Wild Horse and Burro
Two youth pet a gray horse.

Let’s talk about Mustang Camp

In partnership with the BLM, Utah State University Extension’s 4-H “Mustang Camp: Healthy Lands and Healthy Horses” has been helping youth explore what it really means to care for shared landscapes in the American West.
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Child hugging a donkey wearing an American flag noseband, with a smiling adult behind and a saddled horse nearby.

Freedom and Liberty Bring the Spirit of the West to Northern Virginia

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lower Potomac Field Station recently welcomed two of the agency’s most recognizable ambassadors: Freedom, a wild horse, and Liberty, a wild burro.
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BLM Eastern States Director, Mitchell Leverette and Shayne Banks, Deputy District Manager for the Southeastern States District Office pause for a photo with the BLM SSDO Wild Horse and Burro team (from left to right: Dominique Wood, WHB Coordinator; Lindsay Rasmussen, WHB Coordinator; Greg Reynolds, Mustang Heritage Foundation trainer; Megan Velasquez, WHB Compliance Specialist; Matt Anderson, WHB Coordinator; Michelle Maraman, volunteer; Demetris Sanders, WHB Program Supervisor; Shawn Farnsworth, WHB Coord

Successful Wild Horse & Burro Placement Event Draws National Interest in Liberty, Kentucky

The Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro adoption event in Liberty, Kentucky, held this April, ranked among the most successful placement events in a very long time for Eastern States.
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A woman wearing sunglasses smiles while petting a young donkey in a shaded outdoor area near a building.

Colorado River District employees gather to celebrate service and teamwork

Employees from across the Colorado River District gathered in a historic park to celebrate public service, teamwork and accomplishment for the district’s annual employee appreciation luncheon.
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Four burros stand in a line at the WY honor farm event

Second chances take the reins at Wyoming Honor Farm adoption event

Hundreds of visitors traveled to Riverton, Wyoming, on May 8–9 for the Wyoming Honor Farm wild horse and burro adoption event, where 46 trained animals found new homes and the partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Honor Farm demonstrated the power of second chances.
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Megan Velasquez, WHB Compliance Specialist moves horses in one of the corrals.

Placing Wild Horses and Burros East of the Mississippi, Supporting Healthy Herds and Public Lands in the West

The two recent events in Missouri and Mississippi below are perfect examples of the hard work, commitment, and creativity BLM staff bring to connecting wild horses and burros with new homes – and to telling the story of why that work matters.
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