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HELP PROTECT OUR HERITAGE
and the
SPIRIT OF THE WILD HORSES
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(Information and graphics courtesy of BLM, Boise District Office)
Visiting a Wild Horse Herd Management Area can be an exciting experience. To maximize your enjoyment and to safeguard the wild horses, please note the following tips provided by the BLM:
View horses from a distance with binoculars; allow these
naturally wary animals to live a free life.
Travel in small groups (fewer than 15 people); it lessens
the chance for disturbing the herd.
Keep the wind to your face and sun to your back; smells
will disperse behind you rather than into the keen nose of the wild
horses you are watching. Also it's more difficult for the horses to see
you when the sun is in their eyes.
Camp out of sight of water sources; this allows free
access to the water by wild horses and wildlife.
Stay on existing trails; but avoid those that show
frequent wild horse use.
Leave all gates as you found them; this keeps livestock
and wild horses in the appropriate pasture.
Limit off-highway vehicle traffic to existing roads, trails
and sand washes; creating new trails reduces living space for
horses.
Use weed-free hay for livestock and don't clean vehicles in
the area; this helps keep noxious weeds from invading.
Report lost privately-owned stock to the BLM at (208)
384-3300.
Report vandals or anyone chasing, attempting to catch, or
otherwise harassing the wild horses immediately to BLM at (208)
384-3300.
For more Idaho wild horse information, contact BLM's Boise District Office at 3948 Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705-5389; telephone (208) 384-3300.
This is not a BLM operated or BLM sponsored site. It
is run by private wild horse and burro enthusiasts. We are thankful to the
BLM for providing the information which is presented here.
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