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Mountain Goat Survey
11/14/11
Management Goal: •Maintain a sustainable mountain goat population that:
1) Meets agency harvest objectives. 2) Does not detrimentally impact native flora and fauna.
Mountain Goat Research
11/14/11
Summer 2011 Pilot Field Study
1.Quantify mountain goat diets.
2.Determine feeding site selection.
Mountain Goat Research
11/14/11
Mountain Goat ResearchPreliminary Results
•Surveyed 298 transects •5,066 plots!
•161 unique plant species / habitats –Most common plants:
•Long-awned sedge, patridgefoot, arctic daisy, black crowberry
•Distance to rock outcropping important, slope less.
11/14/11
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Results…native habitat restored
July 2002
July 2009
Bill Pyle / USFWS
Lesl
ie K
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US
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