Rock Springs Field Office
| Contacts: | Serena Baker | |||
| 307-350-0448 |
Rock Springs Corrals Temporarily Closed for Adoptions
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District Office advises its Rock Springs Wild Horse Facility is closed for adoptions until Jan. 2011.
Wild horses being gathered on the Adobe Town/Salt Wells Herd Management Areas are being brought to the corrals and must be health inspected, vaccinated, and tested negative for Equine Infectious Anemia before available for adoption or sale to the public. However, public viewing at the facility’s kiosk remains open daily.
For more information on the gather, please go to: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Wild_Horses/fallgather.html.
For additional information on wild horse adoptions and viewing, please contact Adoption Coordinator Kathi Fine at 307-352-0292.
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.
Rock Springs Field Office 280 Highway 191 North Rock Springs, WY 82901