The allotment, on the west side of Spring Creek Basin HMA, offers 2,508 active AUMs on 34,232 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 2,508 ÷ 12 = 209, 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 209 ÷ 34,232 × 1,000 = 6.1 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 support the narrative with their darting programs.
If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 34 and 175 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
BLM allotments in Colorado carry livestock equivalent to 49,546 wild horses on 7,448,367 public acres, or 6.7 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring the base property associated therewith and converting the grazing preference to horses, as American Prairie did for bison in Montagna.
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