BLM Issues Final Planning Docs for Pryor HMAP and AML

The Decision Record authorizes two components of Alternative 2, the Proposed Action, discussed in section 2.3 of the updated Environmental Assessment.

The AML would be set at 107 to 120 horses, excluding foals.

The news release says 90 to 120, which matches the population target in the 2026 population dataset.

The narrow range suggests heavy use of fertility control, with disastrous results expected in the long run (such as permanent infertility and herd collapse).

That may explain why the gather component was deferred.

The advocates and other wild horse detractors will find much to like in the new plan.

The DR and EA were uploaded to the project folder yesterday.

RELATED: BLM Releases Pryor Mountain Final Planning Documents.

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Currituck Herd Loses Stallion

His injuries were consistent with a kick from another horse according to a report by The Charlotte Observer.

The herd manager and PZP darter, who not only tried to control nature but to thwart it, said “We can’t control nature.”

RELATED: Advocates Issue Memorial Day Warning for Currituck Herd.

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How Bad Are Things in Antelope Hills?

The HMA overlaps about 51% of the allotment according to Table 6 in the new EA for rancher protection in the Red Desert Complex.

The allotment master report puts it in the Improve category, with 47.7% of the permitted use in the suspended column.

The 8,365 active AUMs support livestock equivalent to 697 wild horses on 178,253 public acres, or 3.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The management plan allows 0.5 wild horses per thousand public acres in the HMA.

Keeping the population below that limit means healthy horses on healthy rangelands, according to your faithful public servants, while they allow eight times that many in the allotment.

If the suspended AUMs were restored, for a total of 15,993 in the active column, the allotment would support livestock equivalent to 1,333 wild horses, or 7.5 wild horses per thousand public acres.

That may be an unstated goal of the new HMAP, which the advocates will endorse regardless of what’s in it (because they’re hooked on HMAPs), and would explain the management actions therein.

If every wild horse was removed from the area where the HMA and allotment intersect, the land would still be at 8X AML because of livestock.

RELATED: Red Desert EA Out for Review.

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Montgomery Pass Roundup Getting Closer?

The incident has not been announced at the Inyo news page.

The tentative start date, according to the Scope of Work at the updated solicitation page, was July 8.

Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Double Devil Corrals in Alturas.

A keyword search of the document yielded these results:

  • Fertility – No occurrences
  • PZP – 0
  • Zonastat – 0
  • Advocate – 0
  • Gunshot – 4
  • Humane – 27
  • Humanely – 5
  • Grazing – 0
  • Allotment – 0

Remember the East Pershing Sleighride, where the wranglers dragged a captured horse on a skid, amid claims of abuse?

It may have been in the contract.  See items 4 – 7 under Roping (page 7).

PREVIOUS: Forest Service Selects CD Warner for Montgomery Pass Roundup.

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Red Desert EA Out for Review

Alternative A, discussed in section 2.1, would implement a revised HMAP, implement a gather plan to achieve low AML and implement a fertility control strategy as defined in the HMAP.

It’s not billed as the Proposed Action but probably is.

The HMAP, discussed in Appendix C, features immunocontraceptive vaccines, sex ratio skewing and gelding (of stallions).

If genetic monitoring indicates a problem, exchange young viable females between HMAs or outside the Complex.

A map in Appendix F based on a 2025 aerial survey shows almost no wild horses in the Lost Creek HMA and many in the Arapahoe HA.

Section 3.10 discusses impacts on permitted grazing.

Comments will be accepted through July 13 according to the news release.

The EA was copied to the project folder in ePlanning.

PREVIOUS: Scoping Begins for Red Desert HMAP and Enforcement Plan.

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Miller Creek Hearing Draws Support for Wild Horses

A report by KTMF News says a packed public meeting on June 11 brought out strong opinions about what should happen next to the horses roaming in the area.

Many residents want to keep them on the landscape.

But County Commissioners have drafted a resolution to establish a process for private landowners to capture abandoned horses located on their property, request Department of Livestock inspection to confirm they’re not owned and guide the transfer of the animals through approved channels.

Section 6 covers disposition.

A keyword search of the proposal yielded these results:

  • Fertility – 0 occurrences
  • PZP – 0
  • Zonastat – 0
  • Advocate – 0
  • Humane – 5

Comments can be submitted at the county’s website for the Miller Creek herd.

PREVIOUS: Will Missoula Look to Billings for Answer to Wild Horse Problem?

