A start date was not given in the news release but the gather page says November 10.
The capture and removal goals are 500 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 660.
The management plan allows 390, plus an unspecified number of livestock.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
The contractor is Cattoor.
The contract amount is $397,025 but that covers 640 horses at Swasey and Cedar Mountain. Proration gives $310,176 for Cedar Mountain at a unit cost of $620.
Public lands near trap sites and holding pens are off limits except for observers escorted by BLM staff.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Sutherland and Axtell off-range corrals.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.
There are no plans to treat the mares with fertility control and return them to the range, which would prolong the genetic bottleneck created by the roundup.
This is a huge disappointment to the advocates, who want the herd subdued with PZP.
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