New Year, Same Lies

The advocates never stop.

New Year Same Lies 01-01-25

PZP is a restricted-use pesticide that tricks the immune system into attacking the ovaries, resulting in sterility after five years of treatment.

Fish Creek Gather Page Created

The action begins on or about January 6.

Go to this page for the daily reports.

RELATED: Fish Creek Roundup Announced.

Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 31

The incident started on November 29. Results through December 29:

Scope: Murderer’s Creek HMA, WHT
Target: Wild horses
AML: 140
Pre-gather population: 650
True AML: TBD
Type: Emergency
Method: Bait
Capture goal: 350 – 400
Removal goal: 350 – 400
Captured: 190, up from 183 on Day 25
Shipped: 168, no change from Day 25
Released: None
Deaths: 4, no change from Day 25
Average daily take: 6.1
Unaccounted-for animals: 18
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

No reports were given for Days 26 through 30.

The death rate is 2.1%.

The capture total includes 66 stallions, 82 mares and 42 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.1% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year. The Rule of 72 says the herd size will double in 4.2 years.

Of the adults, 44.6% were male and 55.4% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

No decisions have made regarding the long-term disposition of horses, which means they could be treated or altered in off range holding, including the stallions.

The status of livestock grazing in the burned area is not known.

Walden Base Property Available for $13.5 Million

Double R Ranch covers 3,676 deeded acres with grazing privileges on 9,570 acres of BLM land and 640 acres of state land according to the listing.

The deeded acreage includes 2,350 acres of irrigated hay meadows and 908 acres of irrigated and sub-irrigated pastures.

The map suggests it has preference on the Playa, Verner East, Peterson Ridge West, Tointon and Fish Hatchery allotments.

RAS ties them to authorization #0500505, which also includes Headquarters, Verner West and Beaver Creek.

The Allotment Master Report indicates they offer a combined 852 active AUMs on 9,401 public acres, equivalent to 71 wild horses or 7.6 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Hay production may allow the numbers to go higher.

The ranch might be a candidate for Colorado’s wild horse preserve.

Criteria for Colorado’s New Wild Horse Preserve

Base properties would be the ideal candidates.

Must include public lands
Must displace livestock therefrom
Each deeded acre should control at least three public acres
Doesn’t overlap areas identified for wild horses

The need for a state preserve was identified by the Colorado Wild Horse Working Group earlier this year. Refer to their Year One Report for more information.

Mustang Monday

At the southern edge of the Virginia Range with Art.

Barren mares courtesy of advocates.

New Year’s Resolution That Helps Wild Horses

Defund the advocates.

They are defeatists, pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers.

Resolve now to cut them off.

Deniz Bolbol TCF Darter 03-11-23

Reiterating: Sanctuaries Are Not the Answer

In general, they represent victory for the ranchers and failure for the horses, which is why the advocates like them.

There is a special case, however, where they should be considered: The deeded acreage has preference on one or more grazing allotments.

These properties give you more value for your investment.

Each private acre should control three or more public acres.

They should not overlap areas identified for wild horses.

If they don’t displace livestock from public lands, they’re not worthy of your support.

President of Pine Nut Advocates Sells Land in Buckeye Allotment

The APNs of her high-end parcels tell you they’re in Township 12, Range 21, Sections 4 and 5.

Fish Springs Larger Lots 12-27-24

That puts them in the Buckeye Allotment.

The seller, who will pay her commission, holds most of the active AUMs therein.

You wouldn’t want the resource lost to the equine pests, right?

Please donate if you want this charade to continue.

BLM Seeks On-Range Branch Chief for WHB Program

The job posting will close on January 9 or after 50 applications have been received, whichever comes first.

Salary ranges from $124,531 to $161,889 per year.

The position reports to the Division Chief, Wild Horse and Burro Program.

President of Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates Compromised?

Let’s take a look at some of the higher-dollar listings in her inventory.

Fish Springs Larger Lots 12-27-24

APN 1221-05-002-034, owned by BENTLY FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP
APN 1221-04-001-012, ditto
APN 1221-04-002-001, ditto
APN 1221-04-002-020, ditto
APN 1221-04-001-031, ditto

At a 3% commission, she will collect around $129,000 from the seller, who holds most of the active AUMs in the Buckeye Allotment.

Would that explain her involvement in the “strong birth control program?”

The Fish Springs herd roams in the Pine Nut Mountains HA, an area zeroed out for wild horses but not for livestock.

The bogus land trust operated by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, with whom she affiliates, overlaps the Buckeye and Pine Nut Allotments, another area zeroed out for wild horses but not for livestock.

CAAWH Seeks Virginia Range Volunteer Coordinator?

The announcement does not indicate if it’s a new role or an existing one vacated by someone who finally came to her senses.

The successful candidate will

Recruit volunteers for the mass sterilization program
Foster relationships with businesses and landowners
Become a certified PZP darter
Manage inventory and order supplies for volunteers
Educate the public about nonmotorized removal

You need strong organizational and people skills, an ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and a bachelor’s degree.

Salary not specified.

You need not be aborting/contracepting/sterilizing in your own life but that would definitely be a plus.

Mass Sterilization and Motorized Removal 08-10-24

Foal-Free Friday, Women Fleecing Women Edition

Most wild horse advocacy groups are run by women.

