Wild Horses to Return to Southwest Idaho Following Wildfire

Horses were captured during the Soda Fire

 

 

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials plan to release 45 wild horses in southwestern Idaho later this month in an event that’s open to the public.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a news release Friday says the horses will be released in three different locations south of Marsing.

Those interested should meet at the I-O-N Truck Plaza in Marsing at 10 a.m. on May 29 to drive to the release location.

The agency says 279 wild horses were captured in 2015 following the 436-square-mile (1,130-square-kilometer) Soda Fire. Eighty of those horses were adopted by private entities.

See also  California Governor Makes Nominations to Utility Regulator and Wildfire Panel

The horses being returned to the area were cared for at the Boise Wild Horse Corrals and the Bruneau Off-Range Corrals while the burned areas recovered.

All contents © copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Topics

Newslettter

Subscribe to Our Monthly Newsletter

Stay in the loop with our wildland newsletter.

Horses were captured during the Soda Fire     BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials plan to release 45 wild horses in southwestern Idaho later this month in an event that’s open to the public. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a news release Friday says the horses will be released in three different […]

Get The Wildland Firefighter Newsletter

Related Articles

Californians Urged to Prepare Now for Fire Season

Californians Urged to Prepare Now for Fire Season

Darrell Smith - The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians must fortify their homes against the ongoing threat of wildfire home by home, neighbor by neighbor and community by community. That’s the message state and local fire authorities are working to...

Wildfire in Sheridan County (ND) Injures Two Firefighters

Wildfire in Sheridan County (ND) Injures Two Firefighters

BRAD NYGAARD and BLAKE NICHOLSON The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. (TNS) Two firefighters were injured while helping battle a wildfire in Sheridan County over the weekend, and one of them was flown to a Twin Cities burn hospital. The blaze Saturday also destroyed a wildland...

Evacuations Ordered for McDowell County (NC) Wildfire

Evacuations Ordered for McDowell County (NC) Wildfire

The McDowell News, Marion, N.C. (TNS) Firefighters were on the scene of a wildfire in northern McDowell County Tuesday afternoon. Evacuations were ordered for the area around the fire. As of 4:15 p.m., emergency personnel were managing the fire on Armstrong Creek...