Amy Joi O'Donoghue writes: Another effort to help save the Mohave desert tortoise is being proposed, this time with the proposed removal of several hundred burros from within the Tass-Gold Butte Herd Management Area 60 miles southwest of St. George.
The area in question covers 101,816 acres of what’s described as “remote and rugged” Mohave Desert in Mohave County not far from Mesquite in southern Nevada.
Both the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service say even though the area is set at zero wild burros to protect critical desert tortoise habitat, recent surveys show there are several hundred burros in the herd management zone.
The zone is within the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, jointly managed by the two agencies.
A draft environmental analysis that has been released is up for public comment through Sept. 9. It proposes to conduct periodic removals of the burros, which will then be offered up for adoption or sale through the BLM’s program.
Read more about the habitat war along the southern Nevada-Utah border.
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