When wild horse populations are within AML, other wildlife thrive, according to a BLM article about the 2024 roundup.
In the case of Sand Wash Basin, you cannot have more than 362 wild horses in the HMA or the land will degrade, but you can have livestock equivalent to 1,402 wild horses in the same area.
Curiously, those animals escaped the writer’s attention.
The permanent bait trap and ever-present footprints of the PZP darters are constant reminders that the horses are not a priority in their lawful home.
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