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Month: June 2024
If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Sand Hills
The allotment, in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, offers 15,081 active AUMs on 186,082 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The forage assigned to horses is zero.
How many wild horses could live there?
Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 15,081 ÷ 12 = 1,257, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.
The stocking rate would be 1,257 ÷ 186,082 × 1,000 = 6.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Why is this important?
The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates reinforce the narrative with their darting programs.
If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 186 and 1,071 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
BLM allotments in Arizona carry livestock equivalent to 53,662 wild horses on 10,090,546 public acres, or 5.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
Foal-Free Friday, Protecting the Gravy Train Edition
Can you imagine starting a nonprofit, and eventually raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions every year, while sidestepping the most important issue facing wild horses?
That’s what the advocates do.
Can you imagine inventing a fake problem to hide the real problem and supporting it with a bullshit storyline based on an undefined term in the statute?
That’s what the bureaucrats do.
Can you imagine trying to stay above the fray while reaping the benefits flowing therefrom?
That’s what the ranchers do.
Can you imagine silencing your critics to keep the situation out of the public eye and maintain the status quo?
That’s what their big-tech minions do.
Welcome to the Love Triangle on America’s public lands.
More poison for the horses means more forage for the ranchers, exactly what the bureaucrats ordered.
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Breaking with the Past Edition.
Caliente Roundup, Day 65
The incident started on April 16. Results through June 19:
- Scope: Caliente Complex
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
- Captured: 344, up from 307 on Day 61
- Shipped: 296, no change from Day 61
- Released: None
- Deaths: 10, up from 9 on Day 61
- Average daily take: 5.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 38
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
No activity was reported on Day 62.
A filly was dispatched on Day 63 due to a fractured leg.
The death rate is 2.9%.
The capture total includes 150 stallions, 138 mares and 56 foals.
Youngsters represented 16.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.
Of the adults, 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 4,128 AUMs per year
- Water: 3,440 gallons per day
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 61.
Turmoil at Little Book Cliffs?
Lawmakers behind the Colorado Wild Horse Project are upset that the BLM is working on a plan to do what their legislation was designed to prevent, according to a story dated June 19 by The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Predictably, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, unable to come up with an original thought, called for greater use of PZP, a restricted-use pesticide that tricks the immune system into attacking the ovaries.
Although the agency is working on an Enviornmental Assessment for management actions in the HMA, the roundup was dropped from the schedule earlier this month.
RELATED: Colorado Wild Horse Project Helps Ranchers, Not Horses.
GonaCon Crime Ring in Oregon?
Last year the Bureau of Livestock Multiplication gave High Desert Strategies, sometimes referred to as Shaney and the Riflemen, $468,033 to expand their pest control efforts in the lawful homes of wild horses.
The HMAs appear in the first part of the latest schedule for nonmotorized removal.
The pests, of course, are the cherished wild horses.
Their homes lie within grazing allotments, the birthright of the ranchers.
The riflemen run livestock on said allotments.
The pesticide of choice is GonaCon Equine.
Like most darting programs, there is no accountability to the public.
We don’t know if they’re darting mares or stallions. The product works on both.
We don’t know if they’re applying one dose or two.
We don’t know the interval between doses, which the EPA changed from a minimum of 30 days to 90 days in a 2017 labeling amendment.
We don’t know anything about genetic viability, the number of viable mares and the size of the breeding populations.
We don’t know about changes in death rates and herd demographics.
We don’t know if they’re using the proper PPE.
We don’t know their names.
We don’t know if they’re certified applicators.
The Directions for Use say “It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.”
We know the agency used the pesticide unlawfully at Red Rock, Reveille and Clan Alpine, so why shouldn’t the pattern carry over in Oregon?
GonaCon was used in other roundups over the past two years but it’s not clear from the daily reports if two doses were applied and the interval between them.
RELATED: BLM Awards $1 Million for Wild Horse Protection?
