The authorization use report at RAS shows 37 horses on 6.5-month grazing season, divided into two parts.
The allotment master report gives the permittee as MILLER, CHARLES & DIANA.
In its effort to nullify the permits of American Prairie and discourage those who might purchase a base property and convert the associated allotments to a refuge, the BLM claimed in its proposed decision that it cannot issue grazing permits for animals treated as wild or intended to be released into the wild but it can issue permits for animals used in production-oriented operations, or in support thereof, such as horses used to herd cattle.
The operator information report shows no other authorizations for the Millers, no permits to graze cattle, sheep or goats.
So what production-oriented purpose do their horses serve?
Maybe they run cattle on another allotment under a different name.
Do they need 37 horses for that? Must be a big one.
Or maybe their permit doesn’t comply with the agency’s new understanding of the meaning of livestock.
If that’s true, they should be drafting more than one notice of permit cancellation.
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