Plenty of species are struggling, but mountain goats in the Pacific Northwest aren’t one of them. In the last eight years, the population of goats in the Olympic Mountains has grown about 40 percent, increasing by 100 individuals to 344. That’s an estimate, cause goats are tough to count. And “being able to accurately estimate mountain goat populations is a key issue throughout Washington, including Olympic National Park. Mountain goats are not native to the Olympic Mountains and are a long-standing management concern at the park.” Well, yes, when they stand in line to drink hikers’ pee, that might be a concern.

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