BLM is removing more than 700 horses from public lands in Colorado, citing exceptional drought
The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up more than 700 horses living on public land in northwest Colorado, a sharp reduction of a herd that officials say is too large and roaming in dangerously dry conditions. Over the last week, contractors have used helicopters to corral mustangs living in the Sand Wash Basin, which includes 155,000 acres of public land managed by the federal agency in the northwest corner of the state.