Category: Equine art
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Colorado creates a collaborative framework for wild horse conservation
In response to controversial helicopter-driven roundups, Colorado is pioneering more humane approaches to wild equine management that involve multiple stakeholders and perspectives. The Sand Wash Basin herd management area (HMA) in northwest Colorado is rocky, rugged, high-desert habitat. Comprising primarily 155,000 acres of federal public land, it’s dotted with sagebrush, bunchgrass, saltbush, and pinyon and…
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A world without horses
February 17, 2025 In 2022, History Colorado, in collaboration with CSU Spur, hosted an exhibit that looked at the horse’s role in helping shaping the region now known as Colorado. When researching The Power of Horses, staff asked individuals and community organizations across the state, “What would we lose in a world without horses?” The…