Hunting districts / Mountain goat
Mountain goat hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)
District 151
Montana hunting district 151 (Mountain goat), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 197 sq mi in Powell, Lewis And Clark counties; 100% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 6,283 ft; FWP estimated 0 goat harvested in 2017.
What stands out
- Among the most public of 37 mountain goat districts: 100% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
- Among the lowest goat harvests of 37 mountain goat districts: 0 goat harvested in 2017 (FWP estimate). FWP harvest estimates
- Among the most wilderness of 37 mountain goat districts: 100% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
- Among the flattest of 37 mountain goat districts: 4,042 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)
Publicly administered land
| US Forest Service | 100.0% |
Area of Montana State Library 'Montana Public Lands' polygons (derived from the Montana Cadastral Framework, Department of Revenue ownership records) intersected with the FWP district boundary, measured in NAD83(2011) Montana State Plane (EPSG:6514). Ownership is not access: some public land is closed to hunting or has no legal access.
Goat harvest estimates
| Year | Hunters | Days | Total Harvest | Billies | Nannies | Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
FWP estimates from the annual hunter harvest survey; they carry sampling error. "n/e": FWP did not estimate district-level hunter numbers that year. Boundaries of a numbered district can change between years.
Landscape
- Counties
- Powell, Lewis And Clark counties
- National forests
- Flathead National Forest
- Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (100%)
- Wildlife management areas
- —
- Mountain ranges (GNIS)
- Flathead Alps, Lewis and Clark Range
- Highest named summits
- Twin Peaks (≈8,560 ft), Junction Mountain (≈8,494 ft), Observation Point (≈8,455 ft), Foolhen Mountain (≈8,442 ft)
- Passes and gaps
- None named in GNIS
- Towns and places
- —
Elevations sampled on a regular grid inside the district from AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium, zoom 10, ~105 m pixels; compiled from USGS 3DEP and SRTM). Approximate: summits read lower than their surveyed height.
Sources
- District boundary: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks hunting district layer.
- Public land: Montana State Library, Montana Public Lands (published 2026-10-06).
- Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates, retrieved 2026-10-30.
- Places: USGS Geographic Names Information System. Wilderness and forests: USDA Forest Service.
- Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM).
Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.