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NAPgA Rendezvous 2018 – Island Park, ID
The 2018 Rendezvous is almost here! The schedule is lined up and we’ve got some great classes and events planned. Please take a moment to review the “Rules of the Rendy”. To get there: Go 5.8 miles north of Macks Inn, Idaho then 3.5 miles west off Highway 20 ( mile post 398 approx) on…
Read MoreGoats Help Carry the Load During Hiking Trips
Published in Ellensburg Daily Record Story by SHANAI BEMIS Photos: Brian Myrick / Daily Record Hikers venturing out in the Kittitas Valley might encounter familiar landscape — canyons, hills, sagebrush and shrub steppe. They might also find something unexpected: five goats with pack saddles following docilely behind Dick Carkner. Stitches, Inky, Lightning, Rambo and Thor are…
Read MoreApril 2018 NAPgA Newsletter
CLICK HERE to read the April 2018 Newsletter. We have excellent news about our recent fundraising efforts and heartbreaking news about the loss of Carolyn Eddy, one of goat packing’s most ardent supporters, a founding member of NAPgA, and one of our long-standing board members. You’ll also find information about the upcoming Rendezvous in Island Park, ID.
Read MoreUrgent Message from President Curtis King
ATTENTION: To all current NAPgA and non-current NAPgA members, and all goat packing enthusiasts. AN URGENT message from the President. First, I would like to thank everyone that responded in writing to the comments on the ROD and EIS pertaining to the use of pack goats on the Shoshone NF in Wyoming during the open…
Read MoreWatch out for Rendy 2018!
For those of you who have been inquiring, the 2018 NAPgAÂ Rendezvous will be taking place in Island Park, ID From Thursday, June 21 – Sunday, June 24. We don’t have all the details in place yet, but it will be held in the same location as Rendy 2015. Many thanks to Kent Daniels for putting…
Read MoreFebruary 2018 NAPgA Newsletter – Urgent Response Needed!
We apologize for posting this at the 11th hour, but please open this newsletter right away. Your urgent response is needed to meet the Shoshone FS objection deadline on Tuesday, February 13th. Also in this newsletter you’ll find information about some exciting educational opportunities in Idaho and Colorado. CLICK HERE to read the newsletter!
Read MoreAndy Irvine’s Response to Shoshone RADT and EIS
NAPgA’s lawyer, Andy Irvine, recently put together a wonderful response to the Shoshone NF Risk of Disease Transmission and Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Study, which both contained faulty science to justify banning packgoats from Bighorn Sheep territory. Every issue brought up in the Shoshone documents is addressed in detail. This is a long document but…
Read MorePotential Packgoat Ban in White Clouds Area, Idaho
Once again we stand to lose even more access to the wilderness in the new Idaho Land Use Plans being considered as we speak. There is much in the Draft version of these plans to be of concern, but the primary information that needs to be responded to is in the EA’s for each of…
Read MoreNAPgA Calendar 2018 Photo Contest!
Time to look through this year’s trips and submit your best photos for the NAPgA calendar contest! Photo submissions will be taken through Septemer 30th. Here’s how to do it: Rules of the contest: – Participants must be current NAPgA members. – Participants must put their name in their photo’s description field. – Each participant may…
Read MoreMontana Outdoors: “Moving Meat”
An article in Montana Outdoors references packgoats as a means of getting harvested game out of the backcountry. NAPgA member Nancy Clough’s Oberhasli goats are pictured. http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2017/movingmeat.htm#.Wal0LZOGNE5
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