Wild Horse and Burro
A foal roped by contractors and walks side by side with contractor's horse.

BLM completes wild horse gather in Adobe Town herd management area

The Bureau of Land Management’s Rawlins Field Office completed the removal of excess wild horses from the Adobe Town herd management area in southwestern Wyoming on August 2, 2025. The gather began on July 15, resulting in a total of 1,677 animals gathered. The total includes two studs that BLM released back into the herd management area on July 31, one mule gathered and later adopted following brand inspection, and one mare and one foal reunited with owner after brand inspection.
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Goddess of the Grid: Estimating wild horses and burros on public lands

We caught up with Michelle Crabb, BLM Population Biologist stationed in Fort Collins, Colorado, to talk about the work she does supporting the surveys used to determine the accurate number of horses and burros on public land managed by the BLM.
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Horse and adopter in arena.

Dispatch from the field: getting hooked on mustangs!

Amy Dumas, wild horse and burro specialist and program lead in California, shares her story of how an adopter became hooked on mustangs. 
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A wild horse is brought through a chute at a gather.

Numbers don’t lie: how the BLM safely gathers thousands of wild horses and burros every year

As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s commitment to the health and safety of the wild horses and burros under our management, agency personnel and contractors take extra caution when handling animals, including during helicopter-assisted gather operations. The proof can be found by just looking at the numbers. 
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A woman walking with a horse.

Adoption Incentive Program begins its third year with important changes to the program

Recently, the BLM implemented changes to the AIP to enhance existing protections for adopted wild horses and burros.
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Wild horses running.

Top 5 things to know about the Wild Horse and Burro Program

The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act directs the Bureau of Land Management (and U.S. Forest Service) to manage and protect wild horses and burros on public lands where they existed at the time the Act was passed. The Act also directs that wild horses and burros are to be managed at appropriate levels to support a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands.  
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