Billings Field Office
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Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Available for Adoption
The Bureau of Land Management Billings Field Office is offering a Pryor Mountain wild horse for adoption on February 11, 2011. The oral competitive bid adoption will take place at Pompeys Pillar National Monument, located just off exit 23, Interstate I-94, east of Billings. It will begin at 11 a.m. in front of the interpretive center.
The horse offered for adoption is known as Exhilarate, Exhilaration, or Mr. T and is a seven-year old gelding. The horse kept straying from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range onto private lands, and the BLM made numerous attempts to return him to the range to no avail. In addition to being gelded, he has been freeze-marked, and vaccinated. He is currently being gentled by a contract trainer.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. 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, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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