BLM Targets Over 3,400 Wild Horses for Removal from Range Over Next Four Months

September 30, 2012

AWHC Contributor

Editor's note: The tentative fall/winter roundup schedule reveals that BLM is targeting 3,400 wild horses for roundup and removal from the range. This comes at a time when the BLM acknowledges that its long-term holding facilities are filled up and when the agency is under fire for selling captured wild horses to a man known to haul horses from the U.S. to Mexico for slaughter. The capture of these horses will boost the captive wild horse and burro holding population to over 50,000 — a number that far exceeds the number of wild horses and burros left in the wild.

National Wild Horse and Burro Tentative Gather/Remove/Treat Schedule Fiscal Year 2013

This table contains information about planned gathers for FY 2013 (which begins October 1, 2012). The information is preliminary and is subject to change at any time. For information about an individual gather, click on the link to the Office of Administrative Jurisdiction. Final gather data are reflected in the Data page. To view this schedule online, click here.

Herd Management Area	Gather Date	Planned Gather Number	Planned Removal Number	Planned Number of Mares Treated	Office of Administrative Jurisdiction
Jarita Mesa (FS) (Bait Trapping)	10/1/12-2/28/13	102	66	18	US Forest Service
Murderers Creek (Bait Trapping)	10/1/12-2/28/13	105	105	0	Oregon State Office
Triple B Complex Maverick-Medicine (Bait Trapping)	10/1/12-2/28/13	63	63	0	Elko District Office
Cedar Mountain	10/1/12-2/28/13	400	250	0	Utah State Office
Antelope Complex Antelope/Antelope Valley	10/1/12-10/7/12	200	200	0	Elko District Office
Wassuk	10/14/12-10/27/12	400	250	100	Carson City District Office
Challis	10/26/12-11/2/12	274	137	55	Idaho State Office
McCullough Peaks	11/1/12-2/28/13	90	20	70	Rock Springs Field Office
Owyhee Complex Little Owyhee	11/1/12-12/19/12	858	544	118	Winnemucca District Office
Owyhee Complex Snowstorms Mountains	11/1/12-12/19/12	384	256	48	Winnemucca District Office
Owyhee Complex Owyhee	11/1/12-12/19/12	141	11	45	Winnemucca District Office
North Lander Complex Rock Creek	11/4/12-11/26/12	810	580	115	Lander Field Office
Frisco	11/27/12-12/6/12	166	104	31	Utah State Office
Diamond Complex Diamond	12/10/12-1/7/13	290	191	47	Battle Mt. District Office
Diamond Complex Diamond Hills North	12/10/12-1/7/13	200	150	24	Elko District Office
Diamond Complex Diamond Hills South	12/10/12-1/7/13	272	272	0	Battle Mt. District Office
Swasey	1/14/13-1/13/13	262	164	49	Utah State Office
Jicarilla/Carracas Mesa (FS/BLM)	1/10/13-1/22/13	365	91	185	New Mexico State Office