Wild Horses In America Map

America s disappearing wild horses.

Wild horses in america map. Montana and wyoming are excellent places to appreciate the wide open spaces and natural beauty of north america including that of some unique wild horses. Caballus were brought back to north america first in. From their hands a few escaped onto the american canvas and reverted to a wild. Wild horses are found in california oregon utah nevada wyoming colorado montana south dakota arizona and texas.

There are about 9 2 million horses in the country and 4 6 million citizens are involved in the horse business. The awhc team plans to update the map quarterly with links to the work we are doing to help our wild horses in these areas. Nevada is home to more than half of the wild horse populations in north america. In addition there are about 82 000 feral horses that roam freely in a wild state in certain parts of the country.

This map put together by the awhc team shows all the wild horse and burro herd management areas hmas managed by the bureau of land management blm in the western united states. These horses live mostly in the. After evolving into equus and disappearing into asia and africa presumably 11 to 13 thousand years ago the horse returned to our soil with the spanish in the early 1500s. In fact this forerunner to the modern horse was traced to the tennessee valley.

The wild free roaming horses and burros act directed the blm to determine the areas where horses and burros were found roaming in 1971 and to manage them in a manner that is designed to achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on the public lands the law also stipulated in section 1339 that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the interior secretary to relocate wild free roaming horses or burros to areas of the public lands where they do not presently. Horses in the united states have significant popularity and status that is acknowledged by a number of observers and researchers. But since passage of the wild horse act in 1971 the wild horses and burros original herd areas where they were intended to be preserved and protected by law are being called herd management areas. This change has resulted.

They are probably our most magnificent wild animals. I wrote directed and produced this documentary film on wild horses mustangs in the us rocky mountains area back in 2002. Oregon s wild horse populations increase 20 percent every year and are appreciated for their high quality and color. See where wild horses and burros live in america s ten western states.

In 1493 on columbus second voyage to the americas spanish horses representing e. Fifty million years ago a small dog like creature called eohippus evolved on the north american continent.