BLM COMPLETES IDAHO WILD HORSE GATHER TO SUPPORT HEALTHY HERDS AND HEALTHY LANDS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:

CHALLIS, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management recently completed a wild horse gather operation in Idaho to improve rangeland health and ensure long-term well-being of the Challis wild horse herd. In total, BLM gathered and removed 226 wild horses from overpopulated rangelands.

This operation is part of BLM's ongoing effort to maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy public rangelands consistent with the agency's multiple-use mission and obligations under theWild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971.

"Maintaining healthy wild horse populations on thriving rangelands is a core part of the Bureau of Land...