LOVELL — For 57 years, local wild horse advocates have had a close working relationship with the Bureau of Land Management in the ongoing management of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range.
The Pryor Mountain horses, recognized as true descendants of Spanish mustangs that were brought to America 500 years ago, were protected starting in 1968 by the formation of the first federally designated wild horse range, and given that status of both the range and the horses, a special kind of management was developed over the course of five decades that has taken into account the blood lines and family lineage of the herd.
That management has included the BLM working closely with those who know the horses best: the Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center.
That unique wild horse herd and the specialized