NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2016-0004-EA
Project Name: ZonaStat-H PZP Fertility Management Pilot Project for Wild Female Burros Environmental Assessment - July 2016

Project Information 

  • NEPA Number
    DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2016-0004-EA
  • Project Name
    ZonaStat-H PZP Fertility Management Pilot Project for Wild Female Burros Environmental Assessment - July 2016
  • Project Type
    EA
  • NEPA Status
    Completed - Completed
  • Lead Office
    Kingman Field Office
  • Last Updated


Project Description

What's New

ZonaStat-H PZP Fertility Management Pilot Project for Wild Female Burros
Environmental Assessment
The HSUS has proposed to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this project to manage population numbers of wild burros (Equus asinus) on public lands. The HSUS proposal is for a four-year project on 115 to 165 free-roaming burros located in northwest Arizona within the BLM Colorado River District (CRD) in the Black Mountain Herd Area (HA) of the Kingman (KFO) and Lake Havasu (LHFO) Field Offices. 

The BLM analyzed the proposal in the Environmental Assessment, released a Finding of No Significant Impact, and issued a Decision Record approving the project.  The documents are available on the "Documents" page.  
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in cooperation with the BLM proposes to treat female burros (jennies) in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) with the immunocontraceptive vaccine Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP), also known as ZonaStat-H PZP.   This drug is federally approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and registered under the number 86833–1. This drug is also registered by the Arizona Department of Agriculture, under State ID 41399.  PZP is a naturally occurring pig protein which degrades quickly in the environment. If eaten, it is digested like any other protein and cannot pass through the food chain (Kirkpatrick et al. 2012). 

The HSUS’s focus for this project is to assess whether booster doses of ZonaStat-H PZP could be applied via opportunistic darting in a safe, effective, and economical manner as one method of reducing reproduction rates to wild and free-roaming burros. The purpose of this federal action is to respond to the request of the HSUS to study the logistical feasibility and the effectiveness of using ZonaStat-H PZP as a fertility management tool for wild and free-roaming jennies in the Black Mountain HMA. The need for action is to ensure that the HSUS Proposed Action and the alternatives as proposed comply with both the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (PL 92-195) as amended and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976).
 
Amanda Dodson 
Kingman Field Office Manager 
Bureau of Land Management
(928) 718-3700

[email protected]

 

Project Location

City State/Territory Zip Code County(ies)
Meadview Arizona 86444

Application Information

Project Dates

  • Start Date
    11/6/2015
  • End Date
    3/9/2017
  • FONSI Date
    3/10/2017


Project Office Information

  • Lead Office
    Kingman Field Office
  • Offices
    Kingman FO
  • Cooperating Agencies
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