The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is continuing to study mountain goat health, reproduction and movements in the western part of the state. State wildlife managers recently captured four mountain goats in the Snake River Canyon near Alpine to collect samples and fit 3 of them with GPS collars. The goats are part of the Palisades herd which straddles the state line with Idaho. Wildlife managers from both states are interested in learning how much interstate travel may be occurring among the goats. Mountain goats are not native to Wyoming. They were reintroduced to the Snake River Range in Idaho between 1969 and 1971. The goat herd has increased in number and distribution since, causing concern that they may be displacing native bighorn sheep in some areas of northwest Wyoming.
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