The Goats Are on Board

 

Approximately 500 goats arrived recently at one of our valve lots in Redwood City, where they had ample water and all the summer weeds they could eat after what can be a trying journey by truck and trailer. The enclosed site was soon devoid of any overgrowth there, and the new hands were ready for the next couple of weeks along the Right of Way.

The herd is brought in every year to assist with vegetation management along a stretch of hilly terrain in Redwood City that’s inaccessible to our mowing equipment. They’ll be there for the next week or so.

As in past years, our human crews have been using mowers and string cutters to cut the weeds along the rest of of our Right of Way—approximately 30 miles in San Mateo County—and we expect to be done by early July at the latest. 

The crews will return later in the summer, where needed, to deal with other late-season weeds, and to trim along fence lines and around valves of other appurtenances. 

Our annual vegetation control program begins every spring as soon as the ground is dry enough for the mowing equipment.