Post by: jackelope on May 08, 2015, 08:45:58 AM
https://goatalliance.org/2015-washingtons-alpine-lakes-wilderness-project/
This coming June, the RMGA is teaming up with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to begin the process of potentially opening a new hunting district east of Seattle, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The area encompasses two GMU’s, 249 and 335.
On June 6-7, 2015, the Goat Alliance will once again rally the troops for a weekend mountain goat survey. This time we will load up our backpacks and hit the trails for an overnight survey. Our goal is to locate goat concentrations within our search area to ultimately later conduct a more efficient aerial survey. It is Washington state protocol to aerial survey any proposed hunting district before formally opening the area.
Due to wildly expensive helicopter time, technical terrain, and a lack of time and resources, it is the hopes of RMGA that our ground survey will result in a much more thorough and successful aerial count at a later date. If a healthy enough population is documented, the area could become open to hunting and co-managed by the two districts.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! If you are interested in joining us in the vital ground survey, please email our project leader, Ty Brown, at norsepeak@hotmail.com. Please provide Ty with your name, phone number, and the specific details of your participation as soon as possible. The success of this project hinges on our volunteer turn out. We hope you and your friends and family join us as we backpack into the high country on June 6-7. More details of the projects specifics coming soon.
Post by: fillthefreezer on May 08, 2015, 09:18:38 AM
Post by: shanevg on May 08, 2015, 09:49:23 AM
Post by: kentrek on May 08, 2015, 09:56:19 AM
Post by: jackelope on May 08, 2015, 10:10:27 AM
Never spent any time I'm that country but might be cool to help....if they ever decide to look around st hellens I can be of much more assistance....there's goats Crawling all over down here !
I'll let Shane say for sure but I'm pretty sure they're going to tell you what trailheads to head in on and where they want you to end up. I don't "think" you have to go search out the goats completely blind.
Hike in and count on day 1, spend the night in the mountains, and hike out/count on day 2.
Pretty sure that's how it'll work.
Post by: shanevg on May 08, 2015, 12:44:31 PM
Never spent any time I'm that country but might be cool to help....if they ever decide to look around st hellens I can be of much more assistance....there's goats Crawling all over down here !
I'll let Shane say for sure but I'm pretty sure they're going to tell you what trailheads to head in on and where they want you to end up. I don't "think" you have to go search out the goats completely blind.
Hike in and count on day 1, spend the night in the mountains, and hike out/count on day 2.
Pretty sure that's how it'll work.
That's correct. Contact Ty Brown (norsepeak@hotmail.com) to get get more info and see how you can best help.
Post by: fillthefreezer on May 21, 2015, 01:21:35 PM
Post by: jackelope on May 21, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
well, im in for sure. got my route :tup:
Nice that they're giving out routes ahead of time this year.
:tup:
Post by: WonkyWapiti on May 21, 2015, 09:31:51 PM
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on May 25, 2015, 11:17:19 AM
Post by: jackelope on May 25, 2015, 11:36:19 AM
my buddy and i are in! anyone know how much snow pack there is? if any :dunno:
Myself and a few other members were in the ALW in February and there was no snow. I don't think it's changed much since then.
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on May 25, 2015, 11:38:08 AM
Post by: bugs n bones on May 31, 2015, 05:26:46 PM
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on June 01, 2015, 08:15:12 PM
Post by: X-Force on June 08, 2015, 12:37:19 AM
Hopefully enough volunteers pulled through to cover all of the areas.
Post by: westside Elkhunter on January 01, 2016, 02:22:17 PM
Post by: swanny on January 26, 2016, 12:19:00 PM
What ever came out of this survey? Did they find many goats and are they planning another one this year?
I'd be interested to know this too. Just saw this thread and the link, would love to get out and help with something like this for a weekend trip.
Post by: jackelope on January 26, 2016, 12:45:35 PM
Post by: fillthefreezer on January 26, 2016, 01:01:41 PM
Post by: bugs n bones on January 26, 2016, 01:07:46 PM
Post by: fillthefreezer on January 28, 2016, 08:02:00 AM