Lahontan HMA Wild Horse Roundup Reports

Welcome to our roundup reporting page for the Lahontan Herd Management Area in western Nevada, where you will find daily eyewitness reports, photographs, and videos from the field as the Bureau of Land Management carries out a sweeping helicopter roundup.

From July 20 through July 30, the BLM plans to capture and remove up to 700 wild horses from Lahontan. The operation is expected to reduce the herd to approximately seven to ten horses, removing nearly the entire wild population from the public lands they call home. Captured horses will be separated from their family bands and transported to government holding facilities.

These daily reports document what is happening on the ground as it happens. Our field observers will attend the operation whenever access is provided to witness helicopter drives, monitor horse welfare, record roundup conditions, and provide the public with transparent, independent reporting.

This page will serve as a living record of the Lahontan roundup. Throughout the operation, we will publish photographs, videos, daily totals, and firsthand observations so the public can follow the removal as it unfolds.

We hope these reports bring urgently needed visibility to what is happening at Lahontan, inspire greater public awareness, and strengthen the call for humane, science-based management that protects viable wild horse populations and keeps America’s wild horses where they belong: free on the range.