Forage Requirements of Wild Horses and Burros

If you want to compare the resource loading of burros to horses, cut the burro numbers in half.

A herd of 200 burros is equivalent to 100 wild horses.

An AML of 50 burros is equivalent to an AML 25 wild horses.

An allotment that supports livestock equivalent to 1,200 wild horses supports livestock equivalent to 2,400 wild burros.

An allotment that supports livestock equivalent to 5.6 wild horses per thousand public acres supports livestock equivalent to 11.2 wild burros per thousand public acres.

An allotment that offers 3,600 AUMs per year to livestock offers 3,600 AUMs per year to horses or 3,600 AUMs per year to burros.

RELATED: Equivalent Horses and Stocking Rates for Allotments.

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