In an innovative approach to wildfire prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is enlisting the help of hundreds of sheep to graze in the Arrowhawk Fuels Reduction Project area near Reno’s Arrowcreek Community.
This initiative, which kicked off Monday, April 28, is part of a proactive fire mitigation program.
The sheep, under the care of herders from the Borda Land and Sheep Company in Gardnerville, Nevada, will graze across approximately 1,500 acres each year within the Thomas Creek and Whites Creek watersheds, located north of Timberline Road…