WILD HORSES AND BURROS Prepared by Robert Dover SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS

referred to as staff) have analyzed the potential impact of the proposed Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) project on wild horses and burros at the proposed project site. Staff concludes that the proposed project would have no significant impact, as defined either by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) or by National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), on wild horses and burros at the proposed project location. The proposed project location was formerly included within a Herd Management Area (HMA) established by the California Desert Conservation Area Management Plan (CDCA Plan). Although no wild horses are present in this area, burros are present. In the NEMO Plan Amendments, the Appropriate Management Level (AML) for burros in the Clark Mountain HMA was reduced from 44 to 0, and approximately 100 burros were removed from the area in January 2007. Although burros are known to still exist in the area, BLM plans to remove the remaining individuals.. Until that gather is accomplished, the remaining individuals are to be protected from harassment or injury by the provisions of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. Increased traffic associated with construction and operation o