TRNP Wild Horses Discussed in McFeely Podcast
Guest Patrick Springer recalls their history as well as the recent effort by NPS to remove them from the park.
Springer appeared in the 2011 documentary “Nokota Heart.”
RELATED: TRNP a Wild Horse Melting Pot?
If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Gourd Spring
The allotment, on the east side of the Mormon Mountains HA in Nevada, offers 3,458 active AUMs on 57,700 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The forage assigned to horses is zero.
How many wild horses could live there?
Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 3,458 ÷ 12 = 288, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.
The stocking rate would be 288 ÷ 57,700 × 1,000 = five wild horses per thousand public acres.
Why is this important?
The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates give their assent through their darting programs.
If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 58 and 230 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 173,144 wild horses on 40,194,360 public acres, or 4.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 44
The incident started on May 1. Results through June 14:
- Scope: Bordo Atravesado HMA
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- AML: 60
- Estimated population: 276
- Goals: Gather 235, remove 225
- Captured: 234, no change from Day 41
- Shipped: 178, up from 97 on Day 41
- Released: 31, up from zero on Day 41
- Deaths: 8, no change from Day 41
- Average daily take: 5.3
- Unaccounted-for animals: 17
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
No details were given for the horses released.
The death rate is 3.4%.
The capture total includes 115 stallions, 91 mares and 28 foals.
Youngsters represented 12.0% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven percent per year.
Of the adults, 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The destination of shipped animals was not stated.
The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 2,436 AUMs per year
- Water: 2,030 gallons per day
Ten mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the range according to the latest schedule.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 41.
Advocate Defends Virginia Range Sterilization Program
There was no need to remove any wild horses.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture only needed to float the idea because they knew the advocates would fold like cheap suits and do the dirty work for them.
Speaking in favor of the effort is Tracy “You need to manage the numbers to fit what’s available for the horses” Wilson, defeatist, pesticide pusher and ranching sympathizer with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal.
RELATED: How to Bring the Advocates to Their Knees.
North Lander Roundup Pending
The FY24 regular season resumes on July 1, after a hiatus for foaling season, with a quadruple-HMA roundup in central Wyoming.
The areas of interest are Conant Creek, Dishpan Butte, Muskrat Basin and Rock Creek.
The current population is thought to be 3,035 wild horses, compared to an AML of 536.
The news release did not mention
- The capture and removal goals (2,766 and 2,716 according to latest schedule)
- The method of capture (helicopter)
- If operations are open to public observation (probably)
- If the HMAs are subject to permitted grazing (yes)
The announcement said the AML was scientifically determined, which is misleading.
Resource availability was scientifically determined, but apportionment was arbitrary.
Horses identified for removal will be taken to the Wheatland off-range corrals.
Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.
The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Coalition Starts Online Protest of North Lander Roundup.
Piute Mountain Roundup, Day 14
The incident started on May 31. Results through June 13:
- Scope: Piute Mountain HA
- Target: Burros
- Type: Emergency
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 50, remove 50
- Captured: 33, up from 20 on Day 8
- Shipped: 33, up from 20 on Day 8
- Released: None
- Deaths: None
- Average daily take: 2.4
- Unaccounted-for animals: None
The figures above are based on the daily reports, which now include details for jacks, jennies and foals.
No activity was reported on Days 9, 10, 11 and 12.
The capture total includes 25 jacks, 8 jennies and no foals.
The HA has no AML and is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 198 AUMs per year
- Water: 165 gallons per day
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Piute Mountain Roundup, Day 8.
Wild Horse Fire Brigade Takes “Path Forward” to New Level
You know an idea is bad for wild horses if the advocates support it.
Likewise, you know an idea is good for the ranchers if Elko County endorses it.
The Wild Horse Fire Brigade goes far beyond the “Path Forward,” a 2019 plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs.
The AMLs would go to zero. The ranchers would get everything.
