A map in the Decision Record, which was copied to the project folder in ePlanning, indicates the order applies to the entire HMA and five trap locations to the east.
Only gather operation personnel and any public observers escorted by BLM staff will be allowed in the closure area.
The ArcGIS Viewer puts the five traps in the North Gooseberry Allotment.
The allotment master report has it in the Improve category with 27% of the permitted use in the suspended column, suggesting that your stewards of the public lands are not taking their responsibilities seriously.
The 8,519 active AUMs support livestock equivalent to 710 wild horses on 114,317 public acres, or 6.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The stocking rate allowed by plan in Fifteenmile is 2.8 wild horses per thousand public acres, another example of the double standard for resource management on America’s public lands.
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