BLM implements decision on Wyoming Honor Farm

POWELL (WNE) — The Bureau of Land Management’s State Office has decided to continue its wild horse gentling and adoption partnership with the Wyoming Department of Corrections.

On Tuesday, the BLM announced a new five-year contract that will provide funding for the space, feeding, training and care of up to 200 excess wild horses and burros at the Wyoming Honor Farm north of Riverton.

The BLM and the Honor Farm, which is classified as a minimum custody facility, have worked cooperatively since 1988 to train and adopt wild horses gathered primarily from Wyoming’s public lands.

According to the BLM, “Trainers and wild horses make positive strides together by learning to respect and trust each other and men are transitioned in a positive way back into society.”

Two adoptions are held at the Honor Farm each year and are accompanied by gentling clinics, in which inmate trainers demonstrate the techniques they use to train wild horses — including catching a horse, advance and retreat, picking up feet, and beginning to ride.

Approximately 35 halter and saddle-started horses, as well as some halter-started wild burros, are typically available at each adoption.

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This story was published on March 6, 2025.