Search Results for: wild horse

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...

May 27, 2020

BLM needs more time, money for wild horse management, report says

It will take 15-18 years to reduce the current population of over 95,000 wild horses and burros to the appropriate management level of about 26,715 animals and doing so will...

February 26, 2020

Court upholds wild horse removals in Nevada

A federal court upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to remove more than 1,700 wild horses from the Caliente Herd Area in southeast Nevada. More than ten years ago,...

December 18, 2019

BLM studies one-dose fertility control for wild horses and burros

The Bureau of Land Management and partners will study the effectiveness of a fertility control vaccine that works in just one dose in feral horses previously removed from the wild....

October 18, 2019

Wild horse board prepares to meet as BLM gathers more horses

The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet Oct. 29 to 31 to discuss the federal government’s management of select free-roaming horses and burros — both on public...

July 17, 2019

Wild horse board meets, amidst gathers and scrutiny

The Bureau of Land Management last week began gathering wild horses in eastern Nevada, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the ecologically feral species’ overpopulation on public lands...

June 4, 2019

Can there be common ground on wild horses?

When it comes to managing wild horses on public lands in the West, it’s hard to find common ground. Proponents thrill at the sight of free-ranging horses, and they appeal...

October 17, 2018

TWS offers recommendations for wild horse management

TWS submitted  written testimony to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board during its meeting last week in Salt Lake City. The advisory board provides guidance to the Bureau...

September 4, 2018

BLM plans wild horse population control research

The Bureau of Land Management has released an updated draft environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for plans to test a sterilization technique on wild horses (Equus...

May 8, 2018

BLM outlines wild horse and burro management options

The Bureau of Land Management has provided Congress with a report detailing four options to deal with growing populations of wild horses and burros on BLM lands. Congress demanded a...