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BLM AZ Herd Management Area (Polygon)

Metadata Updated: March 3, 2026

The Wild Horse and Burro (WHB) Program manages Bureau of Land Management land designated as Herd Areas (HA) and Herd Management Area (HMA) as well as the horses, burros, and mules that roam on BLM land. These animals are considered cultural resources by law; therefore, the BLM must manage the animals that roam as a resource.

The WHB Program also manages the data and tracks the animals on some land managed by other agencies under agreements with those agencies (e.g. Forest Service Herd Territories). Animal management includes monitoring the wild herds and their habitat, as well as removing some of the animals from the wild, caring for them, and finding responsible owners for them through adoptions and sales.

Federal lands managed for wild horses and burros are called Herd Management Areas (HMAs). All HMAs need to be contained within an originally designated Herd Area (HA). Management status can change based on changing conditions. Specific laws and regulations pertaining to the management of wild horses and burros are applied. The BLM uses the term Herd Management Area; the Forest Service uses the term Wild Horse Territory.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI BLM DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026
Publisher Bureau of Land Management
Maintainer
Identifier https://blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0fb7d36492b04def8220911d2672de48&sublayer=0
Data First Published 2024-01-29T03:28:01Z
Data Last Modified 2024-01-29T03:32:50Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:04
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/blm-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id ceb4b469-e13a-40f5-af40-5fe065f74ffa
Harvest Source Title DOI BLM DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-herd-management-area-polygon
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -114.6977,37.0511,-108.8831,31.3
Program Code 010:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 9b0d8d8d8bf958d9421ab68c2ad4abd2ae5c2501db2258dec8780e569b130f9e
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -114.6977, 37.0511, -114.6977, 31.3, -108.8831, 31.3, -108.8831, 37.0511, -114.6977, 37.0511}

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