QUIZ: How much do you know about the American West's wild horse population?

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A recent evaluation by a National Research Council committee sheds light on the National Wild Horses and Burros Program.

C. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act mandates that BLM and other federal agencies not only remove excess horses from public lands “to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance,” but determine appropriate population levels and monitor horse numbers.

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