A helicopter will push the horses into the trap and the incident will be open to public observation according to today’s news release.
The HMA covers 134,459 total acres, including 127,608 public acres, in southeastern Oregon.
The current population is thought to be 781 adults and 165 foals.
The 304 horses allowed by plan receive 3,648 AUMs per year, compared to 10,299 AUMs per year for livestock.
The True AML is 1,162.
The stocking rate allowed by plan is 2.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The stocking rate at the True AML would be 9.1 wild horses per thousand acres, which brings more embarrassment to the bureaucrats and ranchers, who 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).
Horses identified for removal will be taken to the off-range corrals in Hines.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
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