At Spring Creek Basin HMA with Lynn Northrup.

The absence of foals is not an accident.

An NPS outfitter leading a horse tour at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways found the youngster with its mom, unable to move its hind legs according to a story by KY3 News.

The herd is protected by federal law.

He was killed on impact and the driver was arrested for DWI according to a report by The Outer Banks Voice.

The incident follows the loss of a colt earlier this month, putting more pressure on a herd that’s struggling to survive, not because of careless drivers but because of heartless women who ruined the mares with PZP.

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The incident began on June 12 with 56 burros captured, 37 shipped, none released and no deaths.

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Stay away from mirrors, ladders and black cats.

If you’re a wild horse, run from the advocates.

They’re destroying your families, shrinking your herds and turning your homes into sanctuaries for livestock.

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The DNA Worksheet refers to the 2023 Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Wild Horse Management, the “Other Document” listed at the beginning of Section B.

The worksheet says “Retain the Adobe Town HMA and manage AML in accordance with MA009,” followed by a reference to item MA005 in the ROD.

But item MA005 in Table 1 of the ROD states “Retain the White Mountain HMA and manage AML in accordance with MA009.”

In the Rock Springs RMP Amendments, White Mountain was retained in whole but Adobe Town was retained in part.

The figures for acreage in the worksheet don’t match those of item MA009 in the ROD.

The 2025 population dataset gives the acreage as 347,924 BLM, 357,849 total.

The final statement about preparing gather plans matches item MA013 in the ROD.

The worksheet indicates 24,789 AUMs for livestock in the HMA, equivalent to 2,066 wild horses, meaning the AML could go as high as 2,602.

The current AML tells you the HMA is managed primarily for livestock.

The advocates generally don’t challenge forage allocations, arguing that they should be enforced with pesticides, not helicopters.

RELATED: Adobe Town DNA Approved.

The AML, currently 128, could go as high as 2,658 by removing livestock from the HMA.

Every AUM taken from the ranchers and given back to the horses would save taxpayers at least $150 per year, far offsetting the loss of $1.35 in grazing fees.

Twelve AUMs mean a horse can come out of holding and go back on the range, saving at least $1,800 per year.

Given today’s hay prices, the figure may be closer to $2,500 per year.

Rewilding 1,000 captive horses might save up to $2.5 million per year.

Ranchers would continue to operate on their base properties and/or rented pastures as they do during the off season.

Western Horse Watchers believes the new HMAP will do none of this.

Instead, it will protect the status quo and life will go on as it does today.

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The Decision Record authorizes the Proposed Action, discussed in Section A of the DNA, which will remove 1,675 wild horses from the downsized HMA, achieving the low end of AML.

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The DNA asserts that a 2021 EA fully covers the Proposed Action and constitutes BLM’s compliance with the requirements of NEPA.

A summary of comments was posted to the project folder.

RELATED: Adobe Town DNA Out for Public Review.

S.1942, the Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act, would create a land health management program on federal lands in Malheur County, Oregon.

Among the provisions are greater operational flexibility in livestock grazing and the designation of 1.1 million acres as wilderness areas.

Grazing would be allowed on those lands if established before the Act becomes law.

The bill would create a C.E.O. Group consisting of ten voting members, three of whom represent grazing interests and one representing hunting or fishing interests.

Eight nonvoting members would sit on the committee.

The State would be authorized to use aircraft (including helicopters) in the wilderness areas to capture, transplant, monitor and provide water for wildlife populations, including bighorn sheep and feral stock, feral horses and feral burros.

The Hog Creek, Cold Springs, Three Fingers, Sand Springs, Sheepshead-Heath Creek, Coyote Lake-Alvord-Tule Springs and Jackies Butte HMAs are in Malheur County.

The bill was introduced on June 4 and referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

The project description says an EA has been prepared to analyze an update to the 1999 HMAP, establish an AML range, remove excess burros and implement fertility control for the Lake Pleasant HMA.

No documents have been posted for public review.

HMAPs do not allocate resources.

They cannot change resource allocations.

They ratify/sanction/bless/condone/approve resource allocations already on the books.

“Changes to livestock grazing cannot be made through a wild horse gather decision.”

The RMP must be revised, which is beyond the scope of the project.

If livestock receive 19 AUMs for every AUM assigned to horses before the HMAP, they will receive 19 AUMs for every AUM assigned to horses after the HMAP.

The AML will remain small relative to the available resources and the HMA will be managed principally for livestock.

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The incident will begin today according to the BLM news release.

Three HMAs are affected.

The June 3 schedule gives capture and removal goals of 1,100 and 1,000 respectively.

Burros will be baited into the traps.

Operations will not be open to public observation.

Captured animals will be taken to off-range corrals in Utah and Arizona.

Up to 100 jennies will be treated with GonaCon Equine and returned to the range.

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Horses have the day off.  At the Black Mountain HMA with Shifting Gears 2 RV Life.

A story by Aspen Daily News says BLM employee Jace Stott pulled the trigger.

A profile on LinkedIn suggests he’s a Rangeland Management Specialist, sometimes referred to as ranching advocate.

Other search results indicate he was affiliated with University of Nebraska – Lincoln and has been involved with animal agriculture from a very young age.

The article is the first of a two-part series that explores wild horse management.

RELATED: BLM Dispatches Pryor Stallion, Advocates Cry Foul.

If you want to compare the resource loading of burros to horses, cut the burro numbers in half.

A herd of 200 burros is equivalent to 100 wild horses.

An AML of 50 burros is equivalent to an AML 25 wild horses.

An allotment that supports livestock equivalent to 1,200 wild horses supports livestock equivalent to 2,400 wild burros.

An allotment that supports livestock equivalent to 5.6 wild horses per thousand public acres supports livestock equivalent to 11.2 wild burros per thousand public acres.

An allotment that offers 3,600 AUMs per year to livestock offers 3,600 AUMs per year to horses or 3,600 AUMs per year to burros.

RELATED: Equivalent Horses and Stocking Rates for Allotments.