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Kittlitz’s Murrelet (KIMU) Research Robin Corcoran/USFWS Photo
Mountain Goat Research Management Goal: •Maintain a sustainable mountain goat population that: 1) Meets agency harvest objectives. 2) Does not detrimentally impact native flora and fauna.
Mountain Goat Research Summer 2011 Pilot Field Study 1.Quantify mountain goat diets. 2.Determine feeding site selection.
Mountain Goat Research Preliminary Results •Surveyed 298 transects •5,066 plots! •161 unique plant species / habitats –Most common plants: •Long-awned sedge, patridgefoot, arctic daisy, black crowberry •Distance to rock outcropping important, slope less.
Invasive Plant Management Blythe Brown & Bill Pyle//USFWS
Results…native habitat restored Leslie Kerr / USFWS July 2009 July 2002 Bill Pyle / USFWS
Subsistence Management Support Subsistence Council meeting Janine Saito, USFWS Paul Banyas / USFWS Other Photos: Bill Pyle / USFWS