The Bureau of Land Management has begun a helicopter-assisted wild horse gather in the Four Mile Herd Management Area north of Emmett to help prevent the degradation of public lands.

The BLM says there should be roughly 37-60 wild horses in the area, but there are currently about 210, including the 2020 foal crop.

"The purpose of the gather is to prevent undue degradation of the public lands associated with wild horses, and to restore a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands," the BLM said.

The horses will go up for adoption at the BLM Boise Off-Range Wild Horse Corrals this winter.