Just outside of Hawthorne, Nevada, there is a very large lake, Walker Lake. Besides having some interesting geologic implications, including apparent proof that the valley is stretching, and being a testing area for many of the munitions, it is the home of a herd of wild horses. The Wild Horses of Walker Lake they are called.
They have lived in the area for many years, but in 2010, the BLM was planning to round them up and move them. The area people became involved and managed to curtail the round-up. They built a fence so the horses would not get on the road, and a conservation group agreed to help manage the herd.
As we were driving by the lake, we saw the large group down near the lake. My picture looks like little dots on the plain, but we thought it was great that we saw both wild burros and wild horses. There is nothing like the west!
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