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National Office
Girl leads horse with halter

BLM seeks new partnerships to support wild horse and burro adoptions

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public and private partners to help support the agency’s mission to place wild horses and burros into good private care.

Nevada
Mares with their foals at the Indian Lakes ORC

Bureau of Land Management offers public tour of Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals located in Fallon, Nevada on October 27, 2023

Nevada, Ely DO
Wild horses are pictured in the Moriah Herd Area

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

ELY, Nev.

Nevada
Group picture of animals offered for Adoption for the Oct 14 NNCC Adoption Event

Bureau of Land Management and Northern Nevada Correctional Center announce a wild horse and burro adoption event for October 14, 2023

Nevada, Carson City DO
Desatoya Wild Horses

The Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Desatoya Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

CARSON CITY, Nev. – On September 30, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2023 Desatoya Herd Management Area wild horse gather near Fallon, Nevada.

New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
Wild horses in Carthage, Missouri

BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Marshall, Texas

NORMAN, Okla.— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event Oct.

Eastern States
A burro in Ocala, Florida

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Ocala, Florida

FLOWOOD, Miss. — The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event on October 19-21, 2023, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from we

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO

BLM issues decision on McCullough Peaks herd plan and bait trap gather

CODY, Wyo.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO

BLM and Wyoming Honor Farm place 40 gentled animals

RIVERTON, Wyo.

Nevada, Carson City DO

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2023 Desatoya Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

CARSON CITY, Nev.

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO

BLM Announces John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council Meeting

Prineville, Ore.

California, Northern California DO
Four tan colored horses running over sagebrush.

Bureau of Land Management to begin Surprise/Calico Complex wild horse gather

Eastern States

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Cullman, Alabama

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.