On the unlawful use of PZP.

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The incident was reported this morning, according to a story by KRNV News.

Personnel with LRTC assisted.

The article did not indicate:

• If the home was in Washoe county
• If the pool was fenced
• If the horse was female
• If the advocates took the opportunity to administer PZP

The horse was returned to the range around 10 AM.

Of the animals placed into new homes, 6,220 were adopted, 1,798 were sold and 27 were transferred to other government agencies.

Approximately 36% of the animals changed hands through AIP, according to today’s news release.

Most herds live in arid environments, lack predators that control growth (man-made) and can quickly overwhelm the (limited) food and water available to them (man-made).

The fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.

RELATED: BLM Offers $7.5 Million for WHB Adoption Partnerships.

Operations will be carried out with baited traps and will probably be closed to public observation, although this was not stated in the news release.

The capture and removal goals are 80 and 41, respectively.

Captured animals will be taken to the Rock Springs off-range corrals.

A link to the gather stats and daily reports was not given.

The incident was billed as catch-treat-release.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.

RELATED: Advocates, Not BLM, Ruined McCullough Peaks Herd.

On the reversibility of PZP.

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The incident began on November 8.  Results through November 12:

• Scope: Clan Alpine HMA
• Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Category: Cruel and costly*
• Better way: Poison mares with ovary-killing pesticides*
• Captured: 518, up from 295 on Day 3
• Average daily take: 103.6
• Capture goal: 1,594
• Removal goal: 1,381
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 7, up from 3 on Day 3
• Shipped: 373, up from 170 on Day 3

A stallion and mare were dispatched on Day 4 because of cancer.  Another stallion and mare were killed because of abscesses, a treatable condition.

The death rate is 1.4%.

The capture total includes 209 stallions, 225 mares and 84 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.2% of the animals gathered, suggesting the herd is growing at a rate of 11% per year.

Of the adults, 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.

Day 5 ended with 138 unaccounted-for animals.

Up to 81 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 121 stallions.

Other statistics:

• Forage liberated to date: 6,216 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 5,180 gallons per day
• Horses allowed by plan: 979
• Pre-gather population: 1,661 plus this year’s foals
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,748 AUMs per year
• Forage assigned to livestock: 6,796 AUMs per year
• Horses displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 566
• True AML: 1,545
• Stocking rate at new AML: 5.2 wild horses per thousand public acres
• Horses displaced by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup, Day 3.

At the Onaqui Mountain HMA with Wesley Aston.

The absence of youngsters is not an accident.

On resource management.

Link to RAS: https://reports.blm.gov/reports/RAS.

On HMAPs.

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The incident began on November 8.  Results through November 10:

• Scope: Clan Alpine HMA
• Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Helicopter
• Category: Cruel and costly*
• Better way: Poison mares with ovary-killing pesticides*
• Captured: 295, up from 130 on Day 1
• Average daily take: 98.3
• Capture goal: 1,594
• Removal goal: 1,381
• Returned: None
• Deaths: 3, up from zero on Day 1
• Shipped: 170, up from zero on Day 1

A mare was dispatched on Day 2 because of a missing eye.

On Day 3, a mare was put down due to a ruptured tendon along with a stallion that had cancer polyps on its head.

The death rate is 1.0%.

The capture total includes 125 stallions, 124 mares and 46 foals.

Youngsters represented 15.6% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The HMA and surrounding lands are subject to permitted grazing.

*According to advocates.

Day 3 ended with 122 unaccounted-for animals.

Up to 81 mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, before being returned the range with up to 121 stallions.

Other statistics:

• Forage liberated to date: 3,540 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 2,950 gallons per day
• Horses allowed by plan: 979
• Forage assigned to horses: 11,748 AUMs per year
• Forage assigned to livestock: 6,796 AUMs per year
• Horses displaced from HMA by permitted grazing: 566
• True AML: 1,545
• Stocking rate at new AML: 5.2 wild horses per thousand public acres
• Horses displaced by drilling and mining: Ask the advocates

RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup in Progress.

They simply guide them in a safe direction, a BLM public affairs officer told the Elko Daily Free Press in a story dated November 9.

“We typically will never use helicopters unless it is an extreme emergency, or we are in a wilderness study area where we cannot put vehicles in there.”

The article looks at resource management on public lands, a topic the advocates generally avoid.

If they told you that most HMAs are managed primarily for livestock, while they’re poisoning the mares with their favorite pesticide, you’d realize they’re protecting the ranchers, not the horses.

For the second time in a row, the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has passed up an opportunity to meet with the advocates and admire their handiwork.

At the June meeting in Reno, they could have toured Herd Treatment Areas known as the Virginia Range and Pine Nut Mountains, but they deferred in favor of the Blue Wing Complex.

In December they could have visited the Lower Salt River to see a fully contracepted herd that’s dying off, but they opted for the Lake Pleasant HMA.

What do these areas have in common?  The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

It’s not fair to ignore their important work!

If the next meeting is held in Salt Lake City, the Board would have a chance to learn about the Cedar Mountain darting program, also instigated by CAAWH, a leader in nonmotorized removal.

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Channeling Alternative C Edition.

The incident started yesterday, with 130 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.

RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup Announced.

The project will provide accurate production data to ensure the BLM has determined the appropriate population range for the HMA, the appropriate level of livestock grazing therein, and to inform Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s big game management, according to a blog post dated November 6.

If forage production is less than expected, what activity will be reduced?

If it’s greater than expected, what activity will be increased?

The installation of a permanent trap site and application of Zonastat-H suggest the horses are not a priority in their lawful home.

RELATED: Sand Wash Horses Get Short End of Stick.

An unpublished notice in the Federal Register indicates a venue in Phoenix, with field trips to the Lake Pleasant HMA and Florence off-range corrals.

Apparently, they passed up a chance to visit the Salt River and see a fully contracepted herd that’s dying off, as NPS envisions for Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

RELATED: More Conflicts of Interest at WHBAB?

UPDATE: The meeting will be livestreamed according to the BLM news release.

The DR and Final EIS were copied to the project folder on October 23.

BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning said in the October 26 news release that responsible development of critical minerals is central to the clean energy transition, adding that the BLM is leading the way with efficient and collaborative permitting processes as it builds a sustainable supply chain to power a clean energy future.

When did they put that up for a vote?

They didn’t.  They’re cramming it down our throats while sabotaging traditional energy sources that are clean, dependable and affordable.

They don’t believe in consent of the governed.  Rather, they believe in big, bloated, overreaching, iron-fisted, authoritarian government.

A twist in the story, since the Draft EA was put out for review, is that Nevada Vanadium purchased Fish Creek Ranch, the source of water for the mine, for $4.2 million.

Livestock and hay were sold.

Fish Creek Ranch was a base property with grazing preference on the Fish Creek Ranch Allotment.

The permittee was Bench Creek Ranch.

A Rangeland Management Specialist with the Battle Mountain District indicated last week that that they had not been notified of the sale and that the permit was on hold until they could get further information.

The Allotment Master Report puts Fish Creek Ranch in the Improve category, with 4,815 active AUMs on 289,292 public acres.

The allotment overlaps the Fish Creek HMA.

RELATED: Water for Vanadium Mine to Be Supplied by Fish Creek Ranch.