlines, where fires often start.
land owners across 15 states to provide low-tech clearing services. The company’s workforce consists of 1,500 Cashmere goats native to the Himalayas and comfortable in cold, dry temperatures. Unlike most domestic goats destined for the slaughterhouse early in life, Goat Green’s employees work for about 12 years for as many as 265 days a year. Kids are born on the worksites and learn to eat a wide range of weeds and forage as adolescents. These goats even have a retirement plan: After losing their teeth, they live out their final days in peace on a ranch. After a dozen wildfires in the last 10 years in the Littleton area, residents are bracing for another wildfire season. The area is a little bit safer this year, however, thanks to the goats. As one regional fire-protection official said on Facebook, “These goats are a wonderful partner to us.”
Lockheed embraced this unusual fire-protection strategy after last year’s 580- acre Quarry Fire came within a mile of the company’s Waterton aerospace
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