Wild Horses in the West

Horses evolved on the North American landscape since the 1400s in a grassland ecosystem. Yet, all of the wild horses that exist today across the western states live in deserts, sagebrush steppe, or other shrub dominated systems. We talk with range scientist Eric Thacker about the growing number of wild horses across the west and the need for horse management in order to maintain the fragile ecosystems that they graze on.

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