The former HMA, which was zeroed out in 1998 to protect the desert tortoise, covers 101,816 acres of Mojave Desert in northwestern Arizona.
The environmental assessment analyzes the use of periodic removals to achieve and maintain zero wild burros in and around the HA, according to yesterday’s news release.
The current population is thought to be 219.
The Proposed Action, discussed in Section 2.2, would authorize helicopter and bait trapping over an unspecified period.
Comments will be accepted through September 9.
The EA was copied to the project folder along with the news release.
The HA is not subject to permitted grazing but adjacent lands are.
Refer to the maps in Appendix A.
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UPDATE: The NPS news release was published on August 12.
Western Horse Watchers Association 