Bolder, Colorado (KDVR) – a new crowd arrived at Bolder – but they are not here to stay. More than 100 cows are now sponsoring an open space near the Dakota Ridge neighborhood as part of the project to reduce the outfit fires led by the city.
The Fire Buller rescue section uses the herd to reduce the fuel of the wildfire by allowing the livestock to eat the grass that poses a fire. It is a welcome scene for neighbors.
“The full side of the mountain has caught fire and they were trying to evacuate everyone,” said Dennis Maslanka, a resident of Bulder for a long time.
After watching these fires, she was ready to leave within a moment.
“Live on the open space is really great,” said Masonica. “But being very close to the combustible materials is a little concern.”
So 104 new guests in her backyard bring a welcome feeling of comfort.
“We make the space more flexible by creating a kind of land exchanged on the grass,” said Jimmy Parker, the Bulader Fire Resue General Information Officer. “And some grass does not exist because they eat it.”
Parker says 9 acres of dry dry dry grass surrounding the Dakota Ridge neighborhood is an ideal fuel for forest fires. The cows, in theory, will eat as much as possible during the next week and cut them perfectly to about six inches. Parker says that this will slow down the potential fire effect, without the need for large gaps or chemical sprays.
“We are trying to balance between the need for safety and security from the dangers of fires in the wildness of the needs of our ecological systems and the best way to interact with the earth,” Parker said.
Livestock will sponsor through an area with an area of nine acres until October 6, and circulate in sections from two to three acres. The goal is to reduce the height of the grass to about six inches, which may help slow the spread of the fire – without the need for chemicals or heavy machines.
Cows come thanks to a partnership with local livestock breeders, and will move throughout the region in sections of 2 or three acres until October 6.
“In order to graze these cows here and livestock, it is so great that they will go down these herbs,” said Masonica.
The experimental program is part of the city’s broader fire reduction strategy, which also includes cutting and mitigating forests and infrastructure