Challenge to Wild Horse Removals Filed Too Late, D.C. Cir. Says

Environmental groups missed their deadline to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to round up horses and remove them from a certain area in Nevada, the D.C. Circuit affirmed Friday.

The agency said it decided to remove the horses because food and water were scarce and the area doesn’t provide “sufficient habitat resources,” according to court filings. One horse roundup took place in 2009, and another took place in 2018.

American Wild Horse Campaign, Western Watersheds Project, the Cloud Foundation, and an individual sued to stop the 2018 roundup, saying the decision violated the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros ...