The plaintiffs, consisting of the Oregon Wild Horse Organization, Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition and Western Watersheds Project, argue that the BLM must demonstrate that wild horse removals will restore an ecological balance on public lands but failed to do so, according to an October 11 report by Capital Press.
The claim will likely not hold water once the court realizes that achieving a thriving ecological balance means ranchers accessing most of the food in the lawful homes of wild horses, a result the agency seeks consistently across ten western states.
The advocates, defeated a long time ago, underscore the philosophy with their darting programs.
The final planning documents covering the roundups were copied to the project folder on July 22 and they are on the October 7 schedule.
The wild horse and burro program is a grazing program ancillary, protecting ranchers by minimizing the pests and enforcing resource allocations already on the books.
Other such functions include predator control (mostly at the state level), wildfire recovery, sagebrush restoration and pinyon/juniper eradication.
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