BLM Proposes Two Wild Horse Gathers in Colorado

The BLM is seeking public comment on two potential wild horse gathers this summer or fall to help maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy lands in Northwest Colorado.
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The BLM is seeking public comment on two potential wild horse gathers planned this summer or fall to help maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy lands in Northwest Colorado. | Photo: iStock

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on two potential wild horse gathers planned this summer or fall to help maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy lands in Northwest Colorado.

“We are committed to maintaining healthy populations of wild horses in northwestern Colorado for the long-term,” said BLM Northwest Colorado District Manager Andrew Archuleta. “Current wild horse populations in Colorado are as high as they have been since before the 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burro Act was passed. To keep these wild horse populations healthy, we need to reduce the populations through gathers as well as maintain an active fertility control program to slow herd growth.”

Wild horse gathers are approved at the national level based on funding and priority. While these two proposed gathers are not currently approved for this year, the BLM Northwest District is developing gather plans in case funding becomes available

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