The incident may already be in progress based on the date in the news release.
The hearing last week was not mentioned, suggesting the agency prevailed.
The capture goal is 100 and the removal goal is 37.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 185.
The management plan allows 107 to 120.
Horses will be drawn into the traps with bait.
Operations, to be carried out by BLM staff, will not be open to public observation.
A map at the gather page shows the trap sites and closure areas.
Some mares will be treated with fertility control and returned to the HMA, presumably with some of the stallions.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the holding pens at Britton Springs.
The HMA is not subject to permitted grazing but is adjacent to grazing allotments.
Removal of 37 horses will not cause irreparable harm as the advocates claim, but heavy use of the pesticides, implied by the narrow range of the AML, will.
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