BLM Gathers 1,677 Animals in Adobe Town Management Area

RAWLINS — A Bureau of Land Management wild horse gathering operation from the bureau’s Adobe Town Herd Management Area resulted in 1,677 animals gathered.

The operation started July 15 and ended Aug. 2, seeking to remove excess wild horses from the herd management area. The total includes two studs that were released back into the herd management area July 31, a mule gathered and later adopted following a brand inspection, and one mare and one foal reunited with their owner following a brand inspection.

The gathering operations are part of ongoing efforts to maintain healthy horse populations on public lands under obligations under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971.

The Adobe Town herd management area spans approximately 348,000 acres of mostly BLM-managed public lan