The wild horse herd in the Massacre Lakes Herd Management Area (HMA) has not been touched by man or helicopter for 25 years. As such it is a valuable population for both research and preservation. Yet the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to reduce the Massacre Lakes herd from the current estimated 186 animals down to just 25 animals, while allowing the annul equivalent of 141 cow/calf pairs to graze the same area.
This is a rare opportunity for the public to weigh in on a BLM action that will set the allowable wild horse population number AND the livestock grazing level. Thanks to the work of wild horse advocate Carla Bowers, the BLM has included an alternative for a more equitable distribution of forage between wild horses and livestock. Now is the time for the public to weigh in on the side of the mustangs!
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