Oregon will put Rocky Mountain goats on Mt. Jefferson

[ProjectWilderness]

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...f/2010/06/oregon_will_put_rocky_mountain.html

Hikers on Mount Jefferson this summer are about to get a treat.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are about to move 30 to 40 Rocky Mountain goats from their home in the Elkhorn Mountains onto the slopes of Oregon's second-tallest peak.

Ultimately, Heath acknowledged, the goats could become established enough to open tightly controlled hunting in the Cascades to augment the current hunts in northeastern Oregon.

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[Martini_Up]

but then again, my Sport-Pac is going up in cost every year.... I guess it's nice to see where my money is going but I know I'll never get the hunt draw....