BLM proposed removal targets youngest of famous Pryor Mountain Mustangs
Cloud’s family and other wild horse families threatened
BILLINGS, Mont. (Dec. 16, 2011) - The Montana Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Billings Field Office issued a Preliminary Environment Assessment outlining plans to strip at least half of the young wild horses from the Pryor Mountains in 2012. The BLM preferred alternative would result in a loss of 20% of the herd and 50% of the young horses, ages one-three, in order to reach their Appropriate Management Level (AML) of 90-120 set in the Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) of 2009.