Update: 143 wild horses have died, as of Friday, May 13, according to BLM.
Fifty-seven wild horses have died from an “unknown yet highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease” at the Bureau of Land Management’s crowded Cañon City (Colo.) corrals, which the BLM said in a Monday press release are now ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment as it prepares an Environmental Assessment of the removal of wild burros from the Marietta Wild Burro Range in Mineral County, Nev.
Public comments are due by May 15. To submit a public comment, see “Participate Now” here.
The BLM is ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management will host a public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Rand Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nev., on May 13.
The privately owned and operated facility about 90 minutes east of Reno, Nev., is holding wild horses captured in Nevada and Oregon. The 320-acre corral ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management’s annual population estimate for wild horses and burros on BLM-managed public lands shows a second straight decrease, from 86,189 horses and burros in 2021 to 82,384 as of March 1, 2022.
“This should not be mistaken for a win by the Bureau of Land ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on a proposed amendment to the Billings Field Office Resource Management Plan regarding genetic diversity in the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range.
Public comments are due by April 29.
The 2015 Resource Management Plan for the Pryor horses failed to adequately describe “all ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management will hold a virtual public hearing on the use of helicopters and other aircraft and motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses on April 26.
The hearing will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. It will be streamed at BLM.gov/live.
The Federal ... Read More