Intent To Remove Wild Horses

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-808]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-930-99-1060-04]


Intent To Remove Wild Horses

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to remove wild horses.

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SUMMARY: Periodic removals of wild horses are necessary in order to 
maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on the public 
rangelands. The removals described below are intended to eliminate wild 
horse populations that have strayed into areas containing large amounts 
of private land that are outside Herd Management Areas (HMAs) within 
the jurisdiction of the Rawlins Field Office. HMAs were established 
through the planning process as a result of monitoring and analysis of 
data in accordance with the Wild Horse and Burro Act, the National 
Environmental Policy Act, and Bureau of Land Management policies. This 
document serves as a Notice of Intent to remove excess wild horses from 
the following area outside Herd Management Areas.

Rawlins Field Office

    I-80 South (Outside HMA)--remove 280 of 280 horses. This action 
would remove all horses from areas South of Interstate 80 within the 
jurisdiction of the Rawlins Field Office that have strayed outside of 
HMAs. The action would begin approximately February 15, 1999, and would 
be completed on or before September 30, 1999. The removal of horses 
that stray outside of HMAs was authorized by Decision Record 
Environmental Assessment Number WY-037-EA1-039, dated February 21, 
1992. Weather conditions and other logistical considerations may 
dictate when the actual removal operations take place within the dates 
indicated, with the exception that gathers will not take place between 
April 16 and July 7 due to the foaling season in Wyoming.
    Numbers presented are approximate and will be finalized by aircraft 
census to be conducted during January/February 1999. All actions are in 
conformance with Bureau of Land Management Policy, documents listed 
above, and current monitoring data. These actions represent no new 
decisions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments on these actions, 
please contact Rawlins Field Office at P.O. Box 2407, 1300 North Third 
Street, Rawlins, Wyoming, 82301, or phone (307) 328-4200.
Kurt J. Kotter,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-808 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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