The news release was published on the day the incident was set to begin.
The capture and removal goals are 300 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 560.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
The contractor is Cattoor and the contract amount is $287,650.
The unit cost is $959 per animal captured, at the high end of the pay scale.
The area will be closed to the public except for observers escorted by BLM staff.
Captured animals will be taken to the Sutherland off-range corrals.
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
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