The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) is an Arizona-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and humanely managing Salt River wild horses and all wild horses everywhere. The Salt River wild horses are the historic and majestic creatures roaming the lower Salt River in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. They are the pride of the community, a favorite subject of photographers, and the icon of the wild, free spirit of Arizona and the American West. We worked with Arizona’s Congress, and we worked toward positive solutions with Federal and State governments. It worked; while almost gone forever, today, the Salt River wild horses are protected under Arizona Revised Statute 3-1491 (aka the Salt River Horse Act), and we now manage this herd humanely under contract with the AZ Department of Agriculture (AZDA). This partnership between the federal government, the state government, and a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is one of its kind, and our groundbreaking program is finding the balance between it all.