The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada’s Sierra Front Field Office has prepared a draft Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP). The BLM is seeking public comments on this draft plan through Jan. 22, 2017.

The Pine Nut Mountains HMA is located south of Dayton and east of Carson City, Nevada.

The HMAP is a 10-year plan for management of wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains. It could include wild horse gathers, implementation of population growth control measures, public education and outreach, habitat improvements/restoration, and monitoring protocols. The goal is to maintain or restore a thriving natural ecologic balance of wild horses and their habitat.

For this plan, the BLM has prepared a preliminary environmental assessment (EA) to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, which assesses the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects from the draft plan and alternatives