The HMA boundary excludes some deeded acreage on the west side that falls within the Burnt Flat allotment.
Otherwise, the borders match.
Your faithful public servants allow 56 wild horses on 28,331 public acres according to the 2026 population estimates, or two wild horses per thousand public acres.
In Burnt Flat, they allow livestock equivalent to 310 wild horses on 28,749 public acres according to the allotment master report, or 10.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.
The HMA is managed primarily for livestock.
The True AML is 366.
The arrangement costs taxpayers $679,000 per year for the 310 horses in off-range holding, minus $5,900 from ranchers grazing livestock in their stead.
Who would do a stupid deal like that?
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