The current population is 326 and the AML is 178 according to the 2024 HA/HMA Report.
Of course they should go, if you’re an advocate. The HMA is overpopulated.
Best way to being the numbers down is nonmotorized removal, also known as humane management or in-the-wild management.
Mind not required.
Consider these data from a 2018 EA for population management in the HMA (page 17 in the pdf).
The forage allocation for horses tells you the AML was 2,424 ÷ 12 = 202, which is consistent with the HMA page but not the HA/HMA Report.
The forage allocation for livestock tells you the HMA supports cattle equivalent to 19,392 ÷ 12 = 1,616 wild horses, so the True AML is 202 + 1,616 = 1,818 which far exceeds the current population.
The horses can stay.
Mind required, plus a sincere desire to help wild horses.
The advocates have neither.
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