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The Wild Horse Inmate Program is shutting down, leaving 100 of Colorado's wild horses in limbo

By Amy Hadden Marsh

Published November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM MST

The Bureau of Land Management is closing the Canon City (Colorado) Wild Horse Inmate Program and says it will transport 2,000 mustangs to other facilities in Wyoming and Utah. Advocacy groups plan to train and find homes for 100 horses from Colorado herds.

The Bureau of Land Management has cancelled its contract with the Department of Corrections, effectively shutting down the Wild Horse Inmate Program by the end of November. Amy Hadden Marsh speaks with Carol Walker, a longtime wild horse advocate, on what this means for the far and immediate future.

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Amy Hadden Marsh

Amy Hadden Marsh’s reporting goes back to 1990 and includes magazine, radio, newspaper and online work. She has previously served as reporter and news director for KDNK Community Radio, earning Edward R. Murrow and Colorado Broadcasters Association awards for her work. She also writes for Aspen Journalism and received a Society of Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies award in 2023 for a story on the Uinta Basin Railway. Her photography has also won awards. She holds a Masters in Investigative Journalism from Regis University.

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