Horses Update by Michele Anderson • photography by Mary Hauser A 10 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2018 I HORSE & AG MAGAZINE
rizona’s Heber Wild Horses and the Salt River Wild Hors- es are two distinct herds. While our focus is on the He- ber herd, due to the Salt River herd recently being in the news for gaining some long overdue legal protec- tion, we would like to clarify just a few of the similarities
and differences between these two herds.
The Heber Wild Horse Herd is located in the Apache-Sitgreaves Na- tional Forests in Arizona’s eastern high country. In 1973 this herd had a U.S. Forest Service Wild Horse Territory dedicated to it under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. This desig- nation gave the herd the same protection as any other officially recognized wild horse or burro herd in the United States. The Con- gressional policy states that these herds “shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death”. Currently the USFS is in the proposal stage for a management plan for the Heber Herd. A Collaborative working group which includes different state and federal agencies as well as various groups and individuals meets monthly to develop management recommendations. Although the USFS will take the recommendations into consideration they are un- der no obligation to implement them into their plan.
The Salt River Wild Horse Herd is located in the Tonto National For- est in the desert area of Arizona near the Phoenix metro area. The
Heber Wild
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