The Water Board looked into bringing in heavy machinery to clear the banks, but the slopes were too steep. At the Loudonville Reservoir, the water is ready to drink and needs to be protected rather than filtered.
Walsh said wildlife environments are encouraged in other Water Board properties, such as the 5,000 acres surrounding the Alcove and Basic Creek reservoirs, where forests help filter and clean the water. The goats also eat small trees, improving sight lines to the reservoir and keeping decaying leaves from the drinking water. Their waste will be diverted by a drainage ditch surrounding the reservoir, the city said. The Heather Ridge Farm goats will protect the water quality at the reservoir, which contains 212 million gallons of drinking water, Walsh said, by eating the overgrowth that is habitat for wildlife such as woodchucks and birds that leave waste behind.Ī pen with a solar-powered electric fence will prevent the goats from getting to the water. In July, nearly three dozen sheep and goats were trucked in from SUNY Cobleskill to graze in a pesticide-free section of Vale Cemetery in Schenectady. Water Board Forester Amy Walsh, who helped set up project, said goats have been used by San Francisco's Water Department, the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., and at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.
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