Forest Service Failed to Assess Horse Agreement, Suit Says (1)

The US Forest Service failed to conduct a environmental impact analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act before completing a cost-sharing agreement in 2023 to co-manage the Salt River horse herd with the Arizona Department of Agriculture, a new suit alleges.

The lack of any NEPA analysis is “troubling” in light of previous litigation over the same issue in a 2017 agreement related o the management of the same herd, the Center for Biological Diversity and other nonprofits say in their suit filed in the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Jan. 5. Maricopa Audubon Society, ...