Colorado state and federal leaders are trying a new approach to control the mustang population on the Western Slope by hiring ...

They start as tiny specks of color in the distance. Lighter colored ones are easier to see from afar, their shades of white, gray and tan contrasting the array of brown and green landscape that makes ...

The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday concluded its July bait-and-trap operation in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area in Northwest Colorado, with 38 wild horses removed from their habitat ...

A wild stallion roams Sand Wash Basin in northwestern Colorado during a recent winter. The federal Bureau of Land Management plans to roundup 733 wild horses at Sand Wash during the next two weeks.

Historic Sand Wash Basin wild horse gather ends with questions and concerns The Bureau of Land Management captured about 80% of the herd in northwestern Colorado and will put them up for public ...

SAND WASH BASIN, Colo. (CBS4) - The wild horse roundup in the Sand Wash Basin will continue Friday despite the pleas from the governor and other state officials to halt operations.

The Bureau of Land Management said it will reduce the number of wild horses in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area to appropriate management levels, and will conduct subsequent gathers and ...

MOFFAT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Wild horse gathering operations outside of the Bureau of Land Management's herd management area near the Sand Wash Basin have come to a close. (credit: CBS) ...

Sand Wash Basin wild horse capture to proceed despite appeal from governor The federal government is launching an emergency roundup of more than 780 wild horses in a drought-stricken area of Colorado.

The Bureau of Land Management is investing $625,000 in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area west of Craig to better manage the number of wild horses there through the ...

About 750 wild horses live in the Sand Wash Basin herd management area comprising about 150,000 acres under a federal designation that mandates the land be managed for wild horses and burros.

Colorado has four wild horse herd management areas, or HMAs. Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area, located 48 miles west of Craig, is the closest area to Fort Collins and the largest HMA in the state.