BLM to target wild horses in two herd management areas
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The Bureau of Land Management is looking to take away 138 wild horses from ii herd areas in northeast California in addition to far northwest Nevada, equally good equally treating 48 mares amongst a long-term contraceptive.
The bureau’s Surprise Field Office is seeking world comments on an environmental assessment for the get together inwards the Buckhorn in addition to Copppersmith herd administration areas.
The world consultation menstruum runs until Oct 10.
The bureau proposes gathering most 234 horses in addition to removing 138 from the Buckhorn in addition to Coppersmith areas.
Its goal is to convey the population to 109 wild horses, which is the lower destination of the appropriate administration marking of 109-160 animals inwards the ii herd areas. The Coppersmith expanse has a population arrive at of 58-85 horses, in addition to the Buckhorn area’s established population marking is 50-75 horses.
Of the horses gathered, the bureau plans to unloose dorsum to the arrive at 48 mares treated amongst a fertility command drug, in addition to 48 stallions to hold the herd size in addition to aid irksome population growth.
The BLM would confirm wild Equus caballus populations using inventory flights earlier in addition to later on roundup operations.
Horses removed from the arrive at would hold out offered for world adoption. If no adoption bespeak exists, they volition hold out cared for inwards the bureau’s organisation of long-term pastures inwards the Midwest, retaining their federal protection status.
The bureau estimates the wild Equus caballus population at 247 animals inside in addition to to a greater extent than or less the ii areas. The horses are consuming upward to 3 times the amount of provender allocated to them in addition to causing harm to riparian in addition to wetland areas, it says.
The cloth is online at www.blm.gov/ca/surprise. Click on the link for Buckhorn in addition to Coppersmith Wild Horse Population Management Plan 2012. Those who prefer the document inwards written or estimator disc cast tin asking copies from the BLM Surprise Field Office at (530) 279-6101.
A 30-day world comment menstruum runs through Oct. 10, 2012. The BLM volition consider comments inwards developing a Decision Record to hold out released this fall.
Comments should hold out sent to Surprise Field Office, Attn: Buckhorn in addition to Coppersmith, PO Box 460, Cedarville, CA 96104. Comments may too hold out sent via e-mail to BLM_CA_CBCwildhorses@blm.gov. To hold out most helpful, comments should hold out specific to the alternatives presented inwards the EA.
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