The Rangeland Stewardship Award in the permittee category went to Fitzgerald Ranch of Plush, OR according to a BLM news release dated September 17.
The Operator Information Report at RAS tied the ranch to authorizations 3600601 and 3601273.
The Allotment Information Report linked the authorizations to these allotments:
- 3600601 – NORTHEAST WARNER
- 3601273 – SHALE ROCK, FITZGERALD FFR, COYOTE-COLVIN, ABERT SEEDING, SOUTH RABBIT HILLS
The Allotment Master Report provides management status, public acres and active AUMs.
Approximately 92% of the public acres are in the Improve category, suggesting that our stewards of the public lands are not taking their responsibilities seriously.
The allotments support livestock equivalent to 1,427 wild horses on 298,288 public acres, or 4.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand public acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Public Lands Council.
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