Northern Nevada briefly: BLM rounds up first of 2,000 mustangs

RENO (AP) - A day after a U.S. appeals court denied an emergency injunction sought by horse protection advocates, federal land managers have captured the first of about 2,000 wild horses they plan to round up along the California-Nevada line.

The Bureau of Land Management says the overpopulated mustang herds about 120 miles north of Reno are damaging public rangeland and threatening their own well being.

BLM District Manager Nancy Haug says 119 animals gathered on Wednesday were reported to be in good health.

In Defense of Animals argued the horses have more legal right to the public range than the thousands of head of livestock grazing there. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied its request for an emergency stay Tuesday night. The roundup is expected to last at least a month.

Wardens named at area prisons

(AP) - Two acting wardens at Northern Nevada prisons have been named to their posts on a permanent basis.

The Nevada Department of Corrections on Wednesday announced the appointment of Robert LeGrand as warden of Lovelock Correctional Center. James Back was named warden at Warm Springs Correctional Center in Carson City.