Country Road 112 may have seen its most heavily-trafficked day yet. However, the traffic did not come from cars, but from goats. On a recent dewey fall morning, Lani Malmberg and her son, Donny Benz, co-owners of Goat Green LLC, ran 800 goats down the road to load them into trailers. “Now, in this area, we’re hoping to prevent wildfires like that and also prevent mudslides. Goats stand on their hind legs to eat, so they eat and clear from nine feet up to the ground of the fire-fuel ladder. In the process, they recycle the plant material through their guts”-Lani Malmberg
feature story photographed for the Sopris Sun
