CARBON COUNTY -- A contentious plan to fully eliminate free-roaming horses from a Delaware-sized region in southwest Wyoming has cleared its environmental review process, and roundups are scheduled to start in about seven weeks.

The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced it has signed off on its earlier proposal to permanently remove more than 3,000 feral equines that dwell in the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town herd areas. That proposal, outlined in an environmental assessment, elicited 2,138 comments from people and parties who wanted to share their views about horses dwelling in BLM’s Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices.

“I have carefully considered all public comments received on the EA and wish to thank all commenters for their interest in wild horse

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