By George Wuerthner as published on The Wildlife News The Idaho BLM is implementing what is sometimes called “targeted grazing” with livestock in an effort to reduce large wildfires. The theory is that if livestock graze enough of the “fuel”, then large wildfires like the 600,000 Murphy Complex […]
SOURCE: ktvb.com Just over two weeks ago, the Soda Fire sparked and quickly grew to more than 283,000 acres. The massive wildfire devastated habitat for a number of wildlife species throughout Owyhee County, and it tore through three Wild Horse Herd Management Areas.(Photo: Paul Boehlke / KTVB) OWYHEE […]
The BLM claims it will return 200 out of the 300 wild horses rounded up from 3 HMAs. (Note that Sands Basin “maintains” only 70 wild horses, and Black Mountain “maintains” only 80 wild horses. These are NOT viable herd numbers to begin with.) BLM claims that 100 […]
In reading the BLM “news” release below, I had a couple of thoughts: 1) There should be NO LIVESTOCK FENCING ON PUBLIC LANDS. Why should structures for a PRIVATE BUSINESS be allowed on public lands? 2) The “terrible truth” is that if there wasn’t livestock fencing on public […]
The last paragraph of the BLM “news” release below states that the BLM is “considering” a roundup of the wild horses, but that only “some” of them will be returned to the range. Will the BLM suspend AUMs for livestock grazing if there “simply isn’t enough unburned forage […]
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