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S1377 Clears Senate?

A report by KX News says it passed today but does not give any details.

The last update at Congress dot gov was on December 17.

The bill would require the Park Service to keep at least 150 wild horses at TRNP.

PREVIOUS: S1377 Passes Out of Committee on Voice Vote.

UPDATE: The status at Congress dot gov now says “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.”

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FOAL to Host Free Picnic at McCullough Peaks

The event runs from 10 AM to 1 PM on June 13 according to an announcement in the Cody Enterprise.

BLM expert Tricia Hatle will talk about wild horses and herd dynamics but will probably avoid the sterilization program (initially sold as a fertility control program) inflicted on the herd by your hosts.

The picnic will take place at the FOAL educational kiosk 28 miles east of Cody on US Hwy 14/16/20.

If the advocates were honest, they’d change their name to Friends of the Ranchers.

Protection, preservation and conservation are codewords for long-term use of fertility control pesticides, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility and herd collapse.

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Advocates to Protest Virginia Range Fencing Project

They will meet at Washoe Lake, across from the bird watch area, on June 13 according to an announcement in Carson Now.

Organizers are urging the Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Land Management to pause the project and engage with the public to discuss humane, practical alternatives that protect both public safety and the long-term welfare of the horses—a likely reference to the mass sterilization program, which has already inflicted more harm than a fence ever could.

Are you surprised that the advocates would push for the greater of two evils?

They are phonies, leaders of the blind, and don’t deserve a penny of your support.

RELATED: BLM Issues Decision on Virginia Range Fencing Project.

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House Proposes $144 Million for WHB Program in FY27

Search for “horse” (CTRL+F) in HR9171 to see the provisions and prohibitions related to wild horses and burros in the next fiscal year, which starts on October 1.

The accompanying report says that “up to $11,000,000 shall be used for the administration of humane population growth suppression strategies, including immunocontraceptive vaccines and permanent sterilization efforts, of which not less than $7,000,000 is for the implementation of existing immunocontraceptive vaccines.”

It also mentions the Wild Horse and Burro Task Force established in FY22, and the quarterly reports produced thereby, but Western Horse Watchers is not aware of a place where they can be accessed by the public.

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Advocates Suffering from Johnston Syndrome?

They could get rid of more wild horses if they had more money.

Why aren’t the donations pouring in?

Their would-be suitors and chief beneficiaries, the hunters and ranchers, still think of them as disciples of Velma, a role they abandoned years ago.

What’s the best way to change perceptions without sacrificing their current supporters?

A morally depraved public supports the use of contraceptives, which are more harmful in the long run, but won’t tolerate the “cruel and costly” roundups.

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CAAWH Reiterates Commitment to Mass Sterilization?

Motorized removal provides quick but temporary relief from the pests.

Nonmotorized removal provides lasting results but requires patience.

Shooting, practiced by rogue elements in the population while your faithful public servants look the other way, provides the best of both worlds.

Quick results, permanent relief.

Protection, conservation and preservation are codewords for long-term use of fertility control pesticides, with the inevitable result of permanent infertility and herd collapse.

If you’re a hunter or rancher, know that the advocates are on your side and are more than deserving of your financial support.

RELATED: Dirty Jobs: Taking CAAWH from Collapse to Strength.

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Would Alkali Winter Make a Good Wild Horse Preserve?

Highway 395 runs through the allotment and there are no fences at the northern end to keep livestock off the road, but the Lakeview Field Office has approved a project to resolve that according to a BLM news release.

The parcel offers 6,223 active AUMs on 87,570 public acres, equivalent to 518 wild horses or 5.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The allotment master report puts it in the Maintain category.

Your faithful public servants claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres, and that rangeland health will suffer if the stocking rate exceeds that value.

But in Alkali Winter, the stocking rate is almost six times higher and the land meets or exceeds those standards.

An impediment to setting up a refuge is the number of permits in the allotment—four to be exact—so you may need to purchase or lease several base properties to access all of the AUMs.

RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.

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Chincoteague Foal Production Sputtering Along

The total reached 65 on June 6, up from 56 on May 17.

Last year’s record was 103.

There was a two-way tie between Hoppy and Twist for top producer.

Colts led the battle of the sexes 35 to 30.

Refer to this spreadsheet for a ranking of sires.

The herd has been engineered for maximum production and revenues, despite a limit of 150 horses in the refuge.

PREVIOUS: Chincoteague Mares Taking a Break?

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