00:00wild mustangs nevada's desert icon faces conservation challenges a herd of wild mustangs
00:07races across the nevada desert at sunrise across nevada valleys dry mountain ranges and open public
00:14land wild horses roam freely because federal law protects herds descended from escaped spanish and
00:21ranch horses a mustang stallion kicks up dust on bureau of land management land guards mares
00:27aggressively and survives in harsh desert terrain with little water wild horse bands gather near
00:33nevada watering holes travel long distances across dry basins and compete with cattle for limited
00:40grazing land helicopters sweep low across desert ranges during government roundups guiding mustangs
00:46into holding pens to control growing populations a foal trots beside its mother through sagebrush
00:53plains showing how protected herds continue reproducing across wide stretches of public
00:58land ranchers monitor overgrazed nevada grasslands arguing that expanding horse populations damage
01:05fragile desert ecosystems and strain water resources tourists stop along dusty nevada roads
01:12photograph free roaming horses and fuel public support for preserving iconic western herds
01:19from remote canyons to open desert highways nevada holds the largest population of wild mustangs in the united
01:25states in the american west the sound of running horses still echoes across the desert
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