BLM Wild Horse Policy

The BLM is soliciting public input regarding wild horse management options. Wild horses consume huge amounts of forage and water; spread invasive cheat and thistle, and are mobile enough to gain access evan to the higher elevation lands that cattle avoid. In other words, horses are huge competitors with mule deer, pronghorn, and other wildlife species.

Those removed from the field cost $50,000 her horse, for the life of the animal, to support. Multiply this by 60,000+ horses and it becomes clear that taxpayers are already on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain the horses we have already bred on public lands. Meanwhile, they continue to reproduce at rates that allow populations to double every five years. Don't let the Horse Advocates drive the agenda.

Take time today to contain John Axtell at BLM to offer the sportsman's and taxpayer's view on horse management and pass the word along to others interested.

[email protected].

Treat them like Coyotes. At least Coyotes are native. These horses are not even native to Nevada and IMO, an invasive species.

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https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2016/june/blm_seeks_input_on.html



BLM seeks input on plan to manage Pine Nut Wild Horses



Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Sierra Front Field Office is soliciting your input on the management of wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains. The BLM will be developing a 10-year plan to manage wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains that could include wild horse gathers, implementation of population growth control measures, public education and outreach, habitat improvement/restoration, and monitoring protocols. The goal is to maintain or restore a thriving natural ecological balance of wild horses and their habitat. Public comments will be accepted through July 6, 2016.



The Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA), an area designated for the management of wild horses and their habitat, is located within the Pine Nut Mountains. The Pine Nut Mountains are located in Carson City, Douglas, and Lyon counties, Nevada. In April 2016, the BLM conducted an inventory of the Pine Nut Mountains and observed 536 wild horses. The appropriate management level for the HMA is 119 to 179 animals. Thirty-nine percent of the wild horses were observed outside the HMA, including in urban interface areas such as Deer Run Road, Dayton and Fish Springs. The BLM has published a Final Summary of Current Conditions for the HMA that concludes that vegetative trends and riparian functional assessments for springs demonstrate that wild horses are a causal factor in the deterioration of conditions.



The purpose of the proposed plan would be to address the following issues:



? Prevent the degradation of public lands within and outside the herd management area;

? Address nuisance and other wild horses that are residing outside the HMA in areas that are not managed for wild horse habitat or that contribute to public safety concerns such as property damage and vehicle collisions;

? Address long-term population trends within and outside the herd management area; and

? Manage wild horses in a manner that supports meeting Bi-State sage-grouse habitat objectives.



For this plan, the BLM will be preparing an environmental assessment (EA) to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. The draft environmental assessment would assess the direct, indirect and cumulative effects from the proposed plan and alternatives.



For more information, maps and a copy of the Final Summary of Current Conditions, please go to the project website at http://1.usa.gov/1t1Opmz.



Send comments to: John Axtell, Wild Horse and Burro Specialist, 5665 Morgan Mill Rd, Carson City, Nevada 89701 or email at: [email protected]. Comments can also be faxed to: 775-885-6147 Attn: John Axtell. For more information contact John at: 775-885-6000.

Nevada in a whole has a horse problem not just up north. The worst county in the state is Lincoln county how about starting down here where the real problem is Not just up north where the politicians Rome my 2 cents

They haven't come into the towns yet (like the deer)that I know of. They're starting up North; I've seen them shading up next to a service station in Silver Springs, and in someone's pasture. Just saw a video of 8 of them chillin' in a housing development in Damonte Ranch (Reno Nevada)!

Thats my point ignore the problem until it Over flows. Put blinders on and do nothing till they start eating some politicians grass that's my the point I was making ?

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