RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - Land officials plan to remove hundreds of wild horses from areas of three southern Wyoming herd management areas this fall.
The Rawlins Times reports (https://bit.ly/1SuLXe2) the Bureau of Land Management will take a total of 500 wild horses off of alternating public and private land in the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town Herd Management Areas.
Land owners can request wild horse roundups under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. A court agreement between the bureau and Rock Springs Grazing Association schedules wild horse removals from the three areas.
Rawlins Field Office manager Dennis Carpenter says low precipitation limits the growth of grass, which is shared among horses, deer, elk, antelope, and others.
People have until April 22 to submit comments about the roundup.
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Information from: Rawlins (Wyo.) Daily Times, https://www.rawlinstimes.com
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