Tag: WHB

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....

November 6, 2019

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...

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...

February 28, 2019

BLM to return some horses to range in Oregon

Last fall, the Bureau of Land Management gathered 845 wild horses and burros from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in central Oregon as part of a sterilization research project. The...

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...