The free-roaming wild horses and burros featured in this website live in the Red Rock Herd Management Area (HMA), Clark County, Nevada. They are managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM). There was an emergency gather due to a wildfire in February, 2006. (Three horses were not gathered as they were close to foaling.) Fourteen horses were released a few days later making a total of seventeen horses in the HMA. A month later, a two year old colt from another HMA was released. Of the eighteen horses living in the Red Rock HMA, eight (three mares, four stallions and the two year old colt) settled in the valley by summer, 2006. By the end of 2015, horses from other herds had also settled in the valley. Their numbers combined are over one hundred-thirty. Half of that number are from the original three mares and their offspring.In 2019 there were 275 horses in the Red Rock HMA. By the end of June, the springs were unable to replenish the daily usage and dried up. An emergency, bait trap gather took place July 28, 2019 through August 5, 2019. No lives were lost. 237 wild horses were removed from the range and sent to the Ridgecrest Regional Corrals where they were prepared for adoption. As of August, 2020, less than 55 of the 237 wild horses remained in the BLM WH&B system. The others had found homes through adoption, purchases or the BLM and Mustang Heritage Foundation’s TIP Program., This virtual roundtable brings together a diverse set of experts to unpack current issues and trends and begin discussing opportunities for new innovations for managing wild horses and burros on public lands., Ben Masters - How Do You Prove The Worth of 50,000 Wild Horses And Burros Living In Captivity? Ben Masters - How Do You Prove The Worth of 50,000 Wild Horses And Burros Living In Captivity?.