A gather page has been created but there is no announcement at the BLM news site.
The capture goal is 120.
Horses will be drawn into the traps with bait.
The incident will not be open to public observation.
Captured animals will be taken to the contract facility in Sutherland via off-range corrals in Cedar City.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range, suggesting that the removal goal is also 120.
The JMA includes BLM and Forest Service lands.
The ArcGIS Viewer indicates that permitted grazing occurs in the BLM component but not in the Forest Service component.
The Drought Monitor puts the JMA in category D2, severe drought, along with most of Iron County and all of Washington County.
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