There are 45,000 wild horses and burros roaming public rangelands managed by BLM — lands they must share with wildlife, and other users such as livestock and recreationists. Learn about the natural and cultural history of these hardy creatures — "living symbols of the American West"-- and the management challenges they present today. Jump to Another Topic RESOURCES BLM NATIONAL WEB PAGES The Wild Bunch Science & Children magazine article on wild horses and burros; includes poster and classroom activities. http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/index.html BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Program Overview, facts, and statistics on the BLM Wild Horse & Burro program. http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/ BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Program BLM online adoption website. http://www.adoptahorse.blm.gov BLM STATE AND FIELD OFFICE WEB PAGES BLM-Arizona Information on Arizona herds and management and adoption activities. http://www.az.blm.gov/whb/whbindex.htm BLM-Colorado Information on Arizona herds and management and adoption activities. http://www.co.blm.gov/wildhb/wildhb.htm BLM-Eastern States Information on adoption activities in the 31 Eastern States http://www.es.blm.gov/programs/whb/index.html BLM-Idaho Information on Idaho herds and management and adoption activities http://www.id.blm.gov/whatwedo/horses_burros.htm BLM-Nevada Information on Nevada herds and management and adoption activities http://www.nv.blm.gov/whbpairs/whb.htm BLM-Elko, Nevada, Information on local herds and management activities http://www.nv.blm.gov/Elko/horses/ BLM-Marietta Wild Burro Range, Nevada Information on the nation's first formally recognized wild burro range http://www.nv.blm.gov/carson/Wildhorse_and_Burro/2_marietta_page.htm Rain Dance: An Adoption Story One child's story about a Nevada horse adoption http://www.nv.blm.gov/Elko/horses/raindance/raindance.htm BLM-Oregon/Washington Information on Oregon herds and management and adoption activities http://www.or.blm.gov/Burns/Horseburro/horse.html BLM-Utah Information on Utah herds and management and adoption activities http://www.ut.blm.gov/wh3wh&b.html and http://www.ut.blm.gov/WildHorses/wildhorses.html Salt Lake, Utah Information on local herds and management activities http://www.ut.blm.gov/saltlake_fo/WHB/wild_horse_and_burro.htm Cedar City, Utah Information on local herds and management activities http://www.ut.blm.gov/cedarcity_fo/blm_ccfo_sulpher_herd.htm Price, Utah Information on local herds and management activities http://www.blm.gov/utah/price/wildhorses.htm BLM-Wyoming Information on Wyoming herds and management and adoption activities http://www.wy.blm.gov/currentnews/wildhorses/WILDHORSEADOPTION.HTML Worland, Wyoming Information on local herds and management activities -http://www.wy.blm.gov/field_offices/worland_fo/wor.pages/wor_wilhrse.html OTHER RESOURCES Have You "Herd" Baby Boomers are Trading Backpacks for Burros Recreationists adopt burros as hiking companions http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/az/ The Kentucky Horse Park Mustang Troop The success story of adopted mustangs paired with Lexington, Kentucky, inner-city youths http://www-a.blm.gov/eso/kids_new/cool/pages/kyhpark.htm Deciding Which Feral Horse Populations Qualify as a Genetic Resource Consideration of the genetics of wild horse populations http://www.blm.gov/nstc/resourcenotes/rn25.html Genetic Variation in Horse Populations Consideration of the genetics of wild horse populations http://www.blm.gov/nstc/resourcenotes/rn27.html Genetic Management of Small Populations: the Special Case of Feral Horses Consideration of the genetics of wild horse populations http://www.blm.gov/nstc/resourcenotes/rn28.html

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