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Thursday, October 22, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Wild Horse Day!
■ Meet adopted wild
horses, their owners
and experts Saturday
BAKER CITY — Meet and learn
about the icons of the American
west at Wild Horse Day on Satur-
day, Oct. 24, at the Bureau of Land
Management’s National Historic
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Free and open to the public,
this family-friendly event be open
from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the
center’s Parking Lot 3, with sup-
port from Haines Stampede Rodeo
Association.
Throughout the event, visitors
will have the opportunity to meet
adopted wild horses and their own-
ers, learn about adopting a wild
horse, and meet Summer, a 5-year-
old from the Warm Springs Herd
Management Area that is available
for adoption.
Representatives of two nonprofi t
partner organizations, High Desert
Strategies and the Beaty Butte
Wild Horse Training Facility, will
also be on hand to talk about their
work with the BLM to implement
innovative ways of managing wild
horse populations.
At 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Vale District Wild Horse and Burro
Specialist Shaney Rockefeller will
give visitors an introduction to the
BLM’s wild horse management
program.
Renowned Wild Horse Gentler
Lesley Neuman will offer training
demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1
p.m. Neuman travels throughout
North America and the world,
gentling wild horses and teaching
the public how to work with these
animals safely and humanely.
Horses for Clean Water founder
Alayne Blickle will talk about her
award-winning environmental edu-
cation program at 11:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. HCW shares strategies
horse owners can use to manage
their land for horse health and the
environment.
OREGON TRAIL INTERPRETIVE CENTER
Hours:
Thurs.
Fri. Sat.
9AM–6PM
Disposable
Masks • Diapers
• Toys • Misc.
Household Items
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Safety fi rst
While visiting, Interpretive Cen-
ter staff encourage all visitors to
follow Centers for Disease Control
and State of Oregon guidance to
help reduce the spread of the coro-
navirus. These measures include:
• Practice social distancing by
maintaining 6 feet between you
and others visiting the center.
• Wear cloth face coverings, like
bandanas, where social distancing
is diffi cult (except for those who
are younger than 2 or have trouble
breathing).
• Wash your hands often and use
hand sanitizer.
• Cover your mouth and nose
with your sleeve when you cough
or sneeze.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose
or mouth.
• Most important, stop the
wagon train and stay at home if
you don’t feel well.
Getting there
The center is located 5 miles
east of Baker City on Highway 86.
Take Exit 302 from Interstate 84.
Admission is free. Fall hours are
Thursday-Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For updates, go to www.oregon-
trail.blm.gov and the center’s Face-
book page, or call 541-523-1843.
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