The incident will begin on September 6 according to yesterday’s news release.
Three HMAs in western Idaho are affected.
The capture goal is 220 and the removal goal is 142.
Up to 38 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the area with up to 40 stallions.
Helicopters will push the horses into the traps and operations will be open to limited public observation. (For a discussion of observation difficulties, watch this video.)
Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals in Boise.
Gather stats and daily reports should be posted to the Idaho gather page but as of this morning a link has not been added.
The Owyhee HMAs are managed primarily for animal agriculture, denoted by green in the following map, the #1 driver of wild horse removals.
Drilling and mining affect anywhere from a few acres to a few thousand acres while permitted grazing devours entire HMAs and beyond.
RELATED: Owyhee Decision Published.
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