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Idaho, Boise DO, Owyhee FO
A photo of wild horses being gathered from the Black Mountain Herd Management Area in Idaho

Bureau of Land Management concludes Black Mountain, Hardtrigger, Sands Basin Wild Horse Gather

BOISE, Idaho.

Nevada, Carson City DO

The Bureau of Land Management issues Decision for the Clan Alpine Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

CARSON CITY, Nev.

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
three brown horses in a corral

Area youth compete in Wild Horse Youth Challenge at Kansas State Fair

NORMAN, Okla. – On Sept.

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
2. The second highest bid horse of $9,000 was for “Colonel Leon”, a 6-year-old, Strawberry Road Gelding from the Sheephead-Heath HMA located in Oregon

BLM schedules wild horse adoption event with Fort Worth Mustang Show

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a Wild Horse and Burro Adoption event in coordination with the Fort Worth Mustang

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
Side view of two horses heads at a BLM Wild Horse and Burro adoption event.

BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Idabel, Okla.

NORMAN, Okla.— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event September 22-23 at the Idabel Rodeo Arena in Idabel, Okla.  &n

Idaho, Boise DO, Owyhee FO
wild horses within the Hardtrigger HMA_Idaho

Bureau of Land Management to gather wild horses in the Owyhee Front

BOISE, Idaho.

Wyoming
Photo of wild horses on the BLM’s Sands Basin Herd Management Area in Owyhee County, Idaho.

September wild horse and burro adoption events in Wyoming

. – The Bureau of Land Management will hold five wild horse and burro adoptions in Wyoming this September. Untrained horses and burros will be offered to qualified adopters.
Colorado, Northwest DO
a group of wild horses run along a temporary fence in the high desert.

BLM to conduct wild horse gather in West Douglas Herd Area

Nevada

The Bureau of Land Management concludes the FY2023 Antelope Complex-North Wild Horse Gather

National Office, Colorado, Oregon-Washington, Utah
A horse and a foal in sagebrush

BLM announces new grants to support wild horse and burro initiatives in Colorado, Oregon and Utah

The Bureau of Land Management has selected six organizations and universities in Colorado, Oregon and Utah to receive grants totaling more than $1 million aimed at empowering community-level action to support the BLM’s mission of managing and protecting wild horses and burros on public lands. 
Wyoming

BLM prepares Resource Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement for Rock Springs area

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.

Wyoming, High Desert DO
A woman does a handstand beside a burro, both are in costume

Wild Horses, Burros, and Trainers to Compete in 90-day Challenge

Rock Springs, Wyo. – On August 18, mustangs, burros, and their trainers will show off the progress they’ve made in 90 days at the Wyoming Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) Challenge.

Eastern States

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in West Bend, Wisconsin

MILWA

Eastern States

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Raleigh, North Carolina

FLOWOOD, Miss.—The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Johnnie Herd Management Area Nuisance Wild Horse and Burro Gather

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management concluded the 2023 Johnnie Herd Management Area Nuisance Wild Horse and Burro Gather in Pahrump, Nev., on August 5, 2023.

Oregon-Washington, Vale DO

BLM wild horse gather to promote healthy horses and resilient rangelands in southeast Oregon

VALE, Ore. – Around Aug.

Arizona
group of wild burros

BLM hosts wild horse and burro event in Chino Valley

PHOENIX, Ariz.

Wyoming
A girl and her horse... The Ultimate Bond.

BLM Wyoming holds successful wild horse adoption at the 2023 Cheyenne Frontier Days

Cheyenne, Wyo.

Oregon-Washington, Burns DO

BLM Plans Palomino Buttes, Stinkingwater Wild Horse Gathers

HINES, Ore.

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
2. The second highest bid horse of $9,000 was for “Colonel Leon”, a 6-year-old, Strawberry Road Gelding from the Sheephead-Heath HMA located in Oregon

BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Girard, Kan.

NORMAN, Okla.— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event August 18-19 at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Girard, Kan.   

Nevada, Ely DO

Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Antelope Complex-South Wild Horse Gather

ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Antelope Complex-South wild horse gather near Ely, Nev., on July 25, 2023.

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

Bureau of Land Management to conduct nuisance wild horse and burro gather in Pahrump, Nevada

LAS VEGAS – On or about July 20, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management, Southern Nevada District, plans to begin a nuisance wild horse and burro gather on private lands outside the J

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO

BLM seeks input on analysis of McCullough Peaks herd plan and proposed bait trap

CODY, Wyo.—The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office has released an environmental assessment that analyzes future wild horse bait trap gathers and fertility control measures needed in the Mc

Wyoming

Adopt a BLM wild horse during Cheyenne frontier days

Cheyenne, Wyo – The Bureau of Land Management will sponsor a wild horse adoption during Cheyenne Frontier Days on the south side of S. Lions Park Drive in Lions Park. 

Eastern States

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Franklin Furnace, Ohio

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event August 11-12, 2023, offering approximately 30 excess animals gathered from western