Press Releases
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BLM to offer wild horses, burros for adoption in Napa
NAPA, Calif. – Wild horses and burros from the herd management areas of northeast California will be looking for new homes when the Bureau of Land Management offers them for adoption Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, at the Napa Valley Horsemen’s Association Arena, 1200 Foster Road, in Napa. The BLM will offer eight mares and geldings aged 4 to 5, and 10 yearling fillies and geldings. A total of 14 burros of all ages, including yearlings, will also be available.
BLM seeks public input on Rock Springs wild horse gather plan
The BLM is seeking public input to inform the development of an environmental assessment for the gather and removal of nearly 5,000 excess wild horses over a 3-year period. This scoping period ends 8 July, 2024.
This Friday: Sneak Peek of 75 Wild Horses and Burros Available for Adoption
Come out to the MetraPark Inner Field, Friday, June 7, 4-7 p.m. for a sneak peak of the 75 wild horses and burros that will be available for adoption at the Bureau of Land Management’s adoption event June 8-9.
BLM begins emergency gather to save wild burros in the Piute Mountain Herd Area
NEEDLES, Calif. – Due to extreme temperatures and insufficient water availability, the Bureau of Land Management began an emergency gather of wild burros on Friday, May 31, using a temporary water and bait trap method in the Piute Mountain Herd Area in San Bernardino County.
BLM to host adoption event at Boise Off-Range Wild Horse Corral
The BLM Boise District Office will host a wild horse adoption June 7 - 8 at the Boise Wild Horse Off-Range Corral just off Pleasant Valley Road. There will be approximately 60 wild horses and seven burros available this weekend.
Inyo National Forest, BLM seek input on proposed removal of wild horses outside Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory
Inyo National Forest, in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management, is seeking public comment on a preliminary Environmental Assessment to consider removal of wild horses outside of the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory in Mono County. The comment period opens today and is expected to close June 26, 2024.
June wild horse and burro adoption events in Wyoming
BLM WY kicks-off summer with four wild horse and burro adoptions in June. Untrained animals will be offered to qualified adopters for a $125 minimum fee. Events to be held June 1, 8, 8 and 21.
BLM concluded the Red Rock HMA Wild Horse and Burro bait and water gather operation
The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 Red Rock Herd Management Area Wild Horse and Burro bait and water gather near Las Vegas, Nev., on May 11, 2024.
BLM offers public tour of Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals located in Fallon, Nevada on May 31, 2024
BLM offers public tour of Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals located in Fallon, Nevada on May 31, 2024
Humboldt River Field Office has initiated a public scoping period on the Blue Wing Complex Herd Management Area Plan
The Humboldt River Field Office is developing a Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) for the Blue Wing Complex. A 30-day public scoping period will begin on May 2, 2024, and will end at 11:59 PM PST on June 1, 2024.
May wild horse and burro adoption events in Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming will hold three wild horse and burro adoptions this May. Animals will be offered to qualified adopters both online and at in-person competitive bid adoptions for a $125 minimum fee.
The Bureau of Land Management will begin Red Rock HMA Wild Horse and Burro bait and water gather operations
On or around April 24, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office will begin a wild horse and burro gather on the Red Rock Herd Management Area (HMA) l
BLM to begin Caliente Complex wild horse bait and water gather operation
CALIENTE, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Caliente Field Office on or around April 1 will begin a wild horse gather in the Caliente Complex.
Young horses, handled by 4-H youth, hail from Idaho’s public rangelands
NAMPA, Idaho–The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in partnership with the University of Idaho Extension 4-H program, will offer wild horse weanlings for adoption during the Idaho Horse Expo April 5-
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.
