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A horse and a foal in sagebrush
BLM to begin wild horse gather in Wyoming’s White Mountain area
The Bureau of Land Management will begin a wild horse gather on or after Aug. 15, 2024, in southwest Wyoming’s White Mountain HMA. Approximately 586 wild horses will be gathered to bring the HMA down to low AML.
Burros on Blue Wing Complex
Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Blue Wing Complex Wild Horse and Burro Gather
On or about July 08, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management plans to begin a wild horse and burro gather on and around the Blue Wing Complex (Complex) located near Lovelock, Nev., using the helicopter-assisted method.
Burros standing in sagebrush
BLM 2024 wild horse and burro estimates show reduced overpopulation

The Bureau of Land Management today released its annual wild horse and burro population estimates,

Three brown horses
BLM to offer horses, burros for adoption in Ceres
Four brown and black horses in the high desert
BLM to offer inmate-trained horses for adoption
A brown, fuzzy burro
BLM to offer horses, burros for adoption in Ferndale
NNCC Adoption Results for the February 24, 2024 event
February 2024 BLM Nevada and Northern Nevada Correctional Center saddle-started wild horse adoption a success

Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.
BLM proposes wild horse gather in Wyoming’s White Mountain area

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management invites input on a proposed wild horse gather in southwest Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area.

Group photo of saddle-started wild horses and trained burro offered at the NNCC February 24, 2024 adoption event.
Bureau of Land Management and Northern Nevada Correctional Center announce a wild horse and burro adoption event for February 24, 2024

Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.
Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 East Pershing Complex Wild Horse Gather

A group of volunteers at the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area
BLM Colorado’s Volunteer of the Year award presented to Chris Brandt for his work in the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area

SILT, Colo.

Four tan colored horses running over sagebrush.
BLM Hosting Wild Horse and Burro Event in Jackson, Miss. Feb. 22-24

FLOWOOD, Miss.— The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangela

Kerrville Wild Horse Adoption Event
BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Kerrville, Texas

NORMAN, Okla. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event Feb. 23 - 24 at the Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas.

Three horses stand in a row.
BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Hallettsville, Texas

NORMAN, Okla. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event Feb. 2 - 3 at the Wilbur Babor Memorial Complex in Hallettsville, Texas.

Wild Horses on public lands.
Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 East Pershing Complex Wild Horse Gather

Side view of two horses heads at a BLM Wild Horse and Burro adoption event.
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Gainesville, Georgia

*** UPDATE: Due to inclement weather the Gainesville Wild Horse and Burro event is delayed one day and will now take place Jan. 19-20. *** 

 

Group of wild horses on the Nevada Wild Horse Range
The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area wild horse gather near Tonopah, Nev., on December 14, 2023.

Two horses touch muzzles with a group in the background.
BLM releases funding opportunity to support wild horse and burro work

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Group of wild horses on the Nevada Wild Horse Range
Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

LAS VEGAS – On or about Dec.

Wild Horses on public lands.
The Black Rock Field Office to release Calico Complex mares treated with fertility control

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.

Photo of Horses on the Bordo Atravesado Herd Management Area
Bureau of Land Management plans wild horse gather in Socorro
White and brown horses in a corral.
BLM to gather wild horses at Naval Air Weapons Station – China Lake
Girl leads horse with halter
More than 8,000 wild horses and burros found new homes in Fiscal Year 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Several wild horses of various colors stand in an open sagebrush landscape.
Bait trap gather to begin in McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area

CODY, Wyo.

Wild horses
National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet in Phoenix in December

The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet Dec. 12-14, 2023, at the Bureau of Land Management’s National Training Center located at 9828 N 31st Ave in Phoenix, Arizona.