Goats on vancouver iland

[gutpile]

Any goats on the island ? If not why not trasplant some ?

[coach]

At what cost? What would be the benefit? What are the risks?

[d6dan]

We have goats in region 1. Thats 1-14 and 1-15. Close enough and tough to hunt.

[kyleklassen]

saw some at coombs

[lorneparker1]

saw some at coombs


HAHAHAHAH woo!

Lorne

[steel_ram]

There have been fossils of Mtn. Goats found o V.I.. Transplants were attempted and failed. Four mountain goats from Banff were released at Shaw Creek in 1924.Some of the goats were observed up to 12 years later......from an article by Doug Janz in the Big Game Records of British Columbia

[Islandeer]

A few real :old; goats here on the rock. Grey and not much to look at.

[greenhorn]

There have been fossils of Mtn. Goats found o V.I.. Transplants were attempted and failed. Four mountain goats from Banff were released at Shaw Creek in 1924.Some of the goats were observed up to 12 years later......from an article by Doug Janz in the Big Game Records of British Columbia

Of all places why Shaw Creek?

[greenhorn]

From E-fauna BC:


A total of 29 translocations involving 229 Mountain Goats from B.C. were made between 1925 and 1996. Of these, 93 Goats were moved to locations outside the province (79 to Alberta, 10 to Colorado, 44 to Washington), where they helped repopulate regions where the species had been extirpated. In 1924, four Mountain Goats were taken from Banff, Alberta, and introduced to an area along Shaw Creek on Vancouver Island. Given the problems created by Mountain Goats introduced to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, it is probably fortunate that this introduction was unsuccessful on the island.

[kennyj]

From E-fauna BC:


A total of 29 translocations involving 229 Mountain Goats from B.C. were made between 1925 and 1996. Of these, 93 Goats were moved to locations outside the province (79 to Alberta, 10 to Colorado, 44 to Washington), where they helped repopulate regions where the species had been extirpated. In 1924, four Mountain Goats were taken from Banff, Alberta, and introduced to an area along Shaw Creek on Vancouver Island. Given the problems created by Mountain Goats introduced to the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, it is probably fortunate that this introduction was unsuccessful on the island.
Good info Greenhorn.
kenny