[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-12564]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-931-4070-03]

 

Closure of Wild Horse Herd Management Areas to Harassment; Idaho

May 11, 1994.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management proposes to close certain public 
lands to protect wild free-roaming horses and burros from malicious or 
negligent injury or harassment, and to protect persons, property, 
public lands, and resources and enhance wild horse herds located in 
portions of Custer, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, and Washington 
Counties within Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harold D. Sherrets, BLM Idaho State Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, 
Boise, Idaho, 83706-2500, 208-384-3065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Malicious harassment means any intentional 
or negligent act which demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the 
well-being of wild free-roaming horses and burros and which creates the 
likelihood of injury, or is detrimental to the normal behavior patterns 
of free-roaming horses and burros including feeding, watering, resting, 
breeding, and foaling. Such acts include, but are not limited to, 
unauthorized chasing, pursuing, herding, roping, or attempting to 
gather or catch wild free-roaming horses and burros. It does not apply 
to lawfully conducted activities by or on behalf of the Bureau of Land 
Management in implementation or performance of duties and 
responsibilities under the Wild Horse and Burro Act. Negligently means 
the failure to exercise the standard of care that would be expected of 
a normally reasonable and prudent person. The areas generally affected 
by this closure are described as follows:
    (1) Salmon District, Challis Resource Area, Challis Herd Management 
Area; consists of the Salmon River on the north; the East Fork of the 
Salmon River on the west; U.S. Alternate Highway 93, and the watershed 
boundary separating the Big Lost Drainage from the Salmon River 
Drainage on the east; the ridge line between Herd Creek and Road Creek 
on the south.
    (2) Boise District, Jarbidge Resource Area, Saylor Creek Herd 
Management Area; beginning at the junction of State Highway 78 and the 
Pot Hole Road; southerly along the Pot Hole Road to its junction with 
the East-West Line road; easterly along the East-West Line Road to its 
junction with Crows Nest Road; northeasterly along the Crows Nest Road 
to its intersection with Owyhee County and Twin Falls County line to 
its intersection with the Snake River; westerly along the Snake River 
to its intersection with State Highway 78; State Highway 78 to the 
point of beginning.
    (3) Boise District, Owyhee Resource Area, Sands Basin, Black 
Mountain and Hardtrigger Herd Management Areas; from the confluence of 
Succor Creek and the Snake River; east along the Snake River to the 
Township line between Townships 3 South and 4 South; west along the 
Township line to the Idaho and Oregon State Line; north along the Idaho 
and Oregon State line to Succor Creek, then along Succor Creek to its 
confluence with the Snake River.
    (4) Boise District, Cascade Resource Area, Four-Mile Herd 
Management Area; beginning at the junction of Four-Mile Road and Big 
Willow Road; northwesterly approximately three miles to the center of 
section 13, Township 9 North, Range 2 West; north to Four-Mile Road 
then northerly along Four-Mile to Crane Creek Drainage; easterly 
approximately five miles to Big Willow Creek Road; southerly along Big 
Willow Creek Road to its junction with Four-Mile Road, to the point of 
beginning.
    From the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the lands herein described will be closed as described on a 
year round basis. This Closure Order is effective immediately in 
accordance with all parts of title 43 Code of Federal Regulations 
subpart 8364.1. Removal of domestic horses from the above identified 
Wild Horse Management Areas will require the authorization of the 
Bureau of Land Management authorized officer. This closure order does 
not affect all recognized lawful uses and activities on these lands.
    For maps of Wild Horse Herd Management Areas, refer to the Challis, 
Jarbidge, Cascade, and Owyhee Resource Management Plans. Additional 
information may be obtained by contacting: Salmon District Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 430, Salmon, Idaho 83467; or Boise 
District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 3948 Development Avenue, 
Boise, Idaho 83705.
Delmar D. Vail,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-12564 Filed 5-23-94; 8:45 am]
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