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Author: Western Horse Watchers
New Attraction in Virginia City
Virginia Range horses stop by Cindy’s Bar and Graze for some refreshments, 07/20/18.
Wild Burro Hit in Ear with Arrow
Animal control personnel are trying to locate the injured animal, which roams the Reche Canyon area south of San Bernardino, CA, according to a report dated 07/19/18 in The Sacramento Bee.
The area of interest is not on BLM land. The nearest BLM Herd Areas are 20 to 30 miles to the east. They have no AMLs and are not managed for WHB.
A $1000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible.
Utah HMA Stats
Most of the herd management areas in Utah are on the western side of the state.
Here are some statistics for them, developed from individual pages at the BLM web site.
- Number of HMAs: 18 (one jointly managed with USFS)
- Total land: 2.7 million acres (mostly public, some private)
- Total animals: 1911 (mostly horses, some burros, based on upper values of AMLs)
- Average stocking rate: 1397 acres per animal (0.72 animals per thousand acres)
- Stocking rate at 3X AML: 466 acres per animal (2.15 animals per thousand acres)
The last figure is offered as an estimate of the current situation, as many of the HMAs have more animals than allowed by the upper end of their AMLs.
Livestock grazing was reported on the Sulphur HMA and presumably occurs on others.
The largest HMA is Cedar Mountain at 411,636 acres, while the smallest is Tilly Creek at 37,006 acres.
Stocking rates vary from 1.5 animals per thousand acres at Range Creek HMA to 0.4 animals per thousand acres at King Top Mountains HMA.
The North Hills HMA is jointly managed with the USFS.
And Now for Something Completely Different
Living Inside Your Love by Phyllis Hyman.
Holy Crap, My Horse Has a Brain
Yes, he can learn. Past experience has an effect on future experience because of things going on inside his head. If that wasn’t true, hot wires would serve no useful purpose.
The horse, like his rider, does not sit around helplessly as life passes by. Instead, he is a factor that determines, in part, what it shall present.
H/T Rick Gore for the video.
Are There Any Wild Burros in Utah?
You might see a few of them on the Muddy Creek and Sinbad HMAs, both of which are managed for horses and burros. I-70 passes through both areas, in a part of the state known as the San Rafael Swell.
The Muddy Creek HMA covers 208,810 acres and has an AML of 125, for a target population density of 0.6 animals per thousand acres. Sinbad contains 285,518 acres and has an AML of 125 (horses and burros) for a target density of 0.4 animals per thousand acres.
In the map above, Muddy Creek appears to be at least 50% larger than Sinbad, so the numbers are wrong or the HMA boundaries were drawn incorrectly. The Sinbad HA includes two parcels, one of which is adjacent to the Muddy Creek HMA. The map may show the combined area of the Muddy Creek HMA and western portion of the Sinbad HA?
Range Creek Gather Ended
BLM announced today that it had concluded the removal of wild horses from lands outside the Range Creek HMA in east-central Utah. The news release indicated that 92 horses had been gathered but did not indicate if they were on lands falling within the Range Creek HA and if any livestock were present on those lands.
One horse died in the operation but circumstances of the loss were not given.
Captured horses were taken to a contract facility in Axtell, Utah, where they will be evaluated and prepared for adoption.
RELATED: BLM Plans Gather at Range Creek HMA.
BLM Bringing WHB to Cheyenne Frontier Days
Wild horses and burros will be offered for adoption in Cheyenne, WY on 07/27/18, according to a BLM news release posted yesterday. The ten-day celebration of western heritage begins on 07/20/18 and features a rodeo, concerts, parades, western art show, carnival and museum.
Trainers with experience in gentling mustangs will provide demonstrations each day at 10 AM and 4 PM.
Personnel from Heroes and Horses will be available July 23 – 26 to explain how horses can help veterans suffering from PTSD.
WHB posters will be available at the BLM booth.
Opponents of Fish Springs Roundup Protest in Reno
Wild horse enthusiasts met yesterday at the BLM office in Reno, NV, to protest the removal of 50 animals from the Fish Springs area near Gardnerville, according to a report dated 07/17/18 in Nevada Appeal.
The BLM argues there are too many horses in and around the Pine Nut Mountains HMA, which covers 104,316 acres in western Nevada. Current population is 775 horses with an AML of 179.
The target population density is 1.7 animals per thousand acres and the actual population density is 7.4 animals per thousand acres. These figures do not include the lands of the Pine Nut Mountains HA, which the horses inhabit, that would make the densities LOWER.
Meanwhile, a few miles north, on the Virginia Range, the population density is running at ten animals per thousand acres.
Look at the photos here, here and here from June, 2018. Do you see any denuded lands or emaciated animals?
RELATED: Opposition to Pine Nut Roundup Continues.
Condemned by the Church
Voris on socialism. Commentary begins at 0:38.
Home Is Where the Horse Is
Indeed.
Vendor Advisory for 2018 Burning Man
Sellers of goods and services at this year’s Burning Man are warned that only permitted and approved vendors will be allowed to conduct business at the event. Refer to this BLM news release posted today.
Anyone engaged in commercial activity without a permit will be removed.
The festival opens 08/26/18 in the temporary metropolis of Black Rock City, northeast of Gerlach, NV, on a dry lake bed called ‘the playa.’
Anyone planning to offer tours into the hills to see the wild horses and burros that surround the place is expected to comply as well.
RELATED: Burn More.
Off the Reservation
Wild burros on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. Refugees from Black Mountain HMA?
BLM Bringing Wild Horses and Burros to Annville, PA
The adoption event will be held July 20 – 21 at the Shale Knoll Arena on Sherks Church Road, according to a BLM news release dated 06/25/18.
A trainer with experience in gentling mustangs will be on site demonstrating both days.
Availability of wild horse and burro posters not known.
Mustangs Don’t Need These
Nail them to a wall or put them above the entrance to your barn, open end up so the good luck won’t spill out!
Always On the Move
Tail end of a band heading down one of the trails on the Virginia Range 07/13/18.
Mustang Monday
Let’s Cut the Crap
Roles of the two major political parties in America, 2018.
- Democrat: Drive us toward communism
- Republican: Make sure we don’t turn back
The Democrat Party consists mostly of liberals and the Republican Party has a large and growing number of liberals. They’re moving further to the left. Conservatives are a shrinking minority.
Remember, these people did not force their way into office. They were put there by the voters, some of whom are your friends, family members and co-workers.
The problem is not liberalism, the problem is liberals.
“…contraception in all forms is a grave sin against the 6th Commandment, and is at the very root of almost every problem in the post-Christian, post-modern West today. In fact, it could be argued and argued well that the West officially became the POST-CHRISTIAN West when it first began to ratify contraception.”
Now we can have a meaningful conversation on the enemies of our wild ones.
RELATED: Stepping Stones.
He Had White Horses
From Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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