The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Worland Field Office in Wyoming has announced two management actions in the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA).
The HMA is located 35 miles northwest of Worland, WY in Washakie, Big Horn and Park counties.
“This decision demonstrates the BLM’s commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands,” the Worland Field Office said in a released statement.
The decision includes updates to the HMA wild horse herd and habitat monitoring objectives.
Additionally, a gather and removal of wild horses, tentatively scheduled for this fall, was approved.
The HMA’s appropriate management level is 100-230 wild horses, but the population approaches 700 horses.
Removed horses will be available for adoption. “Wild horses essentially have no natural predators, resulting in a rapid increase in population,” the statement concluded.
“If not appropriately managed, herds double in size every four to five years.
To maintain wild horses in good physical condition and protect the health of public land, the BLM must manage their population growth.”
