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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 ...
New Jersey: Horse (state animal) As of the designation of the horse as the state animal, New Jersey contained over 4,500 horse farms housing almost 40,000 horses and played host to a horse industry that extensively contributed to the preservation of natural lands in the state. 1977 [15] North Carolina: Colonial Spanish Mustang
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]
The California State Lands Commission is a unit of state government that is responsible for management and protection of natural and cultural resources, as well as public access rights, on some of California's publicly owned lands. [1] The members of the State Lands Commission include the Lieutenant Governor, the State Controller and the State ...
Mar. 18—Defining what it means to conserve land and assessing existing conservation projects will be key to meeting New Mexico's climate goals, state agency leaders said this week. Gov. Michelle ...
Aug. 30—Two massive wind energy projects are coming to New Mexico. In August, the New Mexico State Land Office approved two wind projects expected to bring more than $146 million in revenue for ...
An open range sign along the Interstate 10 Frontage Road in southern Arizona.. Where there are "open range" laws, people wanting to keep animals off their property must erect a legal fence to keep animals out, as opposed to the "herd district" where an animal's owner must fence it in or otherwise keep it on the person's own property.
The Spanish brought horses to California for use at their missions and ranches, where permanent settlements were established in 1769. [47] Horse numbers grew rapidly, with a population of 24,000 horses reported by 1800. [49] By 1805, there were so many horses in California that people began to simply kill unwanted animals to reduce ...