U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
Nevada State Office
Nevada State Office
| Contacts: | JoLynn Worley | , 775-861-6515 | , jworley@blm.gov |
BLM Wild Horse Center Thanksgiving Closures
Reno, Nev.—The Bureau of Land Management’s Palomino Valley Center north of Sparks, Nev., on the Pyramid Lake highway will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and on Saturday, Nov. 24. The Center will be open during regular hours on Friday, Nov. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Center at Palomino Valley is the largest BLM preparation and adoption facility in the country and serves as the primary preparation center for wild horses and burros gathered from the public lands in Nevada and other near-by states. The public is welcome to visit the Center to see the wild horses and people may adopt wild horses at the Center, too.
The facility is about 20 miles north of Reno/Sparks, Nev., on State Route 445 to Ironwood Road. The phone number for the Center is 775-475-2222.
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.