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Eastern States, Southeastern States DO
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

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
Kerrville Wild Horse Adoption Event

BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Kerrville, Texas

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.
New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
Three horses stand in a row.

BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Hallettsville, Texas

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.
Nevada
Wild Horses on public lands.

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 East Pershing Complex Wild Horse Gather

Eastern States
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. *** 

 

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO
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.

National Office
Two horses touch muzzles with a group in the background.

BLM releases funding opportunity to support wild horse and burro work

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO
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.

Nevada
Wild Horses on public lands.

The Black Rock Field Office to release Calico Complex mares treated with fertility control

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Socorro FO
Photo of Horses on the Bordo Atravesado Herd Management Area

Bureau of Land Management plans wild horse gather in Socorro

Beginning the week of Dec. 4, the BLM Socorro Field Office will begin a wild horse gather on BLM lands on the Bordo Atravesado Herd Management Area, located near Socorro, N.M
California, California Desert DO
White and brown horses in a corral.

BLM to gather wild horses at Naval Air Weapons Station – China Lake

National Office
Girl leads horse with halter

More than 8,000 wild horses and burros found new homes in Fiscal Year 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
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.

National Office
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.

California, Central California DO
Horses running across the high desert with mountains in the background.

Inyo National Forest, BLM seek input on proposed wild horse gather

Nevada
Clan Alpine HMA

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Clan Alpine Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

CARSON CITY, Nev.

National Office
Two horses touch muzzles with a group in the background.

BLM releases new funding opportunity for wild horse and burro research

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Idaho, Boise DO
wild horses gathered from Black Mountain, Hardtrigger and Sands Basin Herd Management Areas, Idaho some available for adoption

BLM to host adoption event at Boise Off-Range Wild Horse Corral

BOISE, Idaho–The BLM Boise District Office will host a wild horse adoption Nov.

Eastern States
Three brown horses in a row eating hay together.

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Gonzales, Louisiana

FLOWOOD, Miss.

Nevada, Ely DO
The helicopter pilot herds wild horses toward the trap.

Bureau of Land Management concludes the FY2024 Moriah Herd Area Wild Horse Gather

ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 Moriah Herd Area wild horse gather near Ely, Nev., on October 23, 2023.

Nevada
Horses on the hillside

The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Calico Complex Wild Horse Gather

National Office, Wyoming
antelope in a field

BLM extends public comment period for draft Rock Springs RMP and draft EIS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of the state of Wyoming and other stakeholders, the Bureau of Land Management is extending the comment period on the Dr

Wyoming
Wild horses stand in a pen at the Wheatland off range corral.

Adopt a wild horse from the Wheatland Corral in October

Wheatland, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Wheatland Off-Range Corral will offer up to 30 untrained wild horses for adoption on Friday, October 27.
Nevada, Battle Mountain DO
Wild horses roaming within the Roberts Mountain Complex

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Roberts Mountain Complex Wild Horse Gather

Nevada
Results from the October 2023 NNCC Adoption

October 2023 BLM Nevada and Northern Nevada Correctional Center saddle-started wild horse adoption a success