The BLM plans to gather and remove about 125 horses from the Ferguson Springs area located just outside of the Goshute Herd Management Area. | Photo: iStock

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada’s Elko District, Wells Field Office, will begin a wild horse water and bait trap gather on or about June 25. Corrals will be placed near the Ferguson Springs area located just outside of the Goshute Herd Management Area (HMA). The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 125 wild horses.

The Ferguson Springs are located on private land about one-third of a mile west of Alternate U.S. Highway 93. The BLM said the wild horses in the area have been directly impacting a private land owner and creating a public safety issue when they cross Alternate U.S. Highway 93. The excess wild horses who water at Ferguson Springs cross the highway to graze farther outside of the HMA boundary, creating public safety concerns and private land issues, the agency said.

The Goshute HMA is approximately 250,800 acres in size and the area around Ferguson Springs is located just east of the HMA boundary. The southern portion of the Goshute HMA is very dry with very few perennial waters; the limited water resources are small seeps mainly found in the mountains, the BLM said. Ferguson Springs is located about 22 miles southwest of Wendover, Nevada, on private land (80 acres) just outside the Goshute HMA