Description: This polygon feature class represents the spatial extent and boundaries for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Areas (WHB HMAs). The WHB Program manages BLM land designated as Herd Areas (HA) and HMAs as well as the horses, burros, and mules that roam on BLM land. These animals are considered cultural resources by law; therefore, the BLM must manage the animals that roam as a resource. The WHB Program also manages the data and tracks the animals on some land managed by other agencies under agreements with those agencies (e.g. Forest Service Herd Territories). Animal management includes monitoring the wild herds and their habitat, as well as removing some of the animals from the wild, caring for them, and finding responsible owners for them through adoptions and sales.
All HMAs need to be contained within an originally designated Herd Area (HA). Management status can change based on changing conditions. Specific laws and regulations pertaining to the management of wild horses and burros are applied. The BLM uses the term Herd Management Area; the Forest Service uses the term Wild Horse Territory.
Copyright Text: Bureau of Land Management, Arizona
Description: All Herd Management Areas (HMAs) need to be contained within an originally designated HAs. Management status can change based on changing conditions.
The WHB Program manages BLM land designated as HAs and HMAs as well as the horses, burros, and mules that roam on BLM land. These animals are considered cultural resources by law; therefore, the BLM must manage the animals that roam as a resource. The WHB Program also manages the data and tracks the animals on some land managed by other agencies under agreements with those agencies (e.g. Forest Service Herd Territories). Animal management includes monitoring the wild herds and their habitat, as well as removing some of the animals from the wild, caring for them, and finding responsible owners for them through adoptions and sales.
This polygon feature class represents the spatial extent and boundaries for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro (WHB) Herd Area (HA) polygons. The BLM WHB HAs have been designated by The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 as areas that wild horses and burros appeared to be inhabiting.
These areas were designated in 1971 as the result of wild horses and/or burros being found during initial flights of them that same year. As additional surveys were done and data gathered, it was determined that some of these lands and animals were actually on private lands and/or were private animals. Areas with private animals that were "claimed" during the claiming period were not carried forward as Herd Areas. Herd Areas were carried forward in land use plans and determinations were made as to whether or not to manage animals on these federal lands.
Copyright Text: Bureau of Land Management, Arizona
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