RENO, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Brian Sandoval is urging the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider livestock grazing restrictions in northeast Nevada, saying they may be unwarranted given a wet winter that has drought conditions on the mend.
The Republican governor who recently called for expedited roundups of wild horses in Nevada says the agency's current management scheme wrongly prioritizes mustangs ahead of ranchers.
Conservationists argue that wild horses and dwindling wildlife like the sage grouse enjoy legal protections not shared by domestic cattle and sheep.
BLM says federal law dictates many of those lands should be managed "principally, but not necessarily exclusively" for wild horses and burros.
