(Alaska Department of Fish and Game) A mountain goat stands with scabby lesions on their mouth and around the eyes.

It has been 15 years since Haines had a reported case of a highly contagious skin infection in local mountain goats.

But state wildlife officials are raising the alarm in neighboring Juneau, which has seen three dead mountain goats and at least five reports of animals showing the disease since the beginning of winter.

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Lizzy Hahn is a reporter and photographer from Nome. She has worked in newsrooms across Alaska including the Anchorage Daily News, Nome Nugget and UAF Sun Star.