The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely Field Office is proposing to remove wild horses from Herd Management Areas (HMAs) that were burned by the Rocky, Narrows, Cloudy, Oreana, Timber White River Clover, and Dusky Fires. These fires burned the following Wild Horse Herd Management Areas (HMAs): Seaman, Clover Creek, and Clover Mountains. The gather would occur approximately December 1, 2006 and last approximately three to four days. This proposed gather is to provide for stabilization of the burned areas.

Forty-Six (46) fires were ignited by dry lightning storms and burned approximately 106,697 acres from May 6 to September 18, 2006, on lands managed by the Ely BLM Field Office.

The Clover Creek/Clover Mountains wild horse population is located directly east of Caliente Nevada. The Clover and Dusky Fires burned close to the Clover Creek/Clover Mountain HMAs boundary. The Fires encompasses 3634 acres of HMA Refer to Figure 1 for a map of the Affected Area.

The Seaman HMA is located approximately 60 miles south of Ely. The fires burned approximately 7345 acres of HMA. Refer to Figure 1 for a map of the Affected Area.

Location: see map on page 4 of Preliminary EA)

Date Posted: 10/26/2006