Roundup Report: The Wild Horses of the Desatoya HMA

The Desatoya Herd Management Area (HMA) encompasses approximately 161,700 acres in Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) currently estimates that, as of March 2021, approximately 277 wild horses call the HMA home. However, the BLM’s unscientifically low Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the HMA – the number of horses the agency claims that the range can sustainably support in conjunction with other animals and resource uses – is 127-180 horses. 

Nation’s largest-ever wild horse roundup ends, slashing Wyoming’s wild horse population in half 

4,158 wild horses captured; 37 dead

Roundup Report: Fox-Lake Range HMA, Dec 2021

On or around December 10, 2021, the Black Rock Field Office (BRFO) will begin a wild horse roundup in and around the Fox and Lake Range Herd Management Area (HMA) located in central Washoe County, approximately 60 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The Fox-Lake range consists of 172,692 acres of BLM land and 5,032 acres of a mix of private and other public lands for a total of 177,724 acres.

Leading NGO Threatens BLM with Legal Action in WY Wild Horse Roundup 

WYOMING (November 29, 2021) — The nation’s leading wild horse protection organization is demanding action today after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released nearly 60 fewer wild horses back to Wyoming’s public lands than required as part of a controversial operation in the state. 

Iconic CO wild mustangs replaced by thousands of domestic sheep on public lands 2 months after massive roundup

Advocacy group calls on BLM to close Sand Wash Basin HMA to livestock grazing to protect wildlife and wild horses in one of nation’s most famous herds

Roundup Report: Barren Valley Complex Ends With 1,672 Mustangs Captured, 27 Dead

The Barren Valley Complex (Complex) includes the Coyote Lake/Alvord-Tule Springs, Sheepshead/Heath Creek and Sand Springs Herd Management Areas (HMAs) and spans nearly 1 million acres in Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) currently estimates that as of June 2021, approximately 2,500 wild horses call the Complex home. However, the BLM’s unscientifically low Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the HMA – the number of horses the agency claims that the range can sustainably support in conjunction with other animals and resource uses – is 459-892 horses. 

American Wild Horse Campaign Unveils Billboard Advertising Campaign in Wyoming

WYOMING (November 5, 2021) — Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) unveiled a billboard advertising campaign in Wyoming to raise awareness about the largest federal wild horse roundup in the nation’s history currently being conducted in the southern part of the state.

Wyoming Checkerboard Roundup: Media Updates

Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup 

Media Update: January 13, 2022

History’s largest wild horse roundup sees deadliest week since the start of operation

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) kills 12 federally protected horses in seven days

Feds Accused of Blocking  Public’s View of Massive Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup 

American Wild Horse Campaign Demands Transparency & Video Monitoring of All Aspects of Helicopter Capture Operation 

WYOMING (October 22, 2021) — The American Wild Horse Campaign is demanding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) immediately correct restrictions to public viewing of the largest federal wild horse roundup in history underway now in Wyoming. 

Roundup Report: Surprise Complex, Oct 2021

The Surprise Complex (Complex) includes the Massacre Lakes, Bitner, Nut Mountain, Wall Canyon, High Rock, and Fox Hog Herd Management Areas (HMAs) and spans nearly 400,000 acres in Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) currently estimates that approximately 1,300 - 1,700 horses call the Complex home.