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Thank you Dan!!
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> On Jun 16, 2021, at 6:45 PM, Dan Fox <DFox@diamondbarca.gov> wrote:
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> Thank you Peter. Will add it to the files and note for the record.
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> From: Peter Rogers <photomayor@gmail.com>
> Date: 6/16/21 6:18 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov>
> Subject: Fwd: Tres Hermanos Ranch Vision Suggestion
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> Here is a letter sent to me.
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> From: Peter Rogers <progers@chinohills.org>
> Date: June 16, 2021 at 8:47:34 AM PDT
> To: Peter Rogers <photomayor@gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Tres Hermanos Ranch Vision Suggestion
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> From: M Taber <mariept@yahoo.com>
> Date: June 15, 2021 at 9:58:36 PM PDT
> To: Peter Rogers <progers@chinohills.org>
> Subject: Tres Hermanos Ranch Vision Suggestion
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> Good Evening Peter,
> I read the article about the upcoming meeting of the Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority and I have a concept for it's future use.
> Currently sheep and goats are brought in to mitigate weeds on Tres Hermanos. I propose that we house resident goats on the property. The use of goats for brush control is surging
and our ranch is the perfect setting to exploit this new trend. We can offer a lease to a business and allow them to raise goats for weed abatement in the area as the primary use. They
could also use goats for secondary businesses: meat, milk, cheese, etc.
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> The Positives:
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> The use of goats promotes land restoration
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> Good for the watershed
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> Environmentally healthy
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> Wildfire risk reduction (lower insurance premiums, cleaner air)
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> Allows for other uses later on
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> Minimal infrastructure needs (A barn, some fencing)
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> Low water use
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> Opportunities:
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> -Collaboration with Cal Poly Pomona’s world-class Department of Animal and Veterinary Science to create an extension for goat husbandry onsite would preserve our local ranching heritage.
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> -Grants (eg: Cal Fire- Fire Prevention Grants; California Fire Foundation Grants; Farming Grants, etc.)
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> -“Goat Days” - An opportunity to highlight the enterprise. (Think of Upland’s Lemon Festival)
> Thank you for all of your hard work,
> Marie Taber
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> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has been using and managing fire safely and cost-effectively since the ...
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> This article includes a Chino resident who currently hires his goats out.
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