A novel EU program called the Life Landscape Fire Project is using hungry mountain goats to fight wildfires before they even begin.
A combination of controlled fires and goat grazing is helping to reduce plant cover that can dry up in summer and fuel the rapid spread of blazes.
21 years of NASA satellite data shows severe blazes have more than doubled in frequency since 2003 and the six most extreme years since records began have come since 2017.
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2u7k7bs3
#Wildlife #Fires #Nature
A combination of controlled fires and goat grazing is helping to reduce plant cover that can dry up in summer and fuel the rapid spread of blazes.
21 years of NASA satellite data shows severe blazes have more than doubled in frequency since 2003 and the six most extreme years since records began have come since 2017.
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2u7k7bs3
#Wildlife #Fires #Nature