Yesterday’s announcement said the current population was 791, compared to an AML of 205-300, so 586 excess horses have to go.
A helicopter will push them into the trap and they’ll be taken to the off-range corrals at Wheatland or Rock Springs.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The HMA covers 391,868 total acres, including 207,372 public acres, most of them in the Wyoming checkerboard.
The news release did not indicate if operations would be open to public observation.
As of today, a gather page has not been created.
The HMA intersects the Lombard, Highway Gasson and Rock Springs allotments.
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