The incident, which kicks off the second half of the FY23 roundup season, will begin on or about July 1, according to today’s news release.
Helicopters will push the horses into the traps and operations will be open to public observation.
The HMA covers 105,499 total acres, including 104,500 public acres, according to the March HA/HMA Report.
The HA, most of which is unfit for wild horses but not for livestock, covers 389,050 total acres, including 387,676 public acres, east of Tonopah, NV.
The AML is 138.
The current population is thought to be 164 plus this year’s foal crop.
The stocking rate allowed by plan is 1.3 wild horses per thousand public acres, slightly higher than the target rate across all HMAs of one wild horse per thousand acres.
The goal is to capture 129 wild horses, remove 76 and return 26 stallions to their lawful home along with 27 mares treated with GonaCon Equine, an ovary-killing pesticide not a fertility control vaccine.
The HA and HMA lie within the Reveille Allotment and are subject to permitted grazing, as shown by the National Data Viewer.
Animals not returned to the HMA will be taken to the Ridgecrest off-range corrals.
Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.
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