Wild Horse Education
Triple B is a Herd Management Area (HMA) in central/eastern Nevada and comprises about 1.2 million acres. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has set the management level on the Triple B as 250-518 wild horses. The area is only referenced as "Triple B" when we discuss wild horses. When we discuss projects that use the area for profit we reference those areas by the livestock grazing allotment name or mining project (ie, Newark Valley, North Butte Valley, South Butte, Kinross Mine, etc).
This can get even more confusing for wild horse advocates because "The Triple B" is not just the Triple B (Buck, Bald and Butte Mountains that were once considered distinct areas and combined into the "Triple B") but it it now the name of a 2.5 million acre complex of management areas.
Today what is known now as Triple B comprises Triple B (Buck, Bald and Butte), Maverick-Medicine, Antelope Valley (West of Highway 93, and the Cherry Springs Wild Horse Territory (WHT), technically managed by Forest Service. A "WHT" is the Forest Service equivalent of an HMA in government speak.
When the BLM insists on creating these large areas it becomes difficult to create a simple and concise overview magazine for you on the "Triple B" horses. It becomes even more difficult when the new documents they create include an entirely different amalgam of another system of condensed HMA's, the Antelope Complex, into their documents they reference as management actions. The new project area is nearly 4 million acres.
When you see a 390 page "analysis" from the agency it does not mean the areas are analyzed in depth, it means they combined more acres. When you hear them state "areas are too large," the areas are simply combined small areas, not one big one. The areas are also managed by multiple BLM districts and the jurisdiction of Forest Service at Cherry Springs, this creates even more difficulty in communication and information.
WHat is "Triple B?"
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