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COLORADO WILD HORSE FACTS

(Updated 7/24/15)
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60 x More Livestock on BLM Land in Colorado than Wild Horses:

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812 wild horses allowed to graze on 400,000 acres (Source: BLM)

49,048 cow/calf pairs (annual equivalent) allowed to graze on 7.8 million acres of
BLM land in Colorado. (Source: BLM)
588,576 Animal Unit Months (AUMs) forage for livestock vs. 9,744 AUMs for wild
horses allocated statewide.
Source: BLM wild horse program & BLM grazing program.

Removed from BLM Land in Colorado 1996 2013:

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1971: wild horses were found on 850,000 acres of BLM land in Colorado.
Today: wild horses exist on just 400,000 acres.
Net loss: 450,000 acres.
Source: BLM

3,390 horses
0 burros
3,390 total
Source: BLM

Colorado has 4 Herd Management Areas remaining. See population Statistics here.
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Spring Creek Basin 35-56 horses allowed on 21,064 acres

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Little Book Cliffs 90-150 horses allowed on 35,205 acres

Piceance East Douglas 135-235 horses allowed on 158,281acres
Sand Wash Basin 163-263 horses allowed on 158,548 acre

The Little Books Cliff and Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Areas are being managed
with PZP fertility control.

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