Idaho Fish and Game is seeking comments on its Draft Idaho Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030. The plan will provide guidance for staff to implement management actions that will aid in the protection and management of mountain goat populations and guide harvest recommendations.
Review the draft plan below and submit comments by June 8, 2025, at Midnight MDT.
The final draft of the plan will be presented for the Commission's approval at their July 2025 meeting.
Draft Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030
This plan will function as the action plan for Idaho mountain goat management through 2030 by guiding IDFG in annual work plan development and program prioritization and providing direction for development of hunting season recommendations. The plan identifies issues that affect mountain goats and their management. The plan will provide guidance to IDFG to implement programs that support mountain goat conservation and management.
Major sections of this plan include:
Mountain goat ecology
Harvest management
Population monitoring
Human-mountain goat interactions
Health and Disease
Statewide management direction and strategies
Population Management Unit level data and priorities
We welcome comments on any part or all of the Draft Idaho Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030. Please review the plan and acknowledge if you generally support, support with concerns, or do not support. Address specific items of support or concern in the "general comments" section. References to specific sections or pages in the plan are very helpful. We are only asking for review and comments on the draft management plan.
What Comes Next?
After the public comment period, Fish and Game staff will review public input and decide what edits need to be made. They will make those revisions and then forward the revised plan to the Fish and Game Commission for their review and approval. After the Commission approves it, it will guide mountain goat management until at least 2030.
How is a Management Plan different from Season Setting?
Species management plans set overall goals and objectives for managing a species, and generally are intended to guide management for 6-10 years. They include guidance for staff and the IDFG commission to evaluate populations, hunting season structures, and overall hunter preferences.
Season setting is a process that occurs every two years. Staff use management plans and public input to make recommendations during season setting that are consistent with management plan guidance. The commission can evaluate those recommendations and public input to make decisions about potential changes to hunting season structure.
Thank you for your participation!
Review the draft plan below and submit comments by June 8, 2025, at Midnight MDT.
Idaho Fish and Game is seeking comments on its Draft Idaho Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030. The plan will provide guidance for staff to implement management actions that will aid in the protection and management of mountain goat populations and guide harvest recommendations.
Review the draft plan below and submit comments by June 8, 2025, at Midnight MDT.
The final draft of the plan will be presented for the Commission's approval at their July 2025 meeting.
Draft Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030
This plan will function as the action plan for Idaho mountain goat management through 2030 by guiding IDFG in annual work plan development and program prioritization and providing direction for development of hunting season recommendations. The plan identifies issues that affect mountain goats and their management. The plan will provide guidance to IDFG to implement programs that support mountain goat conservation and management.
Major sections of this plan include:
Draft Mountain Goat Management Plan
– Full plan, 1-143 Page(s) [PDF, 6.6 MB] Download DocumentPublic Comment Instructions
We welcome comments on any part or all of the Draft Idaho Mountain Goat Management Plan 2025-2030. Please review the plan and acknowledge if you generally support, support with concerns, or do not support. Address specific items of support or concern in the "general comments" section. References to specific sections or pages in the plan are very helpful. We are only asking for review and comments on the draft management plan.
What Comes Next?
After the public comment period, Fish and Game staff will review public input and decide what edits need to be made. They will make those revisions and then forward the revised plan to the Fish and Game Commission for their review and approval. After the Commission approves it, it will guide mountain goat management until at least 2030.
How is a Management Plan different from Season Setting?
Species management plans set overall goals and objectives for managing a species, and generally are intended to guide management for 6-10 years. They include guidance for staff and the IDFG commission to evaluate populations, hunting season structures, and overall hunter preferences.
Season setting is a process that occurs every two years. Staff use management plans and public input to make recommendations during season setting that are consistent with management plan guidance. The commission can evaluate those recommendations and public input to make decisions about potential changes to hunting season structure.
Thank you for your participation!
Review the draft plan below and submit comments by June 8, 2025, at Midnight MDT.