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    • Silviculture
    • Coastal Resilience
    • Coastal Biochar Solutions
    • Kelp
    • Biochar
    • Haskap Berries
    • Goats
    • Safety
    • Firesmart Goatkeeping
    • Pasture Restoration
    • Carolinian Conservation
    • Trident Sustainable FPI
  • Silviculture
  • Coastal Resilience
  • Coastal Biochar Solutions
  • Kelp
  • Biochar
  • Haskap Berries
  • Goats
  • Safety
  • Firesmart Goatkeeping
  • Pasture Restoration
  • Carolinian Conservation
  • Trident Sustainable FPI

Goat Brushing in Forestry

Goats control Vegetation & Deciduous trees

Goats control Vegetation & Deciduous trees

Goats control Vegetation & Deciduous trees

Goats completely defoliate and girdle this stand of young aspen trees.

     Goats prefer to browse on herbaceous vegetation and deciduous trees, this clears out the lower canopy allowing crop trees to compete during the growing season.  Goats will defoliate and girdle deciduous trees like alder, aspen and poplar,  sapping the energy from these trees making  it harder for them to survive the winter.  

Goats Fertilize the Forest Stand

Goats control Vegetation & Deciduous trees

Goats control Vegetation & Deciduous trees

Former corral site with rushed hectare in background.

     Fertilization is a recognized Forest Carbon Initiative activity that will increase carbon sequestration and tree performance.  Goats brush and fertilize at the same time; biologically processing  hazardous vegetation back into the soil. This increases soil biomass (carbon) and biological activity to make the landscape more resilient and productive.

Goats reduce fire hazard with kinetic energy

Goats dimple the landscape and improve water retention

Goats dimple the landscape and improve water retention

     Finally the goats are delivering a tremendous amount of renewable, kinetic energy to forest floor, our 190 goats (12 000+lbs) are constantly trampling and degrading dry surface fuels, which reduce the fire hazard and speed their decomposition back into the soil.

Goats dimple the landscape and improve water retention

Goats dimple the landscape and improve water retention

Goats dimple the landscape and improve water retention

     Goats cover the landscape, on hills and slopes with millions of little hoof prints that create a dimpling effect.  When it rains water is trapped in these little pools and is less able to "Run-off".  This dimpling effect improves the ability of the soil to retain water.

2020 Year in Review

Utilizing Goat Brushing to achieve Free to Grow Status

Goats Brushing in forestry.

BC Timber Goats

In 2020 BC Timber Goats completed a contract targeting deciduous species like aspen, alder and poplar for Pacific BioEnergy, in the Bobtail Forest  Area.  Click the link below to check out our project on CKPG!

Check out our project on CKPG!

  BC Timber Goats respectfully acknowledges it is located on the unceded traditional territory of  Wei Wai Kum Kwiakah and K'ómoks First Nation First Nations.


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