Finding of No Significant Impact: Environmental Assessment. Winter Ridge HA Wild Horse Gather and Removal Plan, Location: Township 14, 15, and 16 South, Range 21 and 22 East Uintah and Grand Counties, DOI-BLM-UT-GOIO-2010-0208-EA.

摘要

The Vernal Field Office (VFO) of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to gather and remove approximately 150 excess wild horses from the Winter Ridge Herd Area (HA). The purpose of the gather is to implement decisions made in the 2008 VFO Resource Management Plan Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD stated that the Winter Ridge HA would not be managed for wild horses, that the horses would be gathered and removed from the HA, and that Animal Unit Months (AUMs) for wild horses would be re-allocated in a future planning process. The Winter Ridge HA encompasses approximately 46,500 acres of public and private land, within Grand and Uintah Counties in Utah. The HA is approximately 90 miles south of Vernal, Utah. The BLM has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts associated with the gather and removal; refer to DOI-BLM-UT-OIO-2010-020S.