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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 to concerns about animal welfare ...
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. Last week, the BLM released ...
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 the ecologically feral animals destroying ...
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 and another 600 in the ...
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 ferus) in Oregon. Researchers would ...
New tool models wild horse management outcomes
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management recently released a modeling program that will help managers predict the successes of nonlethal methods for managing wild horses on public lands. The new tool, ...
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting scheduled
On Oct. 2 the Federal Register released a notice of the upcoming Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting on Oct. 18 and Oct. 19 in Grand Junction, Colorado. The meeting will be preceded by ...
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 benefit rangeland health, sage-grouse, and ...
‘Horse Rich’ documentary takes center stage at Reno event
Over 300 people gathered in Reno last week for a discussion of wild horses and their impact on the environment. The program featured a showing of Horse Rich and Dirt Poor, a documentary supported by ...
BLM seeks to fill positions on wild horse advisory board
The Bureau of Land Management is currently seeking nominations to fill three positions on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Nominations are due by May 29, 2018. BLM is looking for nominees who represent ...
TWS and Coalition Provide Testimony on Wild Horses
The Wildlife Society’s Government Affairs & Partnerships Director Keith Norris provided testimony to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board at a meeting in Oklahoma City on Thursday. Norris provided oral testimony on behalf of ...
Wild horse numbers take sharpest drop in decades
The number of wild horses and burros on public land has declined at its sharpest rate since 1985, marking the third year since 2020 that the overpopulation has decreased. A March 1 report from the ...
Wild horse and burro advisory board meeting postponed
The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting that was scheduled for March 27-28 in Salt Lake City. The meeting was postponed after a board member threatened ...
TWS provides testimony on lack of horse and burro progress
The Wildlife Society provided written testimony about the lack of progress in the federal management of free-roaming horses and burros to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, which met last week in Washington, ...
TWS Government Affairs testifies in BLM horse program hearing
The House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing entitled “Challenges and Potential Solutions for BLM’s Wild Horse & Burro Program” last week to discuss the exponentially growing population of ...
JWM: Do feral horses safeguard grassland ecology in Italy?
Wildlife managers should watch the growing population closely in case of negative ecological effects in the future
Western Governors’ Association sends letter on wild horses and burros
On Jan. 27, 2016, the Western Governors’ Association sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management requesting additional information regarding their administration of the National Wild Horse and Burro Program. In it, Western Governors’ ...
Corolla Wild Horses Letter
TWS, along with the National Wildlife Refuge Association and The Society for Range Management, sent a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife opposing S. 1204, the “Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act.” ...
