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CarbonHunter:
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--- Quote from: CarbonHunter on May 07, 2025, 05:58:11 PM ---The state issued tags is not what caused the drop in population. Both the tribes and state were trying to figure out how all the transplanted goats died as well.
I’m sure they know but their findings conflict with their agendas or they would have published the results.
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Not true but speak as if you know. The criticism lies in the fact that there was zero funding to do investigations. Actually very little funding to collar. The ones that were investigated were a mix of cougar kills and several undetermined but were in avalanche chutes.
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What’s not true?
The tribes have plenty of money for this research and they are looking into lots of issues around our state. We are just not getting any definitive data from the tribes, feds or the state.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/almost-all-mountain-goats-died-after-airlift-from-olympics-to-cascades/
Practical Approach:
Biologists knew going into the translocation that survival for mountain goat translocations is fairly low. They just don't relocate to new surroundings very well for many reasons. The general public emphasized relocating the goats rather than euthanizing them on site in the ONP. Yes, TBAR is spot on with there not being any allocated funds for WDFW to follow up and investigate mortalities. The tribes conducted what investigations did occur. Other issues are the weather and terrain. Goats that die in the winter time are often not accessible or it is to dangerous.
deadyote:
Not sure how many of the goats from the Olympics were transplanted up there, but has there been any new #s on how many of the goats transplanted survived? And that is across the state. My folks live near Coles Corner/Leavenworth area and they had a goat above them for a month or so. Haven't seen it since.
mountainman:
--- Quote from: deadyote on June 02, 2025, 11:40:35 AM ---Not sure how many of the goats from the Olympics were transplanted up there, but has there been any new #s on how many of the goats transplanted survived? And that is across the state. My folks live near Coles Corner/Leavenworth area and they had a goat above them for a month or so. Haven't seen it since.
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More up there then some think. Pretty spread out, but they are there!
Had on a few years back in someone’s yard in the north end of Wenatchee!
He was quite a way off course for sure!
Keith494:
--- Quote from: deadyote on June 02, 2025, 11:40:35 AM ---Not sure how many of the goats from the Olympics were transplanted up there, but has there been any new #s on how many of the goats transplanted survived? And that is across the state. My folks live near Coles Corner/Leavenworth area and they had a goat above them for a month or so. Haven't seen it since.
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I thought I saw not long ago that most of the transplants didn’t make it, but I couldn’t tell you where I saw it or how accurate it was
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