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The BLM distinguishes between "herd areas" (HA) where feral horse and burro herds existed at the time of the passage of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, and "Herd Management Areas" (HMA) where the land is currently managed for the benefit of horses and burros, though "as a component" of public lands, part of multiple use ...
Pursuant to the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978, the BLM has established 179 "herd management areas" (HMAs) covering 31.6 million acres (128,000 km 2) acres where feral horses can be found on federal lands. [84] In 1973, BLM began a pilot project on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range known as the Adopt-A-Horse initiative. [88]
Pursuant to the 1978 amendments, BLM established 209 "herd management areas" (HMAs) where feral horses existed on federal land. [56] [57] The Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range was one of only three HMAs solely dedicated to feral horses. [39] In January 1982, the director of BLM issued a moratorium on the destruction of excess adoptable animals. [58]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service manage these herds. Although the BLM struggled to implement adequate herd management in many areas, in 1973 they began a successful program for rounding up excess numbers, and adopting out these captured horses and burros to private owners.
Pages in category "Bureau of Land Management areas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of Bureau of Land Management Herd Management ...
In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs ...
The PMWHR is the only Herd Management Area (a BLM area managed for feral horses and/or burros) in Montana. There are six additional Herd Areas (BLM areas that currently have or have had in the past populations of wild horses, but are deemed not suitable for horses) in the state, but none currently contain horses, leaving the Pryor Mountain ...
The BLM has established Herd Management Areas to determine where horses will be sustained as free-roaming populations. [91] The BLM has established an Appropriate Management Level (AML) for each HMA, totaling 26,690 bureau-wide, [ 92 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] but the on-range mustang population in August 2017 was estimated to have grown to over 72,000 ...