WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management began work today in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin's Fifteenmile Herd Management Area to strengthen the long‑term health of the wild horse herd and the rangelands they rely on. This effort supports a more sustainable balance on the landscape, which has been heavily strained by long‑term overpopulation and severe drought conditions.
The Fifteenmile Herd Management Area includes nearly 81,000 acres of mostly public lands managed by the BLM, intermingled with some private lands. Recent infrared aerial surveys show wild horse numbers far above the appropriate man...