| Heli-ski certification service |
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| Official BC Wildlife Viewing web site |
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| Wikipedia entry for the mountain goat |
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| Wikipedia entry for an extinct mountain goat |
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| Woodland Park Zoo - Seattle, Washington |
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Yukon Wildlife Preserve has captive mountain goats |
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| References |
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| Marco Festa-Bianchet and Steeve D. Cote. 2008. Mountain Goats, Ecology, Behavior and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate. Island Press. |
This is the best and most complete long-term study of mountain goats to date. It's available from Amazon.ca or directly from Island Press. |
| British Columbia Ministry of Environment. 2010. Management Plan for the Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) in British Columbia |
This is the most comprehensive study of the mountain goat in BC. It also includes important standards such as helicopter flight clearances over mountain goat habitat. () |
| Bruce L. Smith, 2020, Life on the Rocks, A Portrait of the Mountain Goat, (available from Amazon.ca) |
An excellent overview of the mountain goat. |
| Scientific Papers |
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| Jim Mead et al, 1986, Extinction of Harrington's mountain goat |
A smaller earlier species related to modern-day mountain goats lived in the US southwest and was extinct by 10,000 years BP (view here) |
Laurence Turney, 2004, Non-Alpine Use and Movements of Mountain Goats in North-Central British Columbia |
A study of canyon and escarpment mountain goats (View here) |
| Laurence Turney, 2022 Babine Mt Park Survey |
This survey reveals many shortcomings of the hunt management system in BC in 2022. (View here) |
| Counting Mountain Goats – Smithers Method |
Our new method for conducting aerial population counts for mountain goats (view here) |
| Bar-On, Phillips, and Milo, 2018, The Biomass distribution on Earth |
Need a reason to advocate for wildlife? Humans outweigh wild mammals 8 to 1. (view here) |
Mainguy et al. 2008, Mating Tactics and Mate Choice in Relation to Age and Social Rank in Male Mountain Goats
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Possibly the best study of the mountain goat rut and based on field observations, this study has implications for the goat hunt in BC. () |
| Clague and Ward, 2011, Pleistocene Glaciation of British Columbia |
The last ice age in BC affected our mountain goats. The entire province was covered with ice just 12,000 years ago. () |
| Jeremy B. Ayotte at al, 2006, Chemical Composition of Lick Soil |
Mineral licks are vital to many mountain goat herds. This paper is all about analysis of the lick soils. () |
| Katarzyna Nowak, 2019, Mountain Goat–Klondike Highway Interactions in the Southern Yukon |
A study of mountain goats crossing a busy highway at high risk to both motorists and the goats. () |
| Kevin S White et al, 2017, Projecting the future of an alpine ungulate under climate change scenarios |
Mountain goats in SE Alaska versus climate change - be sure to sit down before you read this. () |
| Katarzyna Nowak, 2018, Molt Phenology in the Mountain Goat |
A study that examines hundreds of photos of mountain goats to link the date of mountain goat molt to climate change. Uses unique data and analysis. () |
| Contagious Ecthyma in British Columbia, no date or author |
We have two incidences of this disease in mountain goats in the Bulkley Valley. () |
Kevin S. White and David P. Gregovich, 2016, Mountain goat resource selection in relation to mining-related disturbance
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An interesting study of mountain goats near a mining project. () |
| Kevin Hurley, 2004, NWSGC Position Statement on Helicopter-supported Recreation and Mountain Goats |
A review of science that addresses the impact of helicopters on mountain goats. () |
| Alejandro Gonzales-Voyer and Marco Festa-Bianchet, 2003, Dynamics of Hunted and Unhunted Mountain Goat Oreamnos Americanus Populations |
A study that shows the sensitivity of mountain goats to hunting harvest levels and makes recommendations. () |
| Daryl Hebert and I. McTaggart Cowan, 1970, Natural Salt Licks as a part of the Ecology of the Mountain Goat |
All about mineral licks and why mountain goats need the sodium. () |
| Thomas V. Dailey, 1988, Travel in alpine terrain: energy expenditures for locomotion by mountain goats and bighorn sheep |
Snow depth is critical when mountain goats travel in winter. () |
Steeve D Cote et al, 2013, Do Mountain Goats Habituate to Helicopter Disturbance?
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A long term study of mountain goats and repeated helicopter exposure () |
| BC Govt, 2011, Mountain Goat: Proposed Regulation to Reduce Harvest of Females, |
An important new regulation regarding harvest of female mountain goats () |
| Bill Jex, 2007, Observational Spot Monitoring: Tamihi Logging Limited’s Harvest Operations |
A study of mountain goat response to nearby logging () |
| Aaron B. A. Shafer et al, 2010, Hot Spots of Genetic Diversity... in an Alpine Ungulate |
DNA analysis shows that mountain goats moved back into BC from both the south and the north after the last glaciation () |
| Steeve D Cote and Marco Festa-Bianchet, 2001, Birthdate, Mass and Survival in Mountain Goat Kids: Effects of Maternal Characteristics and Forage Quality |
A Caw Ridge study of mountain goat kids and the factors that influence survival () |
