oats. In some areas hunters are also asked to voluntarily provide their goat horns to Fish and Game office for aging.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has been conducting research on mountain goats since the 1970s. Research projects serve an important role relative to conservation of the species in Alaska. It's not easy (nothing is easy with mountain goats!), but dedicated research efforts pay big dividends and provide critical field data used to identify critical habitat, estimate population size and composition, determine survival and reproductive rates, articulate population and landscape genetic patterns, assess disease status, characterize diet and nutritional condition and develop new tools for understanding the species biology.
The web links below will enable you to explore the various dimensions of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game mountain goat research program.
Mountain Goat Research Section
- Mountain Goat — Wildlife Notebook Series (PDF 54 kB)
- Game Transplants in Alaska, Mountain Goats (pp. 16-32) (PDF 5,001 kB)
- Mountain Goat Trails — Research and Management Update for Southeast Alaska (PDF 2,375 kB)
Alaska Fish and Wildlife News
- Managing Mountain Goats in Alaska
- Mountain Goats in Focus: Biologists Share Management and Research
- Mountain Goats: Mysteries and Management
Mountain Goat Hunting
Management & Research Reports
P.O. Box 115526
1255 W. 8th Street
Juneau, AK 99811-5526