WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office (BRFO) is announcing the availability of a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) located in Humboldt County. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather PEA will be available for public to comment from August 27 to Sept. 26, 2021.
The gathers would occur in and around the Jackson Mountains HMA, located approximately 56 miles west of Winnemucca, Nevada. The proposed action is to gather and remove excess wild horses from within and outside the Jackson Mountains HMA to achieve the established Appropriate Management Level (AML) of 130- 217 wild horses and implement a range of fertility control techniques to maintain the population within AML over a period of up to 10 years. The PEA analyzes the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects from implementation of the gathers.
During the public comment period, the BRFO welcomes comments, data or information related to potential issues, impacts and alternatives that should be addressed in the PEA. Written comments should be mailed to the Black Rock Field Office, Attn: Garrett Swisher, 5100 East Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445, or by email to: BLM_NV_WDO_WHB@blm.gov with Jackson Mountains Wild Horse Gather PEA in the subject line. To review the PEA and other related documents go to https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2013460/615. Letters must be postmarked by Sept. 26, 2021.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your personal information may be publicly available at any time. While you ask us in your comment to withhold personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. After the public review period has ended, comments will be analyzed and considered part of the decision-making process.
For more information contact: Garrett Swisher, Wild Horse & Burro Specialist at 775-623-1500.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
