If you’ve always wanted a burro of your very own, you’re in luck. The Bureau of Land Management may soon have just the donkey you’re looking for. Reporter Heather Clisby has details…
The Ridgecrest Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a roundup of over 900 wild burros from the Centennial, Panamint, and Slate herd management areas, located northwest of the Mojave desert, and within the borders of both Inyo and San Bernardino counties. The population management plan covers a ten-year period and is designed to address resource impacts as well as reduce burro-vehicle collisions.
Scheduled for late May, the roundup effort will employ techniques such as helicopter-assisted wrangling and bait trapping. The gathered burros will be moved to the BLM’s Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals where they will be prepared for adoption or sale.
For more info, contact Alex Neibergs at [email protected].
