Advance notices for roundups are becoming harder to find than foals at the Salt River.
The gather page puts the capture and removal goals at 1,400 each.
The target is horses.
The pre-gather population is thought to be 4,362.
The management plan allows 789, plus an unspecified number of livestock.
A helicopter will push the horses into the traps.
The contractor is Warner.
The contract amount is $719,550, for a unit cost of $514.
Operations will be open to public observation on a limited basis.
Areas within five miles of trap sites and holding pens will be off limits according to a temporary closure order.
Animals identified for removal will be taken to an undisclosed location.
All HMAs in the Complex are subject to permitted grazing.
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.
UPDATE: The November 14 news release says excess animals will be taken to the off-range corrals at Palomino Valley.
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