If you think AMLs represent the carrying capacity of the land, or are somehow related to it, read this press release about livestock grazing that appeared in Wyoming Livestock Roundup in 2011. Here’s the money quote:
Appropriate Management Levels should be renamed Acceptable Forage Losses, the number of wild horses (or burros) the ranchers are willing to tolerate.
After all, the land was set aside for cattle and sheep, right?
RELATED: Livestock Grazing in Wyoming.
Western Horse Watchers Association 