The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to head out to Clemson, South Carolina, on September 7-9, 2007, and take home a mustang or burro from America’s range lands.  In recognition of your help preserving the “American Legend,” the BLM will even give you a special Wild Horse halter. 

 

The three-day event features approximately 80 wild horses and burros, ranging in age from 5 years old and younger.  In addition to nice, healthy yearlings, mares, studs and geldings, there will be a limited number of burros. 

 

Adopt an animal at full adoption fee and BLM will recognize you with your choice of a nice ball cap or T-shirt, and a special Wild Horse Halter.  These bonuses are limited to one special halter and a choice of ball cap or tee shirt per adopter. 

 

Ms. Sherry Smith will show her gentled wild horse at the adoption site.  She has trained many mustangs in the region and will be available to visit with potential adopters about her training techniques and successes over the years.

 

The application process is simple and can be completed onsite throughout the event. beginning Friday, September 7, from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., stop by and pick out your favorites!  Head on back Saturday, September 8, and be ready to adopt your favorite through the oral bid adoption starting about 9:30 a.m. Minimum adoption fee starts at only $125.00.

 

Following the oral bid adoption, remaining animals are available for adoption on a walk-up basis until 5 p.m. on Saturday, and on Sunday, September 9, from 8 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  An added bonus is that any applicant who is approved for two or more animals, and adopts a full fee animal first, may adopt a second animal for just $25.

 

For more information on the application process, call 866-4MUSTANGS  (866-468-7826) or visit wildhorseandburro.blm.gov to download an application.  The event will take place at the Clemson University, T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena, which is located at 114 Poole Agriculture Center in Clemson, South Carolina.  The directions to the facility are: From Interstate 85 (near Anderson, SC), take Exit 19.  Turn northwest onto Highway 76 and continue toward Clemson. Turn west (left) at West Queen Street (previously Font’s Grove Road).  Go past the arena and turn south (left) at the cattle barn.

 

The BLM manages more land – 258 million surface acres – than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western States, including Alaska.  The Bureau, with a budget of about $1.8 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation.  The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.  The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, and cultural resources on the public lands.