Arizona's free-roaming Salt River horses get long-term protection with agreement between state, feds

[Judi Lynn]

USA TODAY NETWORK

Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic

Published 7:13 p.m. ET Dec. 30, 2017 | Updated 7:13 p.m. ET Dec. 30, 2017



PHOENIX — After years of controversy and uncertainty, representatives for Arizona and the federal government say they have reached an agreement that will ensure the long-term protection of the free-roaming horses near the Salt River.

The Arizona Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service had until Dec. 31 to ink a management deal for the horses.

With little time to spare, the two government agencies announced Friday they had reached an agreement.

"This is a positive development and the first step to ensure that the Salt River horses can roam without fear of danger or harassment," Arizona Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Sharma Torrens said. "We look forward to continuing this important collaboration and process."

More:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/30/salt-river-horses-get-long-term-protection/992834001/

[Bayard]

1. Very glad to hear this

Maybe big cattle ranchers can't buy off everybody...

[democratisphere]

2. Thankful these horses are protected.

[2naSalit]

3. Yay!

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Keep this on the down low, lest the dotard find out about this...

...so he could set up hunting licenses on federal in AZ.