According to the FAQs at the standards update page, the EPA classifies the most acutely toxic pesticides or those needing to be applied with special care as RUPs, which means they may be bought and applied only by a certified applicator or someone working under his or her direct supervision.

RUPs are not available for purchase or use by the general public.

Zonastat-H, also known as PZP and the Montana Solution, is a restricted-use pesticide, on the same EPA list as toxic chemicals.

It’s much better than cruel and costly helicopter roundups according to the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

Although the advocates apply pesticides for the production of agricultural commodities, they’re not working on land they own or rent.  Therefore, they’re considered to be commercial applicators.

Will a diploma from the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception meet the new standards?

There are ten federal categories of certification.

The advocates probably fall under agricultural pest control with one distinction: Horses are the pests!

We’re not talking about the use of fly spray or dewormers to help the horses, we’re talking about reproductive barriers that help the ranchers.

Unfortunately, Zonastat-H was not approved for such purposes, making the glorious darting programs illegal.

RELATED: Multiple Use Applies to Public Lands, Not Registered Pesticides.

In an attempt to prove they can be as ruthless as the helicopter pilots and wranglers, mares in the Pine Nut HA have been reprimed “to be sure they don’t get in foal,” according to the real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden/Gardnerville area.

Go to the column titled “Wild Horse Tales” in the June edition of Horse Tales.

Instead of pushing back against ranching overreach and the continual loss of resources, the advocates solve the problem by pounding the mares with ovary-killing pesticides.

As explained last year by Tracy Wilson, defeatist for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, “As you start reducing the amount of available space and forage, then you need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses.”

RELATED: Protecting Them from Removal by Getting Rid of Them with PZP.

In yesterday’s public comments, Ginger Fedak, certified applicator for In Defense of Animals, said PZP was not a pesticide as some claim, refusing to look at the EPA fact sheet, apparently, and the restricted-use product report, which puts it on the same list as toxic chemicals.

She pointed to Spring Creek Basin as a shining example of wild horse management but ignored the disaster on the Maryland side of Assateague Island, with similar evidence now leaking out from the Currituck herd.

To her credit, she identified misuse of GonaCon Equine by the BLM, where mares receive a second dose of the pesticide thirty days after the first, not ninety days as specified in the directions.

This is not a problem to be resolved by a new project in ePlanning.  It is a matter for law enforcement.

As stated on the label, “It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.  A copy of this label must be in the possession of the user
at the time that the product is applied.”

The agency intends to use the product on the Reveille mares after a roundup that’s scheduled to begin today.

Hayden Ballard, a rancher and attorney specializing in natural resources, spoke about the economics of livestock grazing, noting that ranchers pay $300 to $650 per AUM, a price heretofore not seen or heard.

If that’s true, it’s easy to see what they want the horses off the range, where livestock operators pay $1.35 per AUM.

He did not say where those prices prevail.

Last year, the McGregor auction yielded an average of $31.36 per AUM.

Your host currently pays around $180 per AUM for hay, compared to $95 per AUM two years ago, a fine example of Bidenomics, where the one-horse pony and his illicit administration are hollowing out the middle class, not protecting it.

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