Bernhardt halts aerial killing of mountain goats in Grand Teton NP aftre complaints from Wyoming

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, responding to a request from Wyoming's governor, ordered Grand Teton National Park officials not to use aerial gunners to cull non-native mountain goats from the park.

Wyoming officials don't oppose the removal of the goats from the park, where they pose a threat of transmitting disease to native bighorn sheep and competing for forage, but simply the method.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/02/wyoming-governor-gets-grand-teton-national-park-halt-aerial-goat-culling

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