Suit Over Long-Term Horse Roundup Plans Bounced From D.C. Cir.

A lawsuit attacking the Bureau of Land Management’s 10-year plans to gather and remove wild horses across Utah and Nevada isn’t ready to go before a federal appeals court, according to a Friday decision.

A trial court’s order requiring the agency to add specifics regarding the timing and what will trigger additional horse gatherings in the future wasn’t a final ruling on whether the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act authorizes such follow-on gathers, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit said.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia left the core dispute of the case ...