BLM to Host Tour of Pine Nut Herd Management Area Gather

The tour will take place Jan. 23 before the scheduled wild horse gather begins.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada Carson City District Sierra Front Field Office is holding a public pre-gather tour on Jan. 23.

“This pre-gather tour is being offered to provide an opportunity for the interested public to obtain information about the Pine Nut Gather by interacting with BLM staff as they provide an overview of gather operations,” said Sierra Front Field Manager Leon Thomas.

The BLM will gather approximately 332 wild horses and remove approximately 200 excess wild horses within and outside the Pine Nut herd management area (HMA). As many as 132 wild horses will be released back to the range following the gather. The gather area is located south of Dayton and east of Carson City and Gardnerville, Nevada within Lyon, Douglas, and Carson City Counties. The gather is scheduled to begin in late January.

A population inventory completed in August 2014 documented 332 wild horses. The appropriate management level for the HMA is 119 to 179 wild horses. Based on the inventory and monitoring data showing impacts from an over-population of the HMA, BLM has determined that removal of the excess wild horses is necessary to achieve a thriving natural ecological balance

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