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Show eee sy D4 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Fate of Wild Horses Undecided; Activists Aim to Halt Roundups BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH by returning the horses to the range. The agency had been in THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Wild horse managers are undecided on the fate of 85 mustangs removed last month from eastern Utah rangeland pera federal judge's order. For now, the so-called Bonanza Herd horses are enjoying the hospitality of the Bureau of Land Management, which has corralled the horses in a temporary facility about 27 miles south of Vernal. “The horses are in very good the process of amending that 1985 plan, whichcalled for the herd to be “zeroed out,” or eliminated from the range to reduce competition with livestock and wildlife for grazing forage. Jenkins ordered the BLM to removethe horses by late October, but due to confusion over the dating of his order, the agency did not gather the horses until Nov.15. Byobeyingthe judge’s order health and they will remain at in favorofthe tribe and county, the corral while we take a look the BLM has now drawn legal at a variety of options. We hope to reach a preferred alternative within the next week or so,” said Vernal BLM District Manager Dave Howell. “We could put them all into the adoption pipeline or hold some back. We fire from the Animal Legal Defense Fund, which has asked to intervene in the case and has filed a request for a temporary restraining order to return the horses to the range. The animal federal law. “BLM cannot be permitted to decimate these living sym- bols of the West by reducing herds to arbitrarily low numbers,” said the groups’ attorney Howard Crystal in a statement. “And the agency shouldnotbe permitted to removehalfof the wild horses and burros until it has thoroughly considered other avenues to protect the rangelands.” The BLM’s environmental analysis determined that one of the keys to protecting range- land and watersheds would be to remove-onehalf ofall wild horses and burros from public lands by 2005. Friday, December7, 2001 W.Jordan Mayor-Elect Quits Legislature West Jordan Mayor-elect city has been through enough Bryan Holladay announced Thursday his resignation needs some peace and stabili- from thestate Legislature. ty. “It seemed like a good idea notto start off with a controversial issue right off the bat.” But Holladay might be back Jan. 8, the day he is scheduled to be sworn into his new city post. He replaces Mayor Donna Evans, whom Holladay on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist when the annual legislative session begins Jan. 21. Holladay, a government relations representative for Mountain America Credit Union,said he defeated election. in last month’s Holladay, 54, had debated employer and other credit though there are differing opinions. “What changed my mind was just the people I talked to,” said Holladay, a Republican. “It was too in- publican Party will ask dele- volved to do both.” Besides, Holladaysaid, the federal law holds that the BLM may not zero out a herd area Protect yourself & your loved ones! unless there are extreme circumstances. Meanwhile, wild horse advocates went to court Wednes- W. 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