They simply guide them in a safe direction, a BLM public affairs officer told the Elko Daily Free Press in a story dated November 9.
“We typically will never use helicopters unless it is an extreme emergency, or we are in a wilderness study area where we cannot put vehicles in there.”
The article looks at resource management on public lands, a topic the advocates generally avoid.
If they told you that most HMAs are managed primarily for livestock, while they’re poisoning the mares with their favorite pesticide, you’d realize they’re protecting the ranchers, not the horses.
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