NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-CO-N050-2017-0056-EA
Project Name: Gather of Excess Wild Horses from Areas Outside of the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area

Project Information 

  • NEPA Number
    DOI-BLM-CO-N050-2017-0056-EA
  • Project Name
    Gather of Excess Wild Horses from Areas Outside of the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area
  • Project Type
    EA
  • NEPA Status
    Completed - Completed
  • Lead Office
    White River Field Office
  • Last Updated


Project Description

What's New

BLM approves plan to remove wild horses from outside established area 

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a final decision to remove up to 100 wild horses this fall from private land and other areas outside the designated Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area (HMA) in northwestern Colorado.

The decision will also allow future gathers to remove wild horses that stray from the 300-square-mile Piceance-East Douglas HMA designated for their management. 
 
“The BLM is committed to maintaining a healthy wild horse population on healthy rangelands in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area,” said BLM White River Field Manager Kent Walter. “Wild horses that stray from the established Herd Management Area need to be removed to reduce conflicts with other resources and private land under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.”
 
The BLM will primarily use a helicopter drive trap method to gather the horses from private lands in the Cathedral Creek area. If less than 100 wild horses are gathered from this area, the BLM may elect to gather horses from additional nearby areas outside the HMA.
 
The BLM currently estimates that there are 210 wild horses outside the HMA within the area covered by this decision, which includes about 773,000 acres in the White River Field Office east of Colorado Highway 139, south of Colorado Highway 64 and west of Colorado Highway 13. The decision area does not include the West Douglas Herd Area, which is west of Colorado Highway 139.
 
Wild horses removed through this gather will be taken to the Canon City holding facility and be made available for adoption or sale.

 

The Environmental Assessment (EA), Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), and Decision Record are under the  "Documents" tab on the left. 
 


 

Project Location

City State/Territory Zip Code County(ies)
Meeker Colorado 81641

Application Information

  • Applicant
    BLM WRFO
  • Program
    Wild Horses and Burros
  • Sub-Program
    Gathers


Project Dates

  • Start Date
    3/29/2017
  • FONSI Date
    8/10/2017


Project Office Information

  • Lead Office
    White River Field Office
  • Offices
    White River FO


Contacts

  • Contact 1 Name
    Danielle Courtois
  • Contact 1 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 1 Phone
    (970) 878-3861


  • Contact 2 Name
    Heather Sauls
  • Contact 2 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 2 Phone
    (970) 878-3855


  • Contact 3 Name
    Melissa Kindall
  • Contact 3 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 3 Phone
    (970) 878-3842