LOCATION:   The Bitner Herd Management Area lies in the northern Washoe County,

NV approximately 40 miles east of Cedarville, CA.

 

ACREAGE:     50,500 acres are managed for wild horses.

 

ELEVATION:  5,600 feet to 6,900 feet

 

TOPOGRAPHY/VEGATATION:       The Bitner Table makes up two-thirds of the area and wraps around the Massacre Lakes Basin which is a large alkali lake bed. Vegetation consists primarily of big and low sage, with an understory of bluegrass, squirreltail, needlegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass and Idaho fescue.

 

WILDLIFE: Wildlife consists of pronghorn, mule deer and sage grouse.

 

HERD SIZE:    15 to 25 head

 

HORSE COLORS:      Blacks and bays with some piebald

 

SIZE OF HORSES:     14-16 hands and 900-1100 pounds

 

HISTORY:       The horses in this area likely originated from historic ranching operations.

 

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