Are the figures in this Google search result correct?
Reagan’s doctrine of “trust but verify” does not apply to the wild horse advocates.
They cannot be trusted.
The final page of the 2025 population dataset gives post-Rock Springs AMLs of 22,637 wild horses and 2,919 wild burros.
Therefore, the total number of animals allowed by plan is correct.
22,637 + 2,919 = 25,556
One AUM will sustain one cow-calf pair, one wild horse, two burros or five sheep for one month.
So the total forage requirement is
22,637 × 12 + 2,919 × 12 ÷ 2 = 289,158 AUMs per year
Like the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, Return to Normal (Before WHB Act) is a strong supporter of nonmotorized removal,
The nonprofit works closely with the FREES Network, a ranching advocacy group sponsored by Utah State University Extension, and signed onto the “Path Forward,” a 2019 plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses and burros.
RELATED: BLM Releases 2025 Wild Horse and Burro Population Dataset.
NOTE: Initially CAAWH opposed the Path Forward but now accepts it.
Western Horse Watchers Association 