BLM to Capture and Remove Wild Horses from Blawn Wash

CEDAR CITY — The Bureau of Land Management’s Cedar City field office will soon begin capturing and removing excess wild horses from within and outside the Blawn Wash Wild Horse herd management area in western Utah.

The BLM plans to capture and remove approximately 150 wild horses from state, private, and BLM lands located in Beaver County. This is being done in accordance with an environmental assessment that analyzed the impacts associated with the proposed capture and removal.

This removal is also being done in an effort to fulfill a 2016 agreement made between the BLM and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) that provides for a mutual commitment to work cooperatively to manage wild horses that have entered onto SITLA lands.

Helicopter drive-trapping operations are scheduled to begin Aug. 10. Members of the public are welcome to view the daily operations, provided the safety of the animals, staff, and observers are not jeopardized and operations are not disrupted.

The BLM will conduct escorted public tours to observation sites. Details will be announced daily on the BLM gather hotline at 801-539-4050. Those interested in participating should meet at the KB Express/Subway, 238 S. Main in Milford, where tours will depart at 5 a.m.

Participants must provide their own transportation, water, and food. Binoculars and four-wheel drive, high-clearance vehicles are also strongly recommended.

Animals removed from the range will be made available for adoption through the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program. Those that are not adopted will be cared for in long-term pastures, where they retain their protection under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.

Originally posted by Deseret News Utah