Coming Baa-ack

The din of protest was almost deafening when goat owners Ricky and Stacie Baker announced in mid-July that they would no longer put goats on Lake Martin’s Goat Island. The Bakers’ Facebook post spread quickly, and disappointed Goat Island visitors offered to help. The grassroots effort worked, as at the end of the month, the Bakers reversed the decision and announced that the beloved goatherd would return next year.

“The overwhelming support that we had from the lake community – it just poured out. All these people were willing to help,” said Ricky Baker. “It had been a tough decision to take them away anyway, so it was nice to see the support that we were getting. With all of that, we decided that we would push through it.”