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Dinosaur seeks comments about removal of park mountain goats

DINO I The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input on a draft management plan to restrict or remove exotic Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus, herein referred to as mountain goats) in Dinosaur National Monument, located in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah.

The first documented mountain goat sighting in Dinosaur National Monument was in June 2014 at the end of Harpers Corner Road near the Colorado-Utah line. It was spotted on several more occasions…