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1 Free|Ranging Horses and Burros in the Western United States


1 Free-Ranging Horses and Burros in the Western United States

This report focuses on animals managed by BLM, which is responsible for over 90 percent of the equid population on public lands in the western United States.

Wild Horse and Burro Program | Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management manages and protects wild horses and burros on 26.9 million acres of public lands across 10 Western states as part of its ...

GET THE FACTS: “Free-Roaming” Horses and Burros in America

Mammalian Species 628: 1-14. 3. Kane, A.J. 2011. The Welfare of Wild Horses in the. Western USA. Chapter 24 in C.W. Mcllwraith and B.E.. Rollin, editors ...

Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, as amended

Congress finds and declares that wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to ...

Frequently asked questions about the overpopulation of wild horses ...

Wild, free-roaming horses can be found on public lands across 10 western states, with the largest population in Nevada. Wild burros roam rangeland in California ...

National Horse and Burro Rangeland Management Coalition

The total number of free-roaming horses in the United States is likely in the hundreds of thousands. BLM lands where horses and burros should be managed can ...

Free-roaming horse management in North America - Wikipedia

4 Western United States. 4.1 Introduced vs. reintroduced species; 4.2 Management history; 4.3 WFRH&BA management. 4.3.1 Other Western US herds. 4.4 Horses vs.

The History of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

Today marks the ✨52nd✨ anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971! For over five decades, this landmark legislation ...

From Range to Ranch | PERC

Large herds of wild horses and burros are found throughout the western United States. The rugged animals have evolved to live in challenging ...

"Framing Contemporary U.S. Wild Horse and Burro Management ...

The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHBA) of 1971 established all ... asinus ; WHB) live on western U.S. public rangelands. The number of ...

Myths and Facts about Wild Horses and Burros

Today, there are approximately 70,000 wild horses and burros remaining on millions of acres of our western public lands. Tragically, the interests of these “ ...

An Overview of Wild Horse and Burro Management in the American ...

Wild horse and burro populations are exclusively located in the American West. Current numbers of wild horses on public lands in the US far exceeds the carrying ...

Feral Horses and Burros: Impacts of Invasive Species

America's free-ranging horses are a western icon – and a potentially ... 1 United States Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Wild ...

National U. S. Public Survey of Free-Roaming Horses

To return the free-roaming horse and burro populations to a sustainable level based on 2019 rangeland health, the Bureau of Land Management and U. S. Forest ...

Western US Residents' Knowledge of Wild Free-Roaming Horses ...

Wild free-roaming (WFR) horses (Equus ferus caballus) occur on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service in 10 western US ...

FAQ | American Wild Horse Campaign

A: Today, wild horses and burros can be found primarily on government-designated Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in ten western states: Arizona, California ...

Ecological Effects of Free-Roaming Horses in North American ...

They occupy 31.6 million acres of federal land in the United States (BLM 2018). The population estimate of free-roaming horses and burros ...

Sustaining Wild and Free-roaming Horses and Burros—

Herd areas. (gray), are areas no longer intended for FRHB30. 53 US Forest Service wild horse territories generally abut a BLM HMA31. Figure 21. Horses on a BLM ...

Wild Horses and Burros | U.S. Department of the Interior

The BLM has determined that the total AML for wild horses and burros on the range west-wide is approximately 26,700 animals. The BLM estimates ...

Celebrate 50 years of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

... horses and burros as “all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands of the United States” and recognizes them as “living symbols ...