Wild Horse Fire Brigade Takes “Path Forward” to New Level

You know an idea is bad for wild horses if the advocates support it.

Likewise, you know an idea is good for the ranchers if Elko County endorses it.

The Wild Horse Fire Brigade goes far beyond the “Path Forward,” a 2019 plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, sometimes referred to as achieving and maintaining AMLs.

The AMLs would go to zero. The ranchers would get everything.

What happened to the horses?

They were sent to remote wilderness areas not particularly suited to livestock grazing, to stop lightning, arsonists and campers from starting wildfires.

Problem solved.

McKinney Fire 08-08-22

Mustang Monday

At the south end of Walker Lake with kingcidtravels.

Horses might be from the Wassuk HMA, a few miles to the west.

Images of foals will be disturbing to most advocates.

Caliente Roundup, Day 61

The incident started on April 16. Results through June 15:

Scope: Caliente Complex
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
Captured: 307, up from 302 on Day 55
Shipped: 296, up from 271 on Day 55
Released: None
Deaths: 9, no change from Day 55
Average daily take: 5.0
Unaccounted-for animals: 2

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

The only horse captured on Day 59 was a foal. No details were given.

The death rate is 2.9%.

The capture total includes 129 stallions, 128 mares and 50 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.

Of the adults, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

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

Forage: 3,684 AUMs per year
Water: 3,070 gallons per day

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

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 55.

NDV Down Again

The basemaps are working but the layers are not.

On the bright side, Pneu-Dart and Dan-Inject are open for business, which is great news for the advocates.

The viewer shows HMAs, HAs and overlapping allotments, but does not show which ones have been targeted for mass sterilization.

Pesticide Patrol 08-16-23

Putting the Grazing Program on Par with the WHB Program

The BLM allows livestock equivalent to 1,023,481 wild horses on 145,895,940 public acres, or seven wild horses per thousand public acres, as discussed previously.

To bring the grazing program in line with the wild horse and burro program, which allows one such animal per thousand acres, the bureaucrats would need to relieve the ranchers of six out of seven AUMs, or approximately 86% of the forage apportioned thereto.

This would likely result in a major disruption of the gravy train.

A level playing field would mean that cause of poor rangeland health would be much more difficult to identify.

Foal-Free Friday, Breaking with the Past Edition

Initially, the advocates peddled the Montana Solution as a way to slow population growth and reduce the need for roundups.

That didn’t win the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers.

Today, they sell it as mass sterilization, not by their words but by their deeds, hoping to convince the decision-makers that ovary-killing pesticides are a viable alternative to motorized removal.

They’ve always known that PZP is not reversible after five years of treatment and privately point to Assateague Island as an example of what can be achieved long term but conceal this truth from their unwitting donors.

With the Salt River and Virginia Range herds on the verge of collapse, the advocates may soon be in a position to spread the poison to other areas.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Scoping Begins for Pancake HMAP

A new project has been created in ePlanning and one document is available for review.

The Complex, located south of Eureka, NV, includes the Sand Springs West HMA, Pancake HMA, Jakes Wash HA and Monte Cristo WHT.

The comment period runs from June 13 to July 15 according to the news release.

The new HMAP will support three tenets of rangeland management.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Little Salt and Corcoran Wash

The allotments, on the north side of the Little Book Cliffs WHR in Colorado, offer 4,352 active AUMs on 40,713 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 4,352 ÷ 12 = 363, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 363 ÷ 40,713 × 1,000 = 8.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates propagate the fairy tale with their darting programs.

If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 40 and 323 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 49,546 wild horses on 7,448,367 public acres, or 6.7 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Red Rock Mares Returned to HMA, Now Crime Scene

A public affairs specialist with the BLM told Western Horse Watchers yesterday that they received their second dose and were released to the range last week.

Your host replied to the email with a link to the 2017 labeling amendment that changed the interval between doses from 30 days to 90 days, seeking comment on the agency’s use of the pesticide.

As of this evening, no response has been received.

The first statement under Directions for Use: “It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.”

SHOCKER: Elko County Endorses Wild Horse Fire Brigade

The battlefield is America’s public lands, not urban neighborhoods as stated in a June 12 report by KOLO News.

The idea is to move wild horses from their lawful homes to remote wilderness areas not suited to livestock grazing, so ranchers can have all of their food.

That’s why the commissioners like it, along with the Nevada Lands Council.

A better way to alleviate the conflict is to confine the ranchers to their base properties in a year-round off season and let them pay the going rate to feed their animals.

No more gravy train, no more sucking on the government teat.

KNPR Tours Winnemucca Corrals

The BLM representative is back with another tall tale about wild horses in this 5-minute audio segment: They’re built much differently than domestic horses, evident in the photo below.

