Location of Mount Charleston Horses Unknown

Visitors were allowed to see them in the unnamed facility according to this report by Fox5 News in Las Vegas.

The reproductive status of the animals was not given.

Presentations Available from Healthy Public Lands Conference

The event ran from May 28 to 30 in Salt Lake City.

Videos posted to Western Watersheds YouTube channel.

Sand Wash Roundup, Day 9

The incident started on July 7. Results through July 15:

Scope: Sand Wash Basin HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 362
Pre-gather population: 487
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Capture goal: 60
Removal goal: 45
Captured: 38, up from 24 on Day 5
Shipped: 30, up from 24 on Day 5
Released: None
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 4.2
Unaccounted-for animals: 8
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 minus the results from October 3.

The capture total includes 16 stallions, 17 mares and 5 foals.

Youngsters represented 13.2% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. A higher percentage is females is expected in herds receiving the Montana Solution.

The gather page does not indicate if BLM staff are using the permanent trap site.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 456 AUMs per year
Water: 380 gallons per day

These numbers would go down if any horses are returned to the range.

RELATED: Sand Wash Roundup, Day 5.

Advocates Grooming Youngsters to Be Pesticide Pushers?

Protecting the public-lands ranchers is a top priority of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its affiliates, even if it means leading the young folks astray.

Now is a great time to be in the millstone business.

Adobe Town Roundup Begins

The incident started today as scheduled with 38 horses captured, none shipped, none released and no deaths.

Adobe Town HMA refers to the land retained in the Rock Springs RMP Amendments while the HA refers to the area ceded to the ranchers.

The appeals court decision today may force the BLM to reconsider the distinction.

RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup Pending.

Advocates Prevail in Rock Springs RMP Appeal

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the BLM’s plan to zero-out two HMAs and downsize a third in the Wyoming checkerboard violated the Wild Horse and Burro Act, overturning a decision last year that upheld it.

The agency might be able to move ahead with the plan if it corrects the deficiencies according to a news release by Western Watersheds Project.

UPDATE: Opinion available here.

Muddy Creek Emergency Roundup #2 Ends

The incident concluded on July 13 with 149 horses captured, 148 shipped, none released and one dead.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The capture and removal goals were 150 each.

The death rate was 0.7%.

The average daily take was 37.3.

The capture total consisted of 61 stallions, 68 mares and 20 foals.

Youngsters represented 13.4% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female.

There were no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range so the total removed was 149.

Three Rivers Roundup, Day 32

The incident started on June 9. Results through July 10:

Scope: Alamo, Big Sandy, Havasu HMAs
Target: Burros
AML: 160 + 139 + 166 = 465
Pre-gather population: Not given, 2,644 according to 2025 population dataset
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Goals: Capture 1,100, remove 1,000
Captured: 689, up from 643 on Day 28
Shipped: 665, up from 547 on Day 28
Released: None
Deaths: 3, up from 2 on Day 28
Average daily take: 21.5
Unaccounted-for animals: 21
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.

A burro died of a fractured neck or back on Day 32, lifting the death rate to 0.4%.

The capture total includes 335 jacks, 296 jennies and 58 foals.

Youngsters represented 8.4% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The name of the contractor was not provided.

No jennies were treated with PZP since the last report, leaving the total at 78.

The July 1 schedule indicates the designated pesticide was GonaCon Equine.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 4,134 AUMs per year
Water: 3,445 gallons per day

RELATED: Three Rivers Roundup, Day 28.

BLM Imposes Saylor Creek DNA

The document was posted to a new project yesterday with no public input.

The Decision Record authorizes bait-trap removal of 44 wild horses based on a 2019 environmental assessment.

The current population is thought to be 82 adults and 12 foals.

A roundup appears on the July 1 schedule with a start date of July 1 but as of today the incident has not been added to the Idaho gather page.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.

Roundup Schedule Altered Ahead of Rock Springs Decision

The start dates for the Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town roundups were delayed in the July 1 schedule as parties trying to stop them await a decision from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals according to an article by WyoFile.

The June 3 schedule gave them a start date of July 15.

Wild horse removal begins tomorrow in the retained portion of Adobe Town (outside the checkerboard), while operations in Salt Wells Creek and the zeroed-out portion of Adobe Town (inside the checkerboard) are set for August 25.

Salt River Challenger Writes About Wild Horse Advocates

Their socialist media page has become a platform for ongoing harassment and threats of violence according to the July 14 letter.

It’s not clear if the quoted remarks were directed at his bidding partner.

The writer alleges that by not taking action, the State is endorsing the behavior.

Mustang Monday

At or near the Heber WHT with Rich’s Outdoor Adventures.

Protests Erupt in Rock Springs Ahead of Adobe Town Roundup

Demonstrations organized by the Wyoming Wildlife Protection Group occurred at the BLM Field Office and near the Chamber of Commerce on July 10 according to a story by the Rocket Miner.

It’s not clear if the protesters wanted the BLM to switch to nonmotorized removal.

Advocates in Arizona and Nevada are getting rid of over 3,000 wild horses with PZP and there are no complaints.

RELATED: Adobe Town Roundup Pending.

Another Currituck Stallion Hit by Vehicle

This time it was a pickup truck according to a story by The Outer Banks Voice.

He appears to be okay but things could go south in a subsequent report.

RELATED: Currituck Stallion Hit by SUV.

Protest After Mount Charleston Wild Horse Roundup

A small group gathered yesterday demanding answers from the Forest Service, including photos from the holding facility, according to a report by KTNV News.

The band was taken to an undisclosed location in Utah.

The agency may have handed them off to the BLM, which has three off-range corrals in the state: Axtell, Delta and Sutherland.

Unlike the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its army of nitwits, the protesters did not try to sell mass sterilization, the inevitable result of “humane population reduction,” as wild horse conservation.

Sand Wash Roundup, Day 5

The incident started on July 7. Results through July 11:

Scope: Sand Wash Basin HMA
Target: Horses
AML: 362
Pre-gather population: 487
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Capture goal: 60
Removal goal: 45
Captured: 24, up from 9 on Day 1
Shipped: 24, up from zero on Day 1
Released: None
Deaths: None
Average daily take: 4.8
Unaccounted-for animals: None
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 capture total includes 11 stallions, 10 mares and 3 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.5% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female.

The gather page does not indicate if BLM staff are using the permanent trap site.

Up to 15 mares will be treated with PZP and returned to the range according to the July 1 schedule.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing. Resources liberated to date:

Forage: 288 AUMs per year
Water: 240 gallons per day

Muddy Creek Emergency Roundup #2 in Progress

The incident started on July 10 with 39 horses captured and 39 shipped.

Like Clockwork, Advocates Praise Helicopter Ban

They knew it was coming. They’ve been involved in it from the beginning.

What do you call it when your political allies submit legislation that orders the government to procure services you provide?

Helicopter Ban Rises from Ashes

The co-chair of the House Pesticide Caucus has reintroduced a bill that would stop the roundups but not the removals according to a report by KLAS News.

Predictably, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in mass sterilization and fierce opponent of principal use, endorsed it.

Originally known as the Save a Horse, Hire a Cowboy Act, the bill supports three tenets of rangeland management, forcing a change in methods but not the goals.

It will likely go nowhere in a Republican-controlled Congress.