Mohave County to ask BLM for improved coordination after board raises burro population concerns

Apr 20, 2026

Supervisor Martin secured board approval to send a letter to BLM and elected officials citing a BLM press release estimating roughly 3,896 burros in the Black Mountain area and urging better coordination, population management and public-safety responses; public testimony was sharply divided.

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The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted April 20 to authorize a letter from the chairman to the Bureau of Land Management and state and federal officials expressing concern about the feral burro population in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area and requesting improved coordination and long-term management.

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