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Officials try to control horse populations

POWELL — The four mares and a foal moved slowly as they browsed through Mustang Flats, with at least two ears up at all time. Joseph — a magnificent stallion of colonial Spanish descent — followed his mares, keeping a wary eye on the horizon. They were being pursued.

POWELL — The four mares and a foal moved slowly as they browsed through Mustang Flats, with at least two ears up at all time.

Joseph — a magnificent stallion of colonial Spanish descent — followed his mares, keeping a wary eye on the horizon.

They were being pursued.

Bill Pickett, natural resources program manager for Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, was trying to get within 30 yards of a...