LOCATION:   The Buckhorn Herd Management Area is located 40 miles southwest of Cedarville, CA in Lassen County, CA and Washoe County, NV.

 

ACREAGE:    65,000 acres are managed for wild horses

 

ELEVATION:   5,000 feet to 8,000 feet

 

TOPOGRAPHY/VEGATATION: The area is rough and steep with rocky tablelands and a few alkali lakebeds. Dominant vegetation consists of juniper, bitterbrush, big and low sage with bluegrass and an understory of squirreltail, needlegrass and Idaho fescue.

 

WILDLIFE:   Wildlife occurring in the area includes pronghorn, mule deer, chukar and sage grouse.

 

HERD SIZE:   59 to 85 head

 

HORSE COLORS:    Browns and bays

 

SIZE OF HORSES:   14-16 hands and 900-1100 pounds

 

HISTORY:   This area contains horses thought to originate from Spanish stock diluted with ranch stock and US Cavalry remounts prior to and during World War I.  The influence of the US Cavalry remounts program is especially apparent in these horses.

 

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