The mountains of the Methow Valley got a furry, white infusion when 14 mountain goats from Olympic National Park were delivered to their new home near Tower Mountain last week.
The goats were transported in refrigerated trucks (to keep them cool) and were delivered to a staging area along Highway 20 near Rainy Pass. There, volunteers and employees with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) harnessed their crates to a helicopter and flew the goats the final mile or two to Tower Mountain, at an elevation of roughly 8,500 feet.