Most of their supporters are women.

The women on the inside are evil.

The women on the outside are stupid.

The women on the inside try to convince the women on the outside that they care about wild horses and that the outsiders should give the insiders more money.

See for example the running record of news flashes from the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses published by Lucky Three Ranch.

The insiders use the funds to buy pesticides while telling the outsiders they should feel good about themselves for supporting a worthy cause.

The outsiders don’t realize they’ve been swindled and that the insiders are colluding with the bureaucrats and ranchers to get rid of the horses.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Colorado Wild Horse Working Group Releases Year One Report

An story by The Colorado Sun provided the link.

Recommendations start on page 8.

The membership list is on page 16.

Check out the management model on page 24.

Management Model 12-26-24

The only thing missing is a feedback loop that tests for rancher satisfaction.

The article said the group has asked for better data from the federal government.

Of critical use would be the forage allocations for horses and livestock.

The group has discussed creating a state-run sanctuary, where the public could see horses that had been removed from the wild, but the topic has stalled in recent months due to the high cost of purchasing land.

If the search is limited to base properties—private acreage tied to grazing allotments on public lands—the group could get more value for its investment, a technique known as leverage.

Look for properties where the deeded acreage gives access to at least three times as much public acreage.

Then flip the preference to horses.

Like the forage allocations, ranchers and ranching sympathizers on the committee would probably oppose this line of pursuit.

That’s how you know it’s the right thing to do.

Murderer’s Creek Roundup, Day 25

The incident started on November 29. Results through December 23:

Scope: Murderer’s Creek HMA, WHT
Target: Wild horses
AML: 140
Pre-gather population: 650
True AML: TBD
Type: Emergency
Method: Bait
Capture goal: 350 – 400
Removal goal: 350 – 400
Captured: 183, up from 166 on Day 21
Shipped: 168, up from 129 on Day 21
Released: None
Deaths: 4, no change from Day 21
Average daily take: 7.3
Unaccounted-for animals: 11
Snippet from statute: It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death
Snippet from manual: To protect wild horses and burros from unauthorized capture, branding, harassment or death

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

The death rate is 2.2%.

The capture total includes 63 stallions, 79 mares and 41 foals.

Youngsters represented 22.4% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 17% per year. The Rule of 72 says the herd size will double in 4.2 years.

Of the adults, 44.4% were male and 55.6% were female, no indication of an abnormal sex ratio.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

No decisions have made regarding the long-term disposition of horses, which means they could be treated or altered in off range holding, including the stallions.

The status of livestock grazing in the burned area is not known.

Controlling Costs Not a Priority When Taxpayers Have Your Back

If you want to understand why there are so many wild horses in off-range holding, and why the government needs more corrals, more pastures and more adoptions, look no farther than the Little Colorado HMA.

It’s not in Colorado, but it explains why taxpayers are being asked to shoulder the growing costs of off-range management.

In general, the bureaucrats assign most of the forage in areas identified for wild horses to privately owned livestock.

At Little Colorado, the horses receive just 2.6% of the resource. Table 8 in the 2021 EA for management actions in the Wyoming checkerboard has the data.

To keep the pests in check and ensure the ranchers have principal use of the HMA, the BLM takes them off the range and crams them into public and private feedlots.

None of this is intended to reduce costs.

More animals can be removed if there are more places to places to hold them.

The goal is ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs.

At Little Colorado, the AML ranges from 69 to 100.

Horse #70 is excess, the beginning of overpopulation.

The HMA can’t support more than 100, but it can sustain livestock equivalent to 3,750.

This accounts for six percent of the horses in off-range holding!

Off-Range Stats as of Sep-2024 12-26-24

If they really wanted to cut costs, they’d put the horses back on the range and confine the ranchers to their base properties in a year-round off season.

Thriving Ecological Balance-3

Lake Powell Mom-Baby Pair Go Separate Ways

The baby was adopted but the mom stayed behind according to a story dated December 25 by The Salt Lake Tribune.

Now, the manager of the sanctuary is worried that the mom might start World War III with another mare at the facility so she’ll be offered for adoption.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Christmas

The allotment, located about 40 miles east of Florence, AZ, offers 496 active AUMs on 5,690 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 496 ÷ 12 = 41, 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 41 ÷ (5,690 ÷ 1,000) = 7.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us 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 6 and 35 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.

Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring base properties associated with grazing allotments and flipping the preference to horses, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.

Christmas Allotment 12-25-24

La Junta Base Property Available for $10.6 Million

Purgatory Basin Ranch covers 12,502 deeded acres in southeastern Colorado, with grazing preference on the 8,127-acre Higbee Allotment in the Comanche National Grasslands, according to the listing.

There is also a 640-acre state lease and 320-acre private lease.

The 2024 AOIs suggest the allotment offers 1,301 AUMs per year, equivalent to 13.3 wild horses per thousand acres.

The bureaucrats tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres.

The state charges $16.25 per AUM, according to the 2024 invoice, twelve times more than the Forest Service.

The land ratio is low. You must purchase 12,502 deeded acres to access 8,127 public acres.

There are no HMAs or WHTs in the area.

Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring base properties associated therewith and flipping the preference to horses.