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More than 100 mountain goats, which is an endangered species, live in Mt. Seorak, Yanggu/Hwacheon, Gosung/DMZ, and Uljin/Bonghwa/Samcheok, known as the four major habitats. For the future of the mountain goats, ecological corridors for the meta populations should be secure among the isolated populations of these four major habitats. These ecological routes should ensure that if a disturbance occurs in a particular local habitat, it can be avoided in another habitat. Such ecological routes will prevent the habitat population from the sudden disappearance. In addition, by reducing inbreeding, genetic resistance against environmental disturbance will be raised. Therefore, they will contribute greatly to maintaining the stable population of at least these representative habitats.