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Federal officials plan to round up hundreds of wild horses roaming California’s Eastern Sierra, saying they pose safety hazards on highways and cause damage to unique geologic formations at Mono Lake.

A coalition that includes local tribes rejects many of the claims and is seeking a different outcome — one in which Indigenous communities help manage the majestic animals.

Several dozen horses calmly graze along the shores of Mono Lake, a sparkling saline expanse spread out before the jagged Sierra Nevada mountains. The September sun is blazing. A pair of brown horses come up side by side and stare intensely at an approaching visitor.

These wild equines soon may disappear from besid

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