Carson City District Office
Wild horse roam north of Reno, Nevada

Management of Wild Horses & Burros

The Bureau of Land Management protects, manages, and controls wild horses and burros under the authority of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to ensure that healthy herds thrive on healthy rangelands. The BLM manages these living symbols of the Western spirit as part of its multiple-use mission under the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

Link to BLM-National WH&B Webpage

Link to BLM Adoption Program Webpage

Volunteering for the Wild Horse & Burro Program in Nevada 


Scheduled Wild Horse Gathers on the Carson City District

The Sierra Front Field Office will conduct a wild horse gather on approximately January 16, 2012 for the Flanigan, Dogskin Mountain and Granite Peak HMAs.  For more information click here.

The Stillwater Field Office will conduct a wild horse gather on approximately January 22, 2012 for the Garfield Flat HMA.  A wild burro gather for the Marietta Burro Range is currently not funded and will not occur in 2012.  For more information click here.


Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Areas within the Carson City District

District Map of HMAs

Sierra Front Field Office:
Dogskin Mountains & Granite Peak
Flanigan
Pine Nut Mountains

Stillwater Field Office:
Clan Alpines
Desatoya
Garfield Flat
Lahontan
Marietta Wild Burro Range
Pilot-Table Mountain
South Stillwater
Wassuk


Wild Burro Tales

Information on Marietta Wild Burro Range