Olympic National Park Goat Hunt Group Anyone?

[JM]

I read about 7 posts on this thread and I started laughing. It made me think of the sports talk show I’d see on in the gym locker room where people call in and give their height and weight before they talked.

[tbrady]

Did any of you guys get selected?

[Onewhohikes]

No did you?

[tbrady]

Nope...  and not really expecting too but curious if they have started sending out any notifications.

[Rob]

Per the website:

Mountain Goat Management - How to Volunteer
Application Period Closed: Thank you for your interest in this program. Due to the abundance of applications, we are no longer seeking volunteers. If you submitted a completed application by the deadline on April 17, you will be notified if you were selected by June 1.

https://www.nps.gov/olym/getinvolved/mountain-goat-management-how-to-volunteer.htm

[tbrady]

Yeah, I saw that... it says by June 1st so was seeing if anyone had been notified yet.

[The Gobble-stopper]

It is my understanding, that it you get drawn then you sign the social media contract. And when that happens, you cannot even post that you were drawn! So makes sense to me that no one will post on here that they were picked on fear that they will be in big doo-doo

[Karl Blanchard]

It is my understanding, that it you get drawn then you sign the social media contract. And when that happens, you cannot even post that you were drawn! So makes sense to me that no one will post on here that they were picked on fear that they will be in big doo-doo

where are you reading that? There's nothing in the SM contract that says you cannot state you are a NPS volunteer

[The Gobble-stopper]

I was told second hand that words exchanged with someone involved with the picking process said that you are right, that you can say you are a volunteer but you cannot tell anyone what you are doing?? Maybe they are wrong, I have not talked to anyone personally that has read the contract.

[Karl Blanchard]

I was told second hand that words exchanged with someone involved with the picking process said that you are right, that you can say you are a volunteer but you cannot tell anyone what you are doing?? Maybe they are wrong, I have not talked to anyone personally that has read the contract.

This is it.

[stew pidasso]

Well my cousin got an email saying he made it to a top 40 with his group but did not make the top 21 that they picked. I know it said they were taking 18 out of 30 but sounds as though they changed it. My group leader has not got an email so.....

[Chad McMullen]

Here's the email our team leader received earlier today:

From: Happe, Patricia J <Patti_Happe@nps.gov>
Date: Sat, May 30, 2020 at 4:43 PM
Subject: Olympic National Park Mountain Goat Management
To:

I want to thank you for taking the time to apply to be a mountain goat ground removal volunteer at Olympic National Park. The response to the call for volunteers was overwhelming, to say the least.  When I pulled together all the individual emails and paper copies that came in the mail, I ended up with over 1,200 group applications.

I know the application was not a quick and easy endeavor to complete, and I am grateful for the time and effort that you put into completing the application.  I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get back to you, but I needed the time to carefully pull together all the emails into group application packets, and then read and evaluate them all.

The pool of applicants that I received was very impressive, and I regret that I can accept so few.  As I described in the webpage, I evaluated all the applications, and pulled out those that were the most highly qualified.  From that pool I then did a random draw of 40 applications, asked some colleagues from the NPS and WDFW to review that more restricted pool, and selected 21 groups (yes – 3 more than I originally intended).

As I am sure you can surmise, unfortunately your application was not selected.

I am sorry for the form letter nature of this email, but I know that people want to hear if they were selected as soon as possible, and this is the quickest way I can reach out to everyone.

I am only emailing the group leader (or the team member that corresponded with me if the leader did not supply an email or I could not read their writing).  Please pass this email on to the rest of you team members for me.

Thank you again for offering to assist Olympic National Park and our partners in implementing our mountain goat management plan.

Patti Happe
Wildlife Branch Chief
Olympic National Park
600 E Park Ave
Port Angeles WA 98362
office phone: 360.565.3065

[blindluck]

Our group leader got the news we didn’t make the cut. Even a former goat killer isn’t good enough. Lol

[Shawn Ryan]

No joy for our team.

[High Climber]

NOT SELECTED