Linda Coates
Linda Coates
board fall means program ruling shut weather
It means if the board doesn't make a ruling in 45 days, we'll have to shut the program down for this fall because of weather limitations,
gather puts
So that puts us right up there with gather numbers,
access cut decision ecological feels forest horses longer service strongly summer
From an ecological standpoint, the BLM feels strongly that what the horses need is more summer range, ... If a decision is made that they can no longer have access to Forest Service lands, we will have to cut the herd.
evidence gotten means pregnant seen time
That means that just about every mare that could have gotten pregnant did, ... This is the first time we've seen evidence of compensatory reproduction in wild-horse herds.
events handle seem
They seem to be able to handle these catastrophic events and survive,
decision issues
The issues are still on the table, but there's been no decision at this time,
controls decides favor fertility impact left natural option public
If the public decides they're not in favor of fertility control, we have only one option left - gathers, ... Natural controls aren't enough to impact the herd.