And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Facing southwards, looking up at Gray Wolf Pass in Olympic National Park
Actually, you will run into wonderful mountain goats. I did part of the Baily Traverse in 1981. The goats were wonderful and we got “ashed” by a subsequent St Helens burp.
Lots of bears in that area. No more mountain goats, though. They've all been removed by the Parks Service. They were non-native to the Olympic Peninsula, and were brought in for hunting in the early 20th century. Since hunting is not permitted up there anymore, the goats were having a significant impact on the native ecosystem. The removal took place a number of years ago, and they permitted hunting out all the ones they couldn't catch to relocate. Haven't seen any in the Olympic high country for a few years now. I think they're all gone. Plenty left in the Cascades, though.
Looks like a great place to run into either a bear or Bigfoot.
ReplyDeleteActually, you will run into wonderful mountain goats. I did part of the Baily Traverse in 1981. The goats were wonderful and we got “ashed” by a subsequent St Helens burp.
ReplyDeleteLots of bears in that area. No more mountain goats, though. They've all been removed by the Parks Service. They were non-native to the Olympic Peninsula, and were brought in for hunting in the early 20th century. Since hunting is not permitted up there anymore, the goats were having a significant impact on the native ecosystem. The removal took place a number of years ago, and they permitted hunting out all the ones they couldn't catch to relocate. Haven't seen any in the Olympic high country for a few years now. I think they're all gone. Plenty left in the Cascades, though.
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