BLM Nevada News
Carson City District Office No. 09-18
For Release: May 5, 2009
Contact: Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, (775) 885-6107

Saddle-Trained Horses Available for Adoption on Saturday, May 30 
in Carson City Northern Nevada Correctional Center

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Nevada Department of Agriculture & the Nevada Department of Corrections invite horse lovers and the general public to a special horse adoption event in Carson City on Saturday, May 30. Sixteen saddle-trained horses from the ranges of Nevada will graduate from months of intensive training starting at 10:00 a.m. that day, and all are looking for good homes and enthusiastic owners.

Twelve wild horses from BLM-administered public lands and four estray horses under the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada will be offered for adoption at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC), off Snyder Avenue on the south side of Carson City.

NNCC has been the new location for this and all future adoptions, the horse corrals and adoption events having moved from the Warm Springs Correctional Center in June 2008. NNCC is ideal because it is an agricultural-based facility with fewer security issues than the former Warm Springs facility.

Public access to the NNCC corrals open at 9:00 a.m., and a competitive bid adoption conducted by an auctioneer begins at 10:00 a.m. Come join the fun!

The horses range in age from two to six years, are saddle-trained with 120 days of training, and vary in weight and color. The beginning bid on all horses is $150. The saddle-trained animals are trained at the NNCC by inmates in the Nevada Department of Corrections program.

Click here to link to the catalog of BLM wild horses and Nevada state estray horses offered for the May 30 adoption can. Copies of the handout are also available at BLM offices in Reno and Carson City. Frequently asked questions about the program are answered at the same site.

To pre-qualify for the weekend adoption call, 775-885-6146 (BLM horses) or 775-343-9118 (Nevada estray horses through the Mustangs of America Foundation).

Potential adopters are asked to enter the Northern Nevada Correctional Center off Snyder Avenue on the south side of Carson City. From U.S. 395, take Snyder Avenue east for 1.5 miles to the entrance to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Turn right (south) and watch for signs and event personnel directing event participants to the horse corrals and parking at the extreme south end of the facility.

NNCC rules prohibit the public from wearing any blue clothing, blue jeans, tank tops or shorts. Also, please no cell phones, cameras or recording devices.