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The Department recently completed a mountain goat research project throughout the Cascade Mountain range. We now have a better understanding about the size and location of mountain goat populations, intermixing between sub-populations, and sustainable harvest levels for each. We are now applying that new information to our mountain goat harvest strategies by managing hunted mountain goat populations as a collection of smaller sub-populations, where nanny groups may be fairly distinct, but billies have a greater potential to intermix. Ideally, harvest will be well distributed throughout a population, so no sub-populations are over harvested. As a precautionary step, the Director may open or close specific sub-populations, or reduce permit levels slightly, to protect from over harvest. Also, selected hunters will now receive a map of their hunt area boundary with their permit. Below are links to the individual maps that correspond to the mountain goat hunt choices found in the Big Game Hunting Seasons & Regulations pamphlet.
Hunt Choice |
Hunt Name
Click on name for map of hunt area |
Subpopulations
Open to Hunting * |
Permits |
2008 Apps. |
| 6000 |
Mt. Baker West
- Chowder Ridge
- Lincoln Creek |
Chowder Ridge, Black Buttes |
2 |
NEW |
| 6001 |
Mt. Baker East
- Avalanche Gorge & Lake Ann
- Dillard Creek |
Coleman Pinnacle, Lava Divide, Lake Ann |
3 |
NEW |
| 6002 |
North Lake Chelan |
Skookum Pass Mtn., Big Goat Creek |
2 |
NEW |
| 6003 |
Naches Pass |
Fife’s East, Fife’s Peak, Corral Pass, Basin Lake |
1 |
NEW |
| 6004 |
Bumping River |
Nelson Ridge, Cash Prairie, American Ridge, American Lake, Timber Wolf, Russell Ridge |
2 |
NEW |
| 6005 |
Blazed Ridge |
Blowout Mtn., Blazed Ridge, Blazed North, Milk Creek, Rock Creek |
1 |
NEW |
| 6006 |
Goat Rocks-Tieton River |
Chimney Rocks, Goat Lake, McCall Glacier, Gilbert Peak |
5 |
NEW |
* Note: The hunt area maps for specific sub-populations may have a different name. |
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