The extra chromosome really makes a difference.

Instead of explaining how the conflict on public lands can be alleviated by clearing them of privately owned livestock, a spokesperson for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses argued in favor of nonmotorized removal, which helps the ranchers.

Better Way 10-25-23

If they had their way, there would be no more roundups and no need for off-range holding, because there would be no more horses, an intended consequence of mass sterilization with PZP, now in progress at the Salt River and Virginia Range.

They are phonies, leaders of the blind, irrelevant.

Wild Horses Built Much Differently 06-12-24

Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 41

The incident started on May 1. Results through June 10:

Scope: Bordo Atravesado HMA
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
AML: 60
Estimated population: 276
Goals: Gather 235, remove 225
Captured: 234, up from 222 on Day 34
Shipped: 97, up from 63 on Day 34
Released: None
Deaths: 8, up from 7 on Day 34
Average daily take: 5.7
Unaccounted-for animals: 129

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported on Days 38, 39 and 40.

A horse died on Day 41 of injuries related to capture. No details were given.

The death rate is 3.4%.

The capture total includes 115 stallions, 91 mares and 28 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.0% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven percent per year.

Of the adults, 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The destination of shipped animals was not stated.

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

Forage: 2,808 AUMs per year
Water: 2,340 gallons per day

Ten mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the range according to the latest schedule.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

Caliente Roundup, Day 55

The incident started on April 16. Results through June 9:

Scope: Caliente Complex
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Bait
Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
Captured: 302, up from 282 on Day 50
Shipped: 271, up from 270 on Day 50
Released: None
Deaths: 9, no change from Day 50
Average daily take: 5.5
Unaccounted-for animals: 22

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported between June 4 and June 8.

The death rate is 3.0%.

The capture total includes 125 stallions, 128 mares and 49 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.

Of the adults, 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

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

Forage: 3,624 AUMs per year
Water: 3,020 gallons per day

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

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 50.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Notch Butte

The allotment, on the south side of the Saylor Creek HMA in Idaho, offers 3,163 active AUMs on 27,951 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 3,163 ÷ 12 = 264, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 264 ÷ 27,951 × 1,000 = 9.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates bolster the narrative with their darting programs.

If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 28 and 264 – 28 = 236 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

The stocking rate allowed by plan for Saylor Creek is 0.5 wild horses per thousand public acres, yet the Twin Butte Allotment, just over the line from Notch Butte, supports livestock equivalent to 9.8 wild horses per thousand public acres!

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 110,141 wild horses on 11,003,206 public acres, or ten wild horses per thousand public acres.

LRTC Rescue Team Learns About Crime Scene Response

Yesterday, deputies with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office trained volunteers with Least Resistance Training Concepts on best practices when responding to incidents involving a dead or wounded person or animal, as outlined in a report by KTVN News.

Exercises included a cut fence where horses had been stolen and a party scene where a wild mustang was shot.

The story did not indicate if the session covered unlawful use of pesticides by the wild horse advocates, such as application of PZP to herds that interfere with animal agriculture, pose safety hazards to motorists or are said to be overpopulated.

Mustang Monday

On the Salt River with Gayle Bassani.

The lack of foals is not an accident.

The advocates want the Montana Solution to grow and prosper, not the horses.

If Wild Horses Had Principal Use of Mystery Allotment in Nevada

The True AML would be 300,000 ÷ 12 = 25,000, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

That’s roughly 40% of the horses in off-range holding.

Sadly, the allotment exists only in the mind of a public affairs officer with the BLM.

RELASTED: Largest Grazing Allotment in Nevada Revealed.

Largest Grazing Allotment in Nevada Revealed

The heretofore unknown parcel, located somewhere near Elko, offers 15 times more forage than Blue Wing – Seven Troughs, the record holder until now.

Coalition Starts Online Protest of North Lander Roundup

Refer to this news release on EIN.

Your host has not tested the link and is not familiar with the sponsoring groups.

“Large industries and special interest groups that use public lands for oil, gas and mineral extraction and livestock grazing support the removal of wild equine.”

Western Horse Watchers would like to see a position statement from a trade group representing drillers or miners demanding the removal of wild horses from public lands in the western U.S. Put the link in the comments.

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Scoping Begins for Rock Springs Wild Horse Removal

Despite ongoing legal challenges, the BLM announced today the beginning of a plan to remove nearly 5,000 wild horses over a three-year period from the Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town HMAs in southern Wyoming.

Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek will be zeroed out, reducing the number of HMAs from 177 to 175, and Adobe Town will be trimmed back, as illustrated in the map.

The scoping letter was placed in the project folder along with a press release.

Comments will be accepted through July 8.