BLM to Conduct Tree-Thinning Treatments in Kern Mountains Area
Natural Resource Specialist Kellie Dobrescu says that hand-thinning is used when pinyon-juniper expansion is less dominate.
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Natural Resource Specialist Kellie Dobrescu says that hand-thinning is used when pinyon-juniper expansion is less dominate.
The 3,024-acre chaining is part of the landscape scale Ward Mountain Restoration Project.
The purpose of the gather was to reduce overpopulation of wild horses within and outside the Complex.
The BLM plans to gather up to 1,900 horses and remove up to 1,800 excess wild horses.
BLM issues Record of Decision on Pancake Complex Wild Horse Gather Plan Environmental Assessment ELY, Nev. – On May 4, 2021, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ely District issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on analysis provided in the Pancake Complex 10-year Wild Horse Gather Environmental Assessment (EA). The action is needed to reduce impacts to rangeland health and wildlife habitat within and outside of the complex boundaries. The EA will be used to facilitate gathers, removals, and fertility control of excess wild horses in accordance ...