Volunteers with the Absaroka Fence Initiative and nearby community modified over two miles of barbed wire fence on Y U Bench southeast of Cody, WY to facilitate the migration of the Carter Mountain pronghorn herd, according to a BLM news release.
The changes maintain functionality for livestock grazing.
The offending allotment was not identified.
The National Data Viewer shows numerous allotments in and around Y U Bench, all in the Cody Field Office.
Western Horse Watchers searched the Allotment Master Report for parcels containing “Bench” and selected five.
- South YU Bench
- Lower YU Bench
- YU Bench East
- YU Bench West
- Bench
The report puts all of them in the Improve category, another indication that our stewards of the public lands are not taking their responsibilities seriously.
The event was covered by the Cody Enterprise in a September 12 article, but nobody explained why the permittees aren’t accountable for wildlife-friendly fences.
Perhaps the fences are just a symptom and the real problem is animal agriculture, along with its enablers, cheerleaders and collaborators.
Wild horses and burros might have a few things to say about that.
Y U Bench lies between the McCullough Peaks and Fifteenmile HMAs, not shown in the following map. Click on image to open in new tab.
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