Former Wyoming state officer Jess Oldham, along with his family, feed and care for horses that have been removed from the wild. It’s a big job (there are more than 75,000 wild horses roaming public land in the West that compete for scarce water with cattle and wildlife), but the Oldhams have made it their mission. Along with a crew of farm hands, they currently care for 225 wild horses on the 1,400-acre Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary outside Lander, Wy., and credit their FFA experiences for much of their interest in agriculture and their drive to help the horses.
