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Purpose of Gather: The Centennial Herd Area Burro Gather is necessary to address resource impacts and reduce the risk of burro-vehicle collisions and is consistent with the provisions of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. In addition, the gather is consistent with the California Desert Conservation Area Plan Decision as amended to remove wild burros due to the challenges they are imposing on the military installation Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake and the unfeasibility of maintaining a wild burro population on BLM lands when removals would be conducted in adjacent jurisdictions. ....
BLM to begin wild burro gather near Ridgecrest Staff report The Bureau of Land Management is making plans to gather 300 wild burros starting next Friday and the public is invited to watch, provided they follow certain restrictions. The BLM will gather the burros which are part of the Centennial Herd Area located in San Bernardino and Inyo counties, roughly 10 miles north and east of Ridgecrest. The gather is intended to address resource impacts and reduce the risk of burro-vehicle collisions. The burros will be gathered from the approximately 1 million-acre herd area. A helicopter and wranglers will move the burros at a slow pace to the capture sites, ensuring groups stay together and reducing animal stress. ....