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POLITICSJul 8 · 23:13 UTCCOURTHOUSE NEWSEdvard Pettersson

Judge pauses BLM plans to relocate Northern California wild horses

A federal judge halted the Bureau of Land Management's 2025 plan to remove wild horses from three herd management areas in Northern California and Nevada, citing insufficient analysis of overpopulation claims under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. The judge ruled the BLM's actions were arbitrary and capricious due to flawed assumptions about sustainable horse populations.

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William ShubbpersonU.S. Bureau of Land ManagementorganizationAdministrative Procedure ActtopicWild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros ActtopicCarter ReservoirplaceBuckhorn Herd Management AreaplaceCoppersmith Herd Management AreaplaceU.S. Department of Justiceorganization
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