The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on the Reveille Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather Environmental Assessment
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The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, Tonopah Field Office announces the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Reveille Herd Management Area. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 30 days.
The action is needed in order to reduce impacts to rangeland health and wildlife habitat within and outside herd management area (HMA) boundaries. The EA will be used to facilitate gathers and removals of excess wild horses in accordance with 43 CFR 4700 regulation and the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, as amended (Public Law 92-195). Court decisions from 1987, 2001, and 2002 require that when the AML of 138 horses is exceeded, enough excess horses must be removed to allow three years to elapse before another gather is necessary.
A 30-day public comment period on the preliminary environmental assessment is set for December 5, 2019 through January 3, 2020. The public is encouraged to review the EA, located at: https://go.usa.gov/xpm24 and provide substantive comments or concerns, prior to 4:30 p.m. (PST) on January 3, 2020. All comments received will be fully considered and evaluated for preparation of the final EA.
Comments and concerns may be emailed to: blm_nv_bmdo_2019_0020ea@blm.gov or sent in writing to the BLM Tonopah Field Office, Attention: Daltrey Balmer, Assistant Field Manager for Renewables, Post Office Box 911, Tonopah, NV 89049. Hardcopies of the EA are available upon request from the BLM, Tonopah Field Office.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be publicly available at any time. While you can ask that your personal identifying information be withheld from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Anonymity is not allowed for submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.