They’re on the small side and not contiguous but the permits are up for renewal with comments due by March 4.

The allotment master report puts Hayes Canyon, Little Valley, Swedes Canyon and West Side in the Maintain category with equivalent stocking rates ranging from 3.6 to 12.6 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Your faithful public servants claim that rangeland health will suffer if wild horse stocking rates exceed one animal per thousand acres.

If a lying contest was held next week, who would win?  The bureaucrats or advocates?

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