The FREES Network, a ranching advocacy group sponsored by Utah State University Extension, will meet at the Elko Conference Center to discuss interactions of free-roaming equids with wildlife.
The announcement did not indicate if the definition of wildlife would be stretched to include nonnative species such as privately owned cattle and sheep.
The agenda includes a session on Day 2 for fertility control, an opportunity for the wild horse advocates to share their message and cement their relationship with the ranchers.
Day 3 consists of a field trip to an unspecified location, probably hand-picked with the aid of land managers to associate substandard conditions with wild horses.
There are no HMAs in Elko but grazing allotments abound.
The National Data Viewer shows the HAs in black, the HMAs in orange and the allotments in green. Click on image to open in new tab.
Western Horse Watchers Association 