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Wild Horse State Recreation Area is a public recreation area located on the northeast shore of Wild Horse Reservoir, approximately 67 miles (108 km) north of Elko, Nevada. [3] The 120-acre (49 ha) park is a popular destination for fishing, and especially ice fishing , on the reservoir, which was created in 1937 and enlarged to cover 2,830 acres ...
Wild Horse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.The reservoir was initially created in 1937 by the construction of Wild Horse Dam.In 1969, a new concrete single-angle arch dam was constructed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs with a height of 87 feet (27 m) and a length of 458 feet (140 m) at its crest.
The Wild Horse Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States, [1] northwest of the Owyhee River's Wild Horse Reservoir. It is contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The range is considered to be a sub-range of the Jarbidge Mountains. [2]
WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers are planning to round up more than 2,800 wild horses across four Nevada counties beginning next week in an effort to reduce pressure on the drought ...
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wild Horse has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps.The hottest temperature recorded in Wild Horse was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 23, 2003, while the coldest temperature recorded was −42 °F (−41.1 °C) on December 23, 1990 and February 3, 1996.
Located within the 275,575 acre Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wheeler Pass Herd Management Area (HMA), the Cold Creek Herd is one of the final remaining wild horse herds near Las Vegas. [8] The herd is made up of descendants of 1800s horse trade escapees and horses abandoned by Native Americans , Las Vegas settlers, ranchers, and prospectors ...
A judge has asked federal land managers to explain why they should be allowed to continue capturing more than 2,500 wild horses in northeastern Nevada — a roundup opponents say is illegal and ...
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