The Bureau of Land Management Owyhee and Four Rivers field offices’ staff will conduct an emergency gather of wild horses from both the Sands Basin and Four Mile Wild Horse Herd Management Areas next week.
Both areas were nearly completely burned by the lightning-caused Jump and Paddock fires and there is simply not enough vegetation to sustain the horses into the coming winter months.
The Sands Basin Herd Management area is near Marsing, has approximately 40 wild horses that will be gathered.
The Four Mile Herd Management area is north of Emmett and there are roughly 52 wild horses that will be gathered.
The wild horses will be cared for at the Bruneau Wild Horse Off-Range Corrals until they can be returned to the range.
The BLM Boise District will implement emergency stabilization and rehabilitation activities on the fire-impacted public lands in the coming months and years.
The wild horses will be returned to the public rangelands in both the Sands Basin and Four Mile HMAs once the rangelands have recovered.
