High Desert District Office
| Contacts: | Serena Baker, | |||
| 307-212-0197 |
BLM Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility Temporarily Closed for Adoptions
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District advises the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility is closed for adoptions until Jan. 2013.
Wild horses being gathered from the North Lander Complex Wild Horse Gather are being brought to the facility and must be health inspected, vaccinated, and test 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.
The Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility will reopen at the end of January 2013 with an expanded adoption event, including a drawing contest, elementary school field trips, preview day and adoption.
For adoption information and an adoption form for making one of these Living Legends your own, visit: www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Wild_Horses/adopt.html.
You can view pictures of the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility at: www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Wild_Horses/facility-pics.html. For specific questions, 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.
High Desert District Office 280 Hwy 191 N. Rock Springs, WY 82901