Wild horse and sage grouse (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Wild horse and sage grouse

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A sage grouse and a free-roaming horse are seen in the Adobe Town wild horse herd management area of south-central Wyoming. Newly published research shows that, when wild horse populations are allowed to grow beyond numbers set by the Bureau of Land Management, sage grouse numbers suffer.

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Jacob Hennig

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