BLM, University of Wyoming Resume Wild Horse Movement Study

The effort to outfit mares with GPS collars effort began last winter but was suspended due to poor weather conditions.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will reinitiate a wild-horse-collaring operation within the Adobe Town herd management area (HMA) as part of collaboration with the University of Wyoming to study wild horses.

The collaring operation is part of a study to explore the movement and habitat selection of wild horses in Adobe Town HMA. The research will involve placing GPS collars on up to 30 mares to learn more about seasonal use, migration patterns, and herd movements in the area. No horses will be removed from the range as part of this effort.

The BLM began the effort last winter using bait trapping to first gather the mares before collaring them. Fourteen mares were collared before the effort was ended due to unfavorable weather conditions. Five of the original GPS collars placed on mares last winter had to be removed. Three of those collars would not transmit a GPS signal and two collars were removed because they appeared to be too loose, which could have developed into a problem for the mares.

The renewed collaring effort will occur in conjunction with the already scheduled appropriate management level horse gather for the Adobe Town HMA and will use helicopters to gather the horses. During this gather, the BLM will replace the five collars that were dropped due to malfunctions and collar an additional 16 mares, bringing the total number of collared horses to 30 mares

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