Should Hearings on Motorized Removal Include the Reasons for Motorized Removal?

Apparently not.

A keyword search of a BLM blog post about the May 6 hearing yielded these results:

  • Allotment – No occurrences
  • Permit – 0
  • Grazing – 0
  • Livestock – 0
  • Forage – 0
  • AUM – 0
  • RMP – 0

Some individuals argued for greater use of fertility control, which the agency recognizes as an important management tool for slowing population growth but not for reducing wild horse and burro overpopulation.

An area is said to be overpopulated when the herd exceeds the low end of AML but is far from the carrying capacity of the land.

RELATED: Motorized Removal Hearing Set for May 6.

Leave a comment