By understanding these natural seasonal stress patterns, scientists are better equipped to continue preserving this endangered species, researchers said.

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.

The Deerwood Wild Horse Ecosanctuary, in Laramie, Wyoming, in partnership with the BLM, will host a free public day on June 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The BLM plans to remove all wild horses from in and outside herd area boundaries because there are insufficient resources available to maintain healthy horses and rangelands over the long-term.

The nonprofit Salt River Wild Horse Management Group will oversee the Arizona herd’s day-to-day management.

The BLM is seeking input as it analyzes the North Lander Wild Horse Complex herd management plan and future wild horse gathers.

The Wind River Wild Horse Ecosanctuary, in Lander, Wyoming, provides a natural and free-roaming environment for wild horses removed from public rangelands.

Two tours of the Idaho facility will be offered on June 6.

The 6-year-old geldings, Drifter and Sandman, arrived at the park after four months of training by inmates at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove, California.

The remains of 191 horses were discovered thigh- to neck-deep in mud alongside a stock pond on land in the Cameron Chapter.

The BLM will host a public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral, in Fallon, Nevada, on May 11.

The BLM has proposed offering an incentive of up to $1,000 to anyone willing to adopt a wild horse or burro currently residing the agency’s holding corrals.

The BLM has set the complex’s appropriate management level at 310 to 518 wild horses. The current population is estimated to be nearly 1,300 wild horses.