Society for Range Management
RESOLUTION:

Wild Horses and Burros

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Land Management has adopted and implemented standards and guidelines for rangeland “health” as a basis for assessing livestock grazing effects, and

WHEREAS, the Society for Range Management takes the position that all land uses should provide for long-term sustainability of rangelands, and

WHEREAS, the Society for Range Management recognizes the standards and guidelines for rangeland “health” as prepared are equally appropriate for all herbivores, and

WHEREAS, the Society for Range Management is concerned about present management of wild horses and burros on Bureau of Land Management lands.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Society for Range Management strongly urges the Secretary of the Interior to:

  1. adopt rangeland “health” standards and develop guidelines as a basis for assessing wild horse and burro grazing effects; and
  2. implement timely corrective actions when wild horse and burro grazing impacts result in the inability to meet or progress toward rangeland “health” standards.
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