A new project has been started in ePlanning and three documents have been uploaded.
The management evaluation report contains two incompatible goals:
You cannot achieve genetic diversity by ending genetic mixing.
The workaround, to keep the population small and minimize impacts to livestock, would be to bring in horses from other areas, altering the genetic identity of the herd.
The current population is thought to be around 300 according to the news release.
The HMA lies mostly within the Green River allotment.
The allotment master report puts it in the Improve category with 38% of the permitted use in the suspended column, suggesting that your stewards of the public lands are not taking their responsibilities seriously.
Comments on the MER are due by September 2.
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