High Desert Strategies, Inc.

High Desert Strategies, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides remote darting wild horse fertility control services to the federal government. They specialize in monitoring wild horse herds, identifying priority horses, administering fertility control drugs through remote darting, and conducting ongoing monitoring to maintain healthy wild horse population levels on public lands.

Through federal contract awards, High Desert Strategies, Inc. has provided remote darting wild horse fertility control services to the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM). For example, they were awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract worth $225,000.00 by the BLM Oregon-Washington to perform remote darting wild horse fertility control services in Vale, Oregon. This contract, which runs through May 31, 2024, supports the BLM's wild horse management programs and does not have a set-aside designation.

High Desert Strategies, Inc. has also received federal grant awards from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. Notably, they were awarded a $468,033 Cooperative Agreement under the Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management program (CFDA 15.229) to manage wild horse population growth rates in herds throughout Oregon. Over a 5-year period, they will perform in-depth monitoring of herds, identify priority horses, administer fertility control drugs to approximately 150-200 mares and fillies annually, and conduct continual monitoring to determine next steps for maintaining herds within appropriate management levels. Additionally, they received a $237,573.56 Cooperative Agreement from the BLM Oregon-Washington for fertility control services.