What happened to the horses?
They were sent to remote wilderness areas not particularly suited to livestock grazing, to stop lightning, arsonists and campers from starting wildfires.
Problem solved.
RELATED: SHOCKER: Elko County Endorses Wild Horse Fire Brigade.
Mustang Monday
At the south end of Walker Lake with kingcidtravels.
Horses might be from the Wassuk HMA, a few miles to the west.
Images of foals will be disturbing to most advocates.
Caliente Roundup, Day 61
The incident started on April 16. Results through June 15:
- Scope: Caliente Complex
- Target: Horses
- Type: Planned
- Method: Bait
- Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
- Captured: 307, up from 302 on Day 55
- Shipped: 296, up from 271 on Day 55
- Released: None
- Deaths: 9, no change from Day 55
- Average daily take: 5.0
- Unaccounted-for animals: 2
The figures above are based on the daily reports.
The only horse captured on Day 59 was a foal. No details were given.
The death rate is 2.9%.
The capture total includes 129 stallions, 128 mares and 50 foals.
Youngsters represented 16.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.
Of the adults, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.
Body condition scores were not given.
The location of the trap site is not known.
The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:
- Forage: 3,684 AUMs per year
- Water: 3,070 gallons per day
There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.
The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 55.
NDV Down Again
The basemaps are working but the layers are not.
On the bright side, Pneu-Dart and Dan-Inject are open for business, which is great news for the advocates.
The viewer shows HMAs, HAs and overlapping allotments, but does not show which ones have been targeted for mass sterilization.
RELATED: National Data Viewer Still Down.
Putting the Grazing Program on Par with the WHB Program
The BLM allows livestock equivalent to 1,023,481 wild horses on 145,895,940 public acres, or seven wild horses per thousand public acres, as discussed previously.
To bring the grazing program in line with the wild horse and burro program, which allows one such animal per thousand acres, the bureaucrats would need to relieve the ranchers of six out of seven AUMs, or approximately 86% of the forage apportioned thereto.
This would likely result in a major disruption of the gravy train.
A level playing field would mean that cause of poor rangeland health would be much more difficult to identify.
RELATED: Putting Wild Horses on Par with Privately Owned Livestock.
Foal-Free Friday, Breaking with the Past Edition
Initially, the advocates peddled the Montana Solution as a way to slow population growth and reduce the need for roundups.
That didn’t win the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers.
Today, they sell it as mass sterilization, not by their words but by their deeds, hoping to convince the decision-makers that ovary-killing pesticides are a viable alternative to motorized removal.
They’ve always known that PZP is not reversible after five years of treatment and privately point to Assateague Island as an example of what can be achieved long term but conceal this truth from their unwitting donors.
With the Salt River and Virginia Range herds on the verge of collapse, the advocates may soon be in a position to spread the poison to other areas.
RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Race to the Bottom Edition.
Scoping Begins for Pancake HMAP
A new project has been created in ePlanning and one document is available for review.
The Complex, located south of Eureka, NV, includes the Sand Springs West HMA, Pancake HMA, Jakes Wash HA and Monte Cristo WHT.
The comment period runs from June 13 to July 15 according to the news release.
The new HMAP will support three tenets of rangeland management.
RELATED: Pancake Ruling Helps Advocates, Not Wild Horses.
If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Little Salt and Corcoran Wash
The allotments, on the north side of the Little Book Cliffs WHR in Colorado, offer 4,352 active AUMs on 40,713 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.
The forage assigned to horses is zero.
How many wild horses could live there?
Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 4,352 ÷ 12 = 363, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.
The stocking rate would be 363 ÷ 40,713 × 1,000 = 8.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Why is this important?
The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).
The advocates propagate the fairy tale with their darting programs.
If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 40 and 323 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.
BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 49,546 wild horses on 7,448,367 public acres, or 6.7 wild horses per thousand public acres.
RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.
Western Horse Watchers Association 