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fill in the Nutzotin and Wrang(>ll Mountains northwest of Cordova. 

 To safeguard the species, 3 inviolate sanctuaries, aggregating 5,096 

 square miles, have been set aside. 



MOUNTAIN GOAT 



The home of the shaggy white mountain goat is among the cliffs 

 and crags of heavily glaciated mountains bordering the coast line. 

 This bewhiskered patriarch prefers the storm-swept crests fronting 



Figure 9. — Mountain goat transplanted on Baranof Island. (Photo by E. M. 



Goddard.) 



the salt water between Portland (^anal and the head of Cook Inlet. 

 The total area of its habitat in Alaska is about 37,500 square miles 

 (fig. 8), and the estimated population is 12,500. Baranof Island, in 

 southeastern Alaska, was successfully stocked with these wild goats a 

 few years ago (fig. 9) . Although never regarded as abundant in the 

 Territory, the mountain goat, by its way of living, is assured protec- 

 tion from all but the hardiest of human hunters. Wolves and bears 



