What caused the die-off of hundreds of relocated mountain goats in the North Cascades?
State and federal officials moved 325 goats from the Olympic Peninsula to maintain safety and help bolster the overall population. It didn't turn out well.
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State and federal officials moved 325 goats from the Olympic Peninsula to maintain safety and help bolster the overall population. It didn't turn out well.
Mountain goats that were airlifted from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades are mysteriously dying, according to The Tulalip Tribes.
Mountain goats that were airlifted from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades are mysteriously dying, according to The Tulalip Tribes.
Dr. Patti Happe, who retired in June after 28 years as the wildlife branch chief at Olympic National Park, recently received the National Park Service Director’s Award for Professional Excellence in Natural Resource Stewardship.
Thanks to a 14-year reintroduction effort, fishers, or “tree wolverines,” are once again climbing and hunting in Washington’s forests after fur trapping and habitat loss wiped them out.