Tracking Glacier Goats
"As part of a three year study that began late summer of 2013, (Glacier) park staff and researchers started to capture mountain goats and fit them with radio collars. The study is part of the overarching Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management Plan and will provide information and inshight into relationships between people and wildlife and how roads can influence these interactions. In the Logan Pass and Highline Trail areas, mountain goats and people interact frequently. This study will help frame a broader understanding of how mountain goats are affected by roads, people, possible predators, and adjacent trails."
According to Park Service literature, the collars are pre programmed to 'fall off' this summer, 'without additional human interaction'.
Tracking Glacier Goats
"As part of a three year study that began late summer of 2013, (Glacier) park staff and researchers started to capture mountain goats and fit them with radio collars. The study is part of the overarching Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management Plan and will provide information and inshight into relationships between people and wildlife and how roads can influence these interactions. In the Logan Pass and Highline Trail areas, mountain goats and people interact frequently. This study will help frame a broader understanding of how mountain goats are affected by roads, people, possible predators, and adjacent trails."
According to Park Service literature, the collars are pre programmed to 'fall off' this summer, 'without additional human interaction'.