Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for an illuminating conversation with Eric Czaja, a US Army Special Forces Major who’s leading Monterey California’s Naval Postgraduate School’s Regenerative Grazing Open Air Lab (R-GOAL) on 2,500 acres at Camp San Luis Obispo, CA.
The cattle grazing operation is a model for potential expansion across 26 million-acres under the management of the Department of Defense.
Using Adaptive Multi-Paddock grazing, the project leverages variable stock densities to reduce fuel loads preventing wildfires, while revitalizing training areas, enhancing warfighter proficiency and simultaneously improving water infiltration.
R-GOAL establishes baseline metrics, with ongoing evaluations to demonstrate scalability and operational benefits. Unlocking the full potential of regenerative grazing on DoD installations offers immense opportunities-- strengthening the warfighter, enhancing military training lands, while delivering long-term benefits for military readiness, and local communities across vast, untapped acres.
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