Plant-eating goats help maintain, protect Novato property

Matt Dolkas - MALT

By Matt Dolkas, Senior Manager, Marketing

July 15, 2024

Matt Dolkas, of West Novato, naturally has concerns about potential wildfires that could affect the 20-acre property he co-owns with his wife, Kate, and his parents, Dave and Karen.

He has a secret weapon, though, or rather nine of them: a herd of ready-to-go weed-eating goats that regularly reduce the wildfire fuel on his acreage.

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