Author: Western Horse Watchers

How Pine Nut Advocates Help Government Protect Ranchers

The December edition of Horse Tales is out, along with another article by the real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden-Gardnerville area.

The listings are on page 24 and the article begins at the bottom of page 5.

The action takes place on the Pine Nut Mountains HA, which includes the HMA but extends well to the south, coinciding roughly with the Buckeye and Pine Nut allotments.

The land was identified for wild horses in 1971 but has since been taken away and is now managed principally for livestock.

Horses still inhabit the area, which is unfit for them, supposedly.  The AML is zero.

Pine Nut HA and Allotments 12-18-21

Instead of demanding that the HA be managed principally for wild horses—as specified in the statute—the advocates are getting rid of them with PZP.

There is little if any turning over of the genetic soil and the herd may be dying off, depending on how severely they’ve reduced the birth rate.

If things get out of hand, the government will remove them, ensuring that all of their food, except for a small amount reserved for wildlife, goes to public-lands ranchers.

Good job, guys.

Like the Virginia Range a few miles to the north, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses has its tentacles in this program.

The Allotment Master report puts Buckeye and Pine Nut in the Improve category.

Fox-Lake Range Roundup Over

The incident ended today, according to a BLM news release.  Here are the final results from the gather page:

  • Horses captured: 82
  • Horses shipped: 19
  • Horses returned: 23
  • Horses to be returned: 37
  • Horses deceased: 4

The numbers don’t balance.

19 + 23 + 37 + 4 ≠ 82

More horses were processed than captured.

No foals were taken.  Of the adults, 46% were male and 54% were female.

The death rate was 4.9%.

If the herd was growing at a rate fifteen to twenty percent per year, 16 to 20 foals should have been pushed into the traps.  But none were.  Why?

RELATED: Fox-Lake Range Wild Horse Roundup Announced.

Wild Horse and Burro Act at 50: Time for Reflection

The legislation became law 50 years ago today.

In his remarks dated December 17, 1971, President Nixon noted that the animals were 99% extinct, with approximately 9,500 unbranded and unclaimed horses and 11,000 free-roaming burros remaining on the public lands.

Today, the number of horses and burros allowed by plan is not much higher, around 27,000.  The land can support many more, but those resources have been assigned to privately owned livestock.

The advocates know a lot about adjuvant but not much about AUMs.  Consumed by the overpopulation narrative, they protect the ranchers, not the horses and burros.

Why are you still giving them money?

Wild Horses and Burros to Be Removed from Nevada WHR

The incident will begin on or about December 18, according to the news release, and will not be open to public observation.

Helicopters will push the animals into the traps.

The capture goal is 648 horses and 100 burros, and the removal goal is 438 horses and 100 burros.

Mares returned to the range will be treated with GonaCon, a fertility control drug that may act as a sterilant.

The WHR was established in 1962 on 1.3 million acres of withdrawn lands southeast of Tonopah, NV.  Photographs and visitor access are prohibited for security reasons.

The 500 horses allowed by plan require 6,000 AUMs per year.  The AML for burros is zero.

The aimed-at stocking rate is 0.4 wild horses per thousand acres.  The target rate across all HMAs is one wild horse per thousand acres.

Nevada WHR Map 12-16-21

The WHR is not subject to permitted grazing but is bordered by allotments on the east, north and west sides.  Refer to the Western Watersheds map for details.

Captured horses will be taken to the off-range corrals at Palomino Valley, north of Reno, NV.  Captured burros will be taken to the off-range corrals in Axtell, UT.

Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.

An emergency roundup occurred in the area last year.

Signatories of Rock Springs Petition Duped by Advocates?

An article by Cowboy State Daily said it was delivered to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Monday.

Not mentioned in the narrative:

If the sponsoring organizations were honest about the circumstances affecting these horses, nobody would have signed their petition.

RELATED: Advocates to Interior: Let Us Get Rid of Rock Springs Horses.

Advocates are the Predators 11-30-21

Comments Invited on Stewart Creek Pest Control Plan

A preliminary environmental assessment for remote darting in the HMA has been posted for public review.

The plan would be effective for ten years, according to the news release.

The Proposed Action, discussed in Section 2.1 of the EA, calls for the use of PZP, GonaCon and PZP-22.

The goal is to reduce growth rates to five percent per year or less.

Treatment would be withdrawn after five years, until the mares produce foals—which they won’t, because they’re sterile.  The ten-year timeframe is not necessary.

Stewart Creek HMA Map 12-15-21

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing and the management plan assigns four times more forage to livestock than the horses.

The darting program will keep the resource scales tipped in favor of the public-lands ranchers for longer periods or time, perhaps indefinitely, which is what the advocates are trying to accomplish in other areas.

Comments will be accepted until January 17.

The news release said that they can be submitted electronically at the NEPA page for the project, but Western Horse Watchers was unable to find the link.  E-mail addresses for BLM staff were provided.

Fox-Lake Range Roundup Day 3

The incident started on December 11.  Helicopters did not fly on Days 2 and 3 due to inclement weather, according to the gather page.

To date, 36 horses have been captured, with none shipped and one dead.

The pre-gather population was approximately 0.8X AML.

Given that most of the returned horses will be treated with GonaCon, the operation could be classified as pest control.

RELATED: Fox-Lake Range Roundup Begins.

Countdown to 50 | 2 Days to Go

Reports about free-roaming horses and burros usually do not mention permitted grazing and how the original WHB Act was altered at the behest of ranching interests.

The new priorities, which protect the public-lands ranchers, not the horses and burros, are reflected in the current statute and the federal regulations affecting those animals.

Today we we acknowledge the role of big tech and the media in controlling what the American people see and hear about wild horses and burros.

Search results point to groups that accept the overpopulation narrative, promote PZP darting and other means of population suppression, and are helping the government achieve and maintain AMLs—which are biased in favor of the ranchers.

Film crews don’t go back to the HMAs after roundups to see what type of animals filled the void and follow-up reports suggest the horses are better off in the gulags.

Is it because they’re not curious or are they just following orders?

These people don’t bring you the truth, they insulate you from it.

RELATED: Countdown to 50 | 3 Days to Go.

In Loving Memory of Mom

She would have been 93 today but left this world on December 4.

Her favorite, a lemon tree by the round pen, carries on without her, as we all are.

She stopped coming out to the ranch in 2018.  She would usually drop off something for me to eat, say hi to the horses, then go work on the tree.

The visit would last about an hour.  I was usually cleaning one of the corrals.

After pruning a few branches and removing the fruit that had ripened, she’d carry them back to her car and drive home.

How I miss those days.

Lemon Tree by Roundpen 12-12-21