Beginning today, the National Park Service will cull non-native mountain goats using aerial methods in Grand Teton National Park in order to conserve a vulnerable native population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the Teton Range.
During aerial operations, an area encompassing the northern portion of the Teton Range from Cascade Canyon to Berry Creek and extending from the base of the range west to the park boundary will be closed.
Additional locations may be closed if mountain goats are located in other areas of the park. Bighorn sheep have occupied the Teton Mountain Range for thousands of years, but today this native population is small, isolated from other nearby populations, and at risk of local extinction.
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