BLM Wyoming Holds Hearing on Vehicle Use In Horse Management
Edited Press Release
July 22, 2017
The public can share comments regarding helicopter and motorized vehicle use in wild horse management.
The public can share comments regarding helicopter and motorized vehicle use in wild horse management.
The bill would allow the BLM to transfer horses and burros to other government agencies for use as work animals.
The BLM hopes the horse gather proposed in the EA would help improve vegetation, habitat, and watershed health.
The population of 2,836 horses in three HMAs exceeds the cumulative AML of 1,560 animals by about 80%, the BLM says.
The BLM is hosting two free tours on Aug. 12, at a wild horse off-range pasture in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Horses suffered the effects of rapid climate change during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs.
The survey is part of ongoing research to collect information to guide future management of wild burros in Arizona.
The public hearing is scheduled for June 27 in Ely, Nevada.
The environmental assessment analyzes methods for managing wild horses and burros in Nevada’s East Pershing Complex.
The BLM transported 45 stallions, 34 mares, and 15 foals to the Indian Lakes Off-Range Corral, in Fallon, Nevada.
The BLM seeks public review and comments on the assessment of removing horses from outside a herd management area.
A foal was found dead two days after being picked up and held by a Tonto National Forest visitor.
Proposed budget cuts would save $4 million by eliminating restrictions on horse sales and other management options.
The BLM is gathering horses due to a lack of water sources in the area.
Thus far, the BLM has transported 70 horses from the water trap site to the Indian Lakes Facility in Fallon, Nevada.
The BLM will remove about 60 horses from private land near Boone Springs due to a projected lack of water this summer.
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