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The Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range is a refuge for a historically significant herd of free-roaming mustangs, the Pryor Mountain mustang, feral horses colloquially called "wild horses", [1] located in the Pryor Mountains of Montana and Wyoming in the United States.
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 ...
The BLM Wyoming estimates the wild horse population was just shy of 4000 horses (3,985 claimed) current in 2010. They claim the state population management level is in a range of 2,490 to 3,725 horses, thus they gathered 1,804 horses, removed 1,238, and used fertility control on 224 mares before releasing the mares back into the wild.
The Pryor Mountains feral horse herd is one of the most accessible feral horse herds in the United States. [9] Tourism to the range increased steadily in the mid to late 2000s. [56] The range can be easily accessed via a paved road which parallels Bighorn Canyon, and which provides excellent viewing of the horses. [57]
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 ...
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]
Passage of the Wild Horse Annie Act did not alleviate the concerns of advocates for free-roaming horses, who continued to lobby for federal rather than state control over these horses. [55] At the same time, ownership of the free-roaming herds was contentious, and ranchers continued to use airplanes to gather them. [65]
Grand Teton National Park–National Elk Refuge bison herd [3] Wyoming: National Park Service: 1000 Grasslands National Park: Saskatchewan: Parks Canada: 300 Hay-Zama Lakes Wildland Park: Alberta: Alberta Parks: 400 Henry Mountains bison herd [3] Utah: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Land Management: 400 Hot Springs State Park [3 ...