Glendale’s Brand Park drew audience as 300 goats chomped up tasty brush - LA Daily News

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The Glendale Fire Department prepared for the upcoming wildfire peak season, traditionally October through December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to get to work eating up grass and other vegetation in the city’s Brand Park at the base of the Verdugo Mountains.

The brush clearance effort around the city’s popular park on Saturday, July 29, was handled by Fire Grazers Inc., whose goats were hired for the third year in a row for the tasty job.

The media was invited to a morning press conference with Glendale Fire Department Chief Tim Ernst, Glendale Fire Department’s Vegetation Management Inspector Patty Mundo, and the “trip” of goats — the alternate word for a group of goats, by the way.

• Goats eat up the dry brush as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• Goats eat up the dry brush as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• Parents and kids check out the goat petting area as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• Goats eat up the dry brush as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• Parents and kids check out the goat petting area as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• People check out goats as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• Goats eat up the dry brush as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

• People check out goats as the Glendale Fire Department preparing for the upcoming wildfire peak season, usually October-December, by hiring a herd of more than 300 goats to go to work eating grass and dried brush in a brush area in Brand Park in Glendale CA/USA, Saturday July 29, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

The company’s goats are free-ranged their entire lives, according to its website, and they gobble down invasive plant species and brush including poison oak. The company gives a free estimate for those interested in hiring the goats, but they require a minimum of five acres to take the job.

They aren’t alone in this down to earth business. Goat crews operate across the mountainous areas in Southern California, clearing brush that grew particularly thick this year following heavy rains and atmospheric rivers in the winter and spring months. In June, the Reagan Library drew an audience of delighted visitors who watched dozens of goats clean up its hilly property in Simi Valley.

Brand Park is a 31-acre park at the base of the Verdugo Mountains at 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. 818-548-4814. Details about the park, tinyurl.com/46wjf4pp

Information on Fire Grazers: Michael Choi, 310-465-9727. Email: vishnu@goatsrock.com. Facebook: tinyurl.com/5dk64ban. goatsrock.com

Glendale Fire Department, www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/fire-department

Glendale Fire Department’s Vegetation Management and Brush Abatement, tinyurl.com/ydxus3zp

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