(Lander, WY) – The Bureau of Land Management has reported that on the first day, July 1, of the North Lander Complex gather, 383 horses (145 Stallions, 162 Mares, and 76 Foals) were gathered. They are also reporting zero deaths.
The gather is being conducted to prevent further deterioration of land health due to wild horse overpopulation in the Complex, according to BLM. The Complex is made up of the Conant Creek, Dishpan Butte, Muskrat Basin and Rock Creek Mountain herd management areas in central Wyoming.
The Complex’s wild horse population is approximately 3,035 wild horses, well above the scientifically determined appropriate management level (AML) of 320-536 wild horses. In accordance with the agency’s management plan, the Bureau plans to gather and remove approximately 2,715 wild horses to achieve AML.
BLM has received pushback from a California-based horse advocacy group about this gather. You can read about that in our earlier post here.
You can check out and follow the daily updates from BLM on the gather online here.