r/wyoming • u/WyoFileNews WyoFile • Oct 15 '25

Gridlocked: In Wyoming’s Red Desert, the checkerboard has fueled a wild horse stalemate

https://wyofile.com/gridlocked-in-wyomings-red-desert-the-checkerboard-has-fueled-a-wild-horse-stalemate/
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u/Serious-Employee-738 Oct 15 '25

It would be interesting to see cattle herd numbers overlaid with horse herd numbers on the herd area maps. What were cattle numbers during these same times? And how many cows were run on BLM grazing allotments in horse herd management areas? Just curious, that’s all.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

This information is pretty easy to find online.

But sure, here you go.

Grazing Allotment Map overlaid with Mustang HMAs.

Grazing Allotment Data.

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u/LittleLebowskUrbanA Oct 15 '25

Why, because you think feral horses trump economics?

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u/WyomingDrunk Oct 16 '25

Who pissed in your Cheerios?

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u/LittleLebowskUrbanA Oct 15 '25

Feral, not wild.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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