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Horses on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range in Montana. 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 ...
In 1962, public pressure lead to the establishment of the Nevada Wild Horse Range, [29] and in 1968, the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range was established. [30] In 1969, the National Mustang Association, headquartered in Utah, [ 31 ] persuaded Senator Frank Moss to introduce a bill (S-2166) to protect the remaining mustangs of Spanish descent ...
Since the WFRH&BA applies only to unclaimed horses that were free roaming on lands managed by the BLM and USFS at the time of passage of the Act, [69] there are a number of other free-roaming horse herds in the west, including: Placitas Herd (New Mexico) [125] Virginia Range Herd (Nevada) [126] Sheldon Herd (Nevada) [127]
"Herd overpopulation and severe drought conditions have cumulative impacts on public lan. U.S. land managers are planning to round up more than 2,800 wild horses across four Nevada counties ...
Nevada is home to nearly two-thirds of the 68,928 wild horses the bureau estimated on March 1 were roaming federal lands in 10 Western states stretching from California to Montana.
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 ...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — 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 died during the roundup of more than 2,000 horses in Nevada last summer.
Located within the 275,575 acre Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wheeler Pass Herd Management Area (HMA), the Cold Creek Herd is one of the final remaining wild horse herds near Las Vegas. [8] The herd is made up of descendants of 1800s horse trade escapees and horses abandoned by Native Americans , Las Vegas settlers, ranchers, and prospectors ...