Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
Containment has been achieved on the eastern front, alleviating the threat to the Pine Nut Mountains HA.
The total burned area is now 68,100 acres and staffing has been rolled back.
No wild horses were lost to the fire, so that task now falls to the local advocacy group.
Three cheers for our police officers, firefighters and emergency personnel!
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The story has been picked up by major news outlets but has not appeared on Drudge.
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The advocates know so much that isn’t so. Click to open image in new tab.
Day 1 ended with 28 horses captured, including fourteen stallions, nine mares and five foals. The goal is 450 with no horses returned.
One death was reported, due to pre-existing conditions.
The Adoption Incentive Program remains in effect, despite legal actions, but additional measures were announced today to provide greater oversight and protection of animals placed into private care.
The news release did not indicate if the new steps would apply to sale-eligible animals and those sold outright, sometimes for as little as $1 each.
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The 9:00 AM report says Division L has merged into Division O and today’s map shows little if any progress toward the Pine Nut Mountains HA.
The total area burned is now 67,800 acres, with over 1,600 personnel involved.
Today’s forecast calls for thunderstorms, with the potential for heavy rains, according to the overview at InciWeb.
RELATED: Tamarack Fire Still Growing.
UPDATE: Added video of today’s briefing.
The WHBAB floated the idea earlier this month. Now, the writer of letter to The Salt Lake Tribune jumps on the bandwagon, claiming that the horses will starve and/or die of thirst if they’re not pulled off the range.
The current population has surpassed 3X AML, which means three times more than allowed by plan.
Given that livestock receive four to six times as much forage than the horses, there should be enough food overall.
Many ranchers have voluntarily reduced grazing in response to the drought, according to the writer, but by by much? Five to ten percent? A symbolic gesture in anticipation of resource enforcement actions by the federal government?
No, your abusive husband (or boyfriend) is. Stop treating the symptoms and focus on the causes!
The white patches in the distance, obscured by smoke from wildfires, provided the backdrop for the horses in this post. Photo taken 07-23-21, looking east.
Division L has been established on the northeast side of the fire, which should reduce or limit the spread into the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Area.
The latest map shows containment on the west side of Highway 395 at Spring Valley.
The total area burned is now 66,700 acres, with over 1,500 personnel involved.
Chance of thunderstorms today with gusty outflow winds.
RELATED: Light Winds Slow Progress of Tamarack Fire.
No youngsters though, thanks to the advocates. Filmed 07-23-21, with the Chalk Hills on the left in the background of the long shot.
Later today, winds are expected to shift to the northwest, according to the July 23 community briefing, steering the fire away from the Pine Nut Mountains HA (go to 12:35 in this video).
The burned area is now 65,100 acres with 4% containment. The section along Highway 395 falls under Division O in this morning’s 9:00 AM report.
This photo was taken yesterday from the west side of the Virginia Range, about 50 miles north of the fire.
An estimated 450 wild horses will be removed from the West Douglas Herd Area, south of Rangely, CO, starting on July 26. Dry conditions have reduced forage production and a wildfire has burned critical summer habitat, according to a BLM news release.
The horses will be pushed into the traps with helicopters and the operation will be open to public observation.
West Douglas has no AML. Although horses were found there in 1971, it has not been managed for them since 1975.
The announcement did not indicate if the HA was subject to permitted grazing and did not provide the destination of captured animals.
The gather page says they will be available for adoption though the Cañon City facility.
Daily reports and cumulative totals will be posted to that page.
It’s harmless because the advocates said so.
Here’s a guess based on recent experience:
Why don’t they just come out of the closet and declare their fealty to the ranchers?
The map at InciWeb confirms the fire has crossed Highway 395, near the south end of the Pine Nut Mountains HA.
A report by The Record-Courier of Gardnerville, NV says yesterday’s estimates did not include lands in Nevada, so the size probably exceeds 60,000 acres.
Residents in Smith Valley have been asked to prepare for evacuation.
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The timeline at InciWeb now starts on July 16, not July 4, when the fire was touched off by lightning and nobody did anything about it for 12 days.
The story has not hit national headlines but does the one-horse pony, failed presidential candidate of 2020 and usurper of the White House sense that he’s about to get burned by the flames?
This evening’s 5:30 PM report says a 2,500 acre area is burning on the east side of the road but it does not appear on any of the maps.
The area is equivalent to almost four square miles.
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Refer to this map from InciWeb, posted a few hours ago. The Pine Nut Mountains HA is on the other side of the highway.
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