The highest court in the state has upheld a circuit court decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary to cancel a conservation easement granted to The Nature Conservancy. The easement limits the use of 8,300 acres of sanctuary land, according to a report that appeared today in the Washington Times.
The sanctuary received $230,000 in exchange for the easement.
The report did not indicate who owns the 8,300 acres, what uses were prohibited, and if the ruling would be appealed.
In a related story, seventeen wild horses arrived at the sanctuary in October after being removed from the Fort Polk army base in Louisiana.
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