The Bureau of Land Management announced it began on Nov. 7 a wild horse gathering on the Clan Alpine Herd Management Area (HMA) located approximately 60 miles east of Fallon, NV, in Churchill County.
The HMA encompasses 304,763 acres of public and private lands and has an appropriate management level of 612-979 wild horses. The current population is estimated to be 1,993 horses.
BLM will gather about 1,594 wild horses, remove approximately 1,381 excess wild horses, and treat up to 81 mares with GonaCon Equine, a population suppression fertility control vaccine, before being released back to the range. All animals identified for removal will be transported to the Palamino Valley Off-Range Corrals, located in Reno, NV.
