C.F.R. » Title 43 » CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › SUBCHAPTER D—RANGE MANAGEMENT (4000) Group 4100—Grazing Administration › PART 4700—PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS › Subpart 4710—Management Considerations

43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1

Herd management areas

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Herd management areas shall be established for the maintenance of wild horse and burro herds. In delineating each herd management area, the authorized officer shall consider the appropriate management level for the herd, the habitat requirements of the animals, the relationships with other uses of the public and adjacent private lands, and the constraints contained in § 4710.4. The authorized officer shall prepare a herd management area plan, which may cover one or more herd management areas.

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Cited in 13 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: In Def. of Animals v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 751 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 2014).
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In Def. of Animals v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 751 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 2014). · cites it 4× “2 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . The BLM removes animals from an HMA when the population exceeds the established AML.”
Fund for Animals, Inc. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 460 F.3d 13 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “§ 1332 (c); 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 , established in accordance with broader land use plans.”
Am. Wild Horse Pres. Campaign v. Jewell, 847 F.3d 1174 (10th Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . HMAs and their boundaries are established by BLM in Resource Management Plans (RMPs).”
Wyoming v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 839 F.3d 938 (10th Cir. 2016). “43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . HMAs and their boundaries are established by BLM in Resource Management Plans- (RMPs).”
W. Rangeland Conservation Ass'n v. Zinke, 265 F. Supp. 3d 1267 (D. Utah 2017). “Inventories of wild horse and burro herds are used to designate appropriate herd management areas (“HMAs”), 5 see 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 , and to “determine appropriate management levels” (“AMLs”), 16 U.”
Friends of Animals v. Sparks, 200 F. Supp. 3d 1114 (D. Mont. 2016). “§ 1332(c); 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 , established in accordance with broader land use plans, to, carry out this plan.”
Kathrens v. Zinke, 323 F. Supp. 3d 1142 (D. Mont. 2018). “43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . BLM is tasked with establishing the AML for each HMA, which is "expressed as a population range within which [wild horses] can be managed for the long term in a given management area without resulting in rangeland damage.”
Leigh v. Raby, 726 F. Supp. 3d 1207 (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 4× “” 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . 3 These are mandatory duties with which BLM must comply.”
Friends of Animals v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 514 F. Supp. 3d 290 (D.D.C. 2021). · cites it 3× “2006); see also 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 . 3 Id. § 1333(b)(2).”
Leigh v. Raby, No. 3:22-cv-00034 (D. Nev. Jan. 28, 2022). · cites it 2× “HMAP as Prerequisite 5 Plaintiffs argue that 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 unambiguously requires the BLM to 6 establish an HMAP prior to initiating a gather.”
Friends of Animals v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., No. 2018-2029 (D.D.C. July 13, 2021). “for which an adoption demand by qualified individuals does not exist to be destroyed in the most humane and cost efficient manner possible.”
Friends of Animals v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 728 F. Supp. 3d 45 (D.D.C. 2024). “43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 ; see also id. § 4710.”
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