Environment
EUREKA — Animal welfare advocates are outraged by a series of wild horse deaths in a Bureau of Land Management roundup taking place in Eureka County a few hours east of Reno. The BLM reported just five horses died during the roundup—including two from injuries sustained during the operation. But
Events
RENO — Youth members of 4-H on July 30 will show then auction off wild horses they’ve been training as part of a halter-started wild horse and burro program. The event starts at 9 a.m. at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Equestrian Center on Valley Road and Sadleir
Government
CARSON CITY — Fifteen saddle-started horses and one burro were successfully adopted at a recent adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. The adoption event was part of a program through the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Department of Corrections. The 16 animals were trained for about four months
Nevada Current
by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current WASHINGTON–Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced legislation Tuesday to ban federal helicopter roundups of wild horses, and another member of the U.S. House of Representatives is calling on the Bureau of Land Management to suspend all roundups. Titus’s bill would amend the Wild
Environment
FALLON—After two weeks of operations the Bureau of Land Management this week said it had finished its wild horse roundup effort in the Desatoya Herd Management area 77 miles east of Fallon. The BLM gathered 200 wild horses from the area with plans to return 38 mares back to
Nevada Current
by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current January 24, 2022 Wild horse advocates filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court in an attempt to stop what they call cruel, secretive and unjustified round ups of horses conducted by the Bureau of Land Management in central Nevada. The groups, Animal Wellness Action, CANA
Environment
TONOPAH–Officials from Tonopah and Ely Bureau of Land Management offices said they’ll begin a massive wild horse gather starting Monday, Jan. 10 covering four herd areas and more than 1.2 million acres. The gather area is about 80 miles northeast of Tonopah and 30 miles west of
Environment
LAS VEGAS—The Bureau of Land Management this week said it would soon begin a wild horse and burro gather in the Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area (HMA), about 30 miles southeast of Tonopah. Operations will begin on or around Dec. 18. BLM officials said the wild horse
Nevada Current
by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current October 4, 2021 A coalition with an environmentally-friendly name is fronting for ranching and hunting interests out to accelerate the capture and confinement of Nevada’s wild horses and burros, according to critics. “We believe the Coalition for Healthy Nevada Lands is a front organization
Environment
TONOPAH–The Bureau of Land Management said it will remove about 450 wild horses from the Stone Cabin Herd Management Area (HMA) in an emergency gather that being Thursday, Aug. 19. The HMA covers nearly 408,000 acres east of Tonopah. The gather will be conducted using temporary bait and
Environment
RENO–The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Monday released a study that is certain to stir controversy. It explores the relationship between two symbols of the American West: federally protected wild and free-roaming horses and greater sage-grouse. According to a USGS report released on March 30, “greater sage-grouse populations
Environment
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced Tuesday that it will be taking new steps to secure the health and safety of adopted wild horses and burros through the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Incentive Program. “We are committed to the health and safety of adopted wild horses and burros,
Environment
Long rider Samantha Szesciorka is hitting dusty Nevada trails again. This time, she’ll be traveling on horseback from Las Vegas to Carson City. She’ll be riding her horse, Sage. They will be joined by her dog, Juniper. The 550-mile route–which starts April 30, 2021 in Las Vegas–
Environment
By Jeri Davis, This Is Reno Wild horse and burro advocates in Nevada are not pleased by Senate Joint Resolution 3. If passed, the resolution would be transmitted to Congress to urge federal lawmakers to implement and fund the Bureau of Land Management’s recommendations first presented to the United
Eureka County
BATTLE MOUNTAIN—Officials from the Bureau of Land Management will begin a wild horse gather on Dec. 26 in the Fish Creek Herd Management Area near Eureka, Nevada. According to a statement from the BLM’s Mount Lewis Field Office, officials plan to gather nearly 200 wild horses using the
Environment
ELY – The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin an emergency wild horse gather this weekend on the Meadow Valley Mountains and Delamar Mountains Herd Areas, about 20 miles southwest of Caliente in Lincoln County. Officials say horses in the herd area are suffering from declining health due to lack