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BLM to release treated Silver King HMA mares
ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Caliente Field Office on February 16, 2021 concluded a wild horse helicopter gather. The gather was located within and outside the Silver King Herd Management Area (HMA) located in Lincoln County, Nevada.
The BLM gathered 284 and removed 256 wild horses. A total of 25 mares will be released back onto the range on
March 12, 2021. Mares identified for release were treated with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon-Equine to slow the population growth rate of the remaining population within the HMA. GonaCon-Equine is a temporary fertility-control vaccine that can prevent pregnancy in wild horses for up to two years. If you would like to view the release of the mares, please RSVP no later than 12:00 p.m., March 11 to chanefel@blm.gov for the meeting location and time.
BLM concludes Eagle Complex wild horse gather
ELY, Nev. –
The Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente and Cedar City field offices concluded the Eagle Complex wild horse gather on February 16, 2021. The BLM gathered 1,074 excess wild horses from in and around the Chokecherry, Eagle, and Mt. Elinore Herd Management Areas (HMAs) located in Lincoln County, Nevada, and Beaver and Iron counties, Utah. The BLM treated 50 mares with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon-Equine and released them back into the Eagle HMA.
The purpose of the gather was to prevent undue or unnecessary degradation of the public lands associated with excess wild horses, and to restore a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands, consistent with the provisions of Section 1333(b) of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. Removing excess animals would also enable significant progress toward achieving the Standards for Rangeland Health identified by the Mojave-Sou
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BLM to conduct wild horse gather in eastern Nevada
ELY, Nev. –
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District, Caliente Field Office on or about February 5, 2021 will begin gathering excess wild horses from in and around the Silver King Herd Management Area (HMA) located near Pioche, Nev. The BLM will gather up to 283 excess wild horses and remove up to 258 excess horses. The BLM will treat up to 25 mares with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon-Equine and release them back into the HMA.
The current population estimate for the Silver King HMA is 343 wild horses, including the 2020 foal crop. Appropriate Management Level (AML) is 60-128 wild horses. The purpose of the gather is to prevent undue or unnecessary degradation of the public lands associated with excess wild horses, and to restore a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands, consistent with the provisions of Section 1333(b) of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.