Heber Wild Horse Update by Michele Anderson • photography by Mary Hauser Anderson • photography by


Collaborative Working Group Explores Management Options for the Heber Wild Horse Territory


A 24 DECEMBER / JANUARY 2018 I HORSE & AG MAGAZINE


rizona State University’s (ASU) School of Sustainability recently con- vened a 15-member Heber Horse Col- laborative working group, to provide input into, and recommendations for the development of a Heber Wild


Horse Territory management plan. The Heber Wild Horse Territory is an approximately 19,700 acre area located on the Black Mesa Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNFs).


Members of the working group represent diverse interests such as wild horse advocacy, wildlife man- agement, livestock producers, public lands manage- ment, equine recreation, rescue and training, range science and veterinary medicine.


The USDA Forest Service, and two state-level coop- erating agencies, Arizona Game and Fish Depart- ment and the Arizona Department of Agriculture, are participating actively as observers to the work- ing group, as it is anticipated that the group’s rec- ommendations will be used in the development of the ASNFs Heber Wild Horse Territory Management Plan. To date, the working group has met four times.


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