Goat hunts close near Cordova, Skagway, Juneau, Kodiak and Kenai Peninsula

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced closure of mountain goat hunts or non opening in several areas in southcentral and southeast Alaska. The closures are as follows (hyperlinks point to ADFG news releases in PDF format)

• A portion of hunt RG012 in the east portion of Berner's Bay in GMU 1C
• A portion of hunt RG015 in the Pt Couverdon area in GMU 1C
• Hunt RG226 in the Ragged Mountains near Cordova
  
• A portion of hunt RG024 in the Skagway area in GMU 1D
• Hunts RG473 and RG479 on Kodiak will not open this year
  
• There will be no registration permit hunts on the Kenai Peninsula this fall