Feds plan to remove all wild horses from 2.1M acres of Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ starting in July

Complete removal of nonnative equines from the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and the northwest portion of the Adobe Town herd management areas still faces a public review process and legal appeal.

Posted 4/9/25

The Bureau of Land Management’s contentious plans to remove all free-roaming horses from vast reaches of southwest Wyoming’s “checkerboard” region could begin as soon as this …

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Feds plan to remove all wild horses from 2.1M acres of Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ starting in July

Complete removal of nonnative equines from the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and the northwest portion of the Adobe Town herd management areas still faces a public review process and legal appeal.

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Feds plan to remove all wild horses from 2.1M acres of Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ starting in July

Complete removal of nonnative equines from the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and the northwest portion of the Adobe Town herd management areas still faces a public review process and legal appeal.

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