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On the Trails: The ice tells ...

...feed her new brood of larvae.We were overseen by several mountain goats, lying on ledges near the top of the ridge. The goats are still down at low elevations, both here and near Nugget Falls across the lake, so they have been seen and enjoyed...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-26/trails-ice-tells
Outdoors
Hunt closures declared for goats on Baranof

...resulted in the closure including an overall decline in the goat population, which has occurred since the extreme winter...It was highest in 2009 at 61 percent, Mooney said.The goats on Baranof are large-bodied and small-horned, he said...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-07-27/hunt-closures-declared-goats-baranof
Outdoors
Advancing spring

...should soon be swarming with the little brown beetles that come there to mate, and incidentally pollinate the flowers. The goats around the glacier are still foraging at low elevations, but they seem to be slowly working their way up to their summer...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-04-20/advancing-spring
Outdoors
Mountain goat season opens Aug. 1 in Unit 4

...strategy is necessary to reverse a continuing decline in the goat population. Aerial surveys conducted since 2006 show a...persistent spring snowpack, contributed to the decline in the goat population on Baranof Island. The decline has reversed...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-07-28/mountain-goat-season-opens-aug-1-uni
Outdoors
Icelandic sheep find a new fold in Juneau

...said that the kids had already named the goats after characters from the film "Kung Fu Panda." One of the goats may have previously belonged to Lisa...Joining Po, Uguay and Master Shifu the goats, and Lilith and Betty the sheep...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-08-06/icelandic-sheep-find-new-fold-junea
Neighbors
ADF&G halts goat hunting in part of Unit 4

...harvested. Biologists have set a maximum guideline harvest objective of four males and/or one female mountain goat for the area.The Department states any additional harvest could have long-term negative effects on the goat population.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-27
Local
Managing mountain goats in Alaska

...Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. The goat population on Baranof has declined...Nunatak Bench near Yakutat hammered the goat population. Barten closed the season...mortality and predation."Mooney said the goat population on Baranof Island was growing...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-10-07/managing-mountain-goats-alaska
Outdoors
Four daughters remember the "nine notable decades of Robert Boochever"

...all be singing," Linda said.He also sang each of his children to bed with their own special song."Mine was 'Mimi the Goat,'" Mimi remembers. "Because one time we were on a fishing trip at Salmon Creek Dam, and I was running along the...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-19/four-daughters-remember-nine-notable-de
Local
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge biologists stay busy with summer projects

...dietary study, Cobb said he participated in a joint aerial census with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to count the goats on the island. Because of limited funding, this is the first time in three years that the entire island has been surveyed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-06/kodiak-national-wildlife-refuge-biologi
State
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month events

...The Line" (a chronicle of the life of Johnny Cash) Sept. 15: "Rebound" (about the life basketball player Earl "The Goat" Manigault and his struggle with heroin addiction) Sept. 22: "About Face: A Journey of Healing and Redemption...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/090210/art_703933788.shtml
Arts

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