Tag: WHB

April 26, 2022

Horse and burro population decline continues

The number of wild horses and burros on public lands has decreased for the second year in a row, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Land Management....

March 2, 2022

TWS and partners support BLM’s horse and burro removal

The Wildlife Society, along with the 33 other organizations in the American Wildlife Conservation Partners coalition, sent a letter of support to the Bureau of Land Management for its increased...

February 9, 2022

Wild horse gathers to continue in ‘public interest’

The Bureau of Land Management will continue to gather more than 2,000 wild horses from the Pancake Complex in Nevada after a federal court decision. The federal judge determined that...

January 20, 2022

BLM to increase wild horse gathers in coming year

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will increase the numbers of wild horses and burros that it removes from the western United States during Fiscal Year 2022, in response to...

November 23, 2021

BLM releases wild horse research plan

The Bureau of Land Management released a research plan that aims to chart a new course for wild horse and burro management, using scientific advances to control the feral populations...

September 16, 2021

BLM removing wild horses across West

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is in the process of removing over 700 wild horses from the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area and adjacent property in northwest Colorado...

July 14, 2021

Wild horse and burro populations decrease in past year

The number of wild horses and burros on public lands has decreased for the first time in almost a decade, according to a new report from the Bureau of Land...

April 13, 2021

BLM to remove up to 3,500 horses from Wyoming

The Bureau of Land Management recently released an assessment of its plan to remove up to 3,500 wild horses from public lands in southwestern Wyoming, finding that the removals would...

October 7, 2020

The Wildlife Society calls to reduce wild horse and burro populations

The Wildlife Society submitted written and oral testimony to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, calling on the Bureau of Land Management to reduce wild horse and burro...

July 24, 2020

Court upholds BLM’s management of wild horses

A federal appeals court recently upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s decisions to help control populations of wild horses and burros, in two separate cases decided earlier this month. The...