The allotment, on the east side of the Mormon Mountains HA in Nevada, offers 3,458 active AUMs on 57,700 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The forage assigned to horses is zero.
How many wild horses could live there?
Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 3,458 ÷ 12 = 288, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.
The stocking rate would be 288 ÷ 57,700 × 1,000 = five wild horses per thousand public acres.
Why is this important?
The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates give their assent through their darting programs.
If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 58 and 230 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 173,144 wild horses on 40,194,360 public acres, or 4.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
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