Would Owens Dugout Make a Good Wild Horse Refuge?

It’s too small but the permit is up for renewal according to a BLM news release.

The project description says the new permit would have the same livestock numbers, grazing periods, AUMs and terms as the existing permit.

The allotment master report puts it in the Improve category with 275 active AUMs on 2,155 public acres, equivalent to 10.6 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Your faithful public servants claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres.

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