Case 6.1 Wild Horses
According to research, more than 67,000 wild horses and burros are estimated to be roaming Western public rangeland which is a 15 percent increase over the 2015 population. It was reported that there were eighteen percent increase from 2014 to 2015. The actual population has been calculated to be more than double the number of horses on the range than is recommended under BLM land use plans. Decision making involves the process of choosing to focus on a “course of action” rather than different varieties that could lead to confusion. The process of decision making consist of several steps: Identifying the situation at hand or the opportunity that might be available, gathering information from facts, making the decision and implementing and enforcing the evaluated decision. In this paper, the decision making techniques and its appropriate to the BLM’s situation will be discussed and suggestions to help the Bureau improve its handling of the wild horse problem will be provided.
Furthermore, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision making techniques are firstly identifying the problem. The problem is the management is the BLM’s situations. The problem the BLM is faced with is that they are charged with managing wild horses as an integral part of the natural ecosystem of public lands. The BLM has custodial …show more content…
In the process of making decision, the facts have been gathered enough to know that the challenge of managing the wild horses is real and difficult due the expenses that have to be spent to maintain the population that is constantly increasing. In this situation, there is no quick fix of the problem the BLM is facing. The suggestions that I have to render are basically weigh the cost against the benefits. When the cost and the benefit is analyzed, then some other factors can be ruled out and that will help the BLM to remain focus on a
According to research, more than 67,000 wild horses and burros are estimated to be roaming Western public rangeland which is a 15 percent increase over the 2015 population. It was reported that there were eighteen percent increase from 2014 to 2015. The actual population has been calculated to be more than double the number of horses on the range than is recommended under BLM land use plans. Decision making involves the process of choosing to focus on a “course of action” rather than different varieties that could lead to confusion. The process of decision making consist of several steps: Identifying the situation at hand or the opportunity that might be available, gathering information from facts, making the decision and implementing and enforcing the evaluated decision. In this paper, the decision making techniques and its appropriate to the BLM’s situation will be discussed and suggestions to help the Bureau improve its handling of the wild horse problem will be provided.
Furthermore, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision making techniques are firstly identifying the problem. The problem is the management is the BLM’s situations. The problem the BLM is faced with is that they are charged with managing wild horses as an integral part of the natural ecosystem of public lands. The BLM has custodial …show more content…
In the process of making decision, the facts have been gathered enough to know that the challenge of managing the wild horses is real and difficult due the expenses that have to be spent to maintain the population that is constantly increasing. In this situation, there is no quick fix of the problem the BLM is facing. The suggestions that I have to render are basically weigh the cost against the benefits. When the cost and the benefit is analyzed, then some other factors can be ruled out and that will help the BLM to remain focus on a