![]() “We always carried backpacks of water in case something flared up.” Sheep herder Hector Quispealaya Ricse works near the Walnut Creek BART Station in an undated photo. “Using heavy machinery poses a high risk of fire, too,” said BART Fence and Irrigation Technician Josh Soltero. The four-legged fire suppressors are considered more beneficial than human crews because they’re more agile and can more easily clear rough terrain, they cost less and don’t use fume-spewing gas-powered mechanical equipment, according to BART. “BART has been using goats for a while now, meaning there’s more fine grasses and less brush now,” said Mike Canaday, owner of Living Systems Land Management, the Fresno County company that provides the herds. We always carried backpacks of water in case something flared up.” Josh Soltero, BART Fence and Irrigation Technician, on benefits of using animals in weed control “Using heavy machinery poses a high risk of fire, too. The goats first made their appearance two years ago and have been replaced by sheep because of the different types of plants the animals prefer - sheep like to eat grasses and short roughage, while goats tend to go for taller woody plants, BART officials said. The sheep, like the goats before them, are employed to devour dried vegetation on BART property in order to reduce the fuels that could feed wildfires. ![]() The BART bestiary expanded by one species this year when a flock of sheep took over fire mitigation duties previously held by their goat cousins, transit agency officials announced this week. ![]()
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