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Describes the acrobatics of the mountain goat. Description of mountain goat's physical characteristics; Habitats in Glacier National Park, Montana and North America; Population in Washington's Olympic National Park; Goat's plodding life style; Climbing ability; Characteristics of goat's feet; Kids' agility'; Predation by bald eagles; Quarrels among goats; Encroachment by people.

The article offers the author's insights on the conditions of Raw Glacier in southeast Alaska. The author imparts that his becoming a Forest Service ranger is attributed to the glacier. He provides detailed observations as Raw Glacier started to melt and relates the situation to the ecological dangers of disintegrating glaciers. He also mentions similar events from other locations including the ones from Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, and Montana's Glacier National Park.

This section offers information on several parks. The Glacier National Park in Montana features mountain ranges, lakes, and glaciers and allows tourists to stay at Many Glacier Hotel and Good Medicine Lodge. The Olympic National Park in Washington boasts about its rugged coast, glacier-capped mountains, and rain forests. Geothermal area and wildlife are the main features of the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.

Ponders the fate of mountain goats living in the Washington state Olympic National Park. Background on how the goats were introduced into the area; Role of the group called Fund for Animals in preventing hunters from shooting the goats; Concern of the group for endangered species; Reason the annual grizzly hunt in Montana was outlawed.