The news releases are almost identical:

• BLM
• Forest Service

The memorandum of understanding, signed by both agencies, will strengthen coordination, cut bureaucratic red tape and deliver immediate, tangible support for America’s farmers and ranchers who rely on public lands.

The vacant allotment finder may be one of the first achievements of the partnership.

“By working closely with American ranchers, we are enhancing communication, investing in innovation, and modernizing our approach to land management practices,” according to Secretary Burgum, “to deliver real results for the people who feed and sustain this country.”

Yep, if it wasn’t for them we’d all be vegans.

The aim of the grazing program is to ensure that high-net-worth individuals receive generous government benefits, often at the expense of America’s wild horses and burros, with no means testing and no expiration dates.

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Yesterday the Agendas & Minutes page contained links to documents from three special meetings.

Today, it has links for March 12 only, minus the minutes.

Minutes from the September 18 special meeting put the herd size at 112 but did not indicate the number of males and females.

The number of self-boosting mares was not provided.  (Refer to the AdvocateSpeak decoder if you don’t know what that means.)

The size of the breeding population was not provided.

The effect on genetic diversity was not discussed.

Healthy mares were not darted in 2025 due to questions about the long-term effects of PZP according to comments under Action 1K (bottom of page 12 in the pdf).

In an attempt to thwart a better understanding of how the pesticide works, protocols are in place to send the uterus—not the ovaries—of any deceased mares to researchers at the Science and Conservation Center for analysis (manufacturers of PZP).

RELATED: Currituck Wild Horse Advisory Board Meets Today.

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The herd area is not suitable for wild horses but the allotment that contains most of it supports livestock equivalent to 962 wild horses.

The equivalent stocking rate in the allotment is 6.9 wild horses per thousand public acres, almost seven times higher than the rate that avoids rangeland degradation (one wild horse per thousand acres according to your faithful public servants).

If the bureaucrats and advocates held a lying contest, who would win?

RELATED: Can Public Lands Be Suitable and Not Suitable for Wild Horses?

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The project started with the donation of a ten-acre parcel according to a story by The Journal of Cortez, CO.

It’s not a base property and doesn’t have grazing privileges on public lands.

The facility reflects a shift in the group’s priorities, from keeping wild horses on public lands to ownership of displaced animals and placing them into private care.

The ranchers couldn’t be happier.

Western Horse Watchers refers to the trend as the downward spiral in wild horse advocacy, characterized by acceptance of methods that were previously eschewed.

If a proposed refuge doesn’t include public lands and doesn’t displace livestock therefrom, it’s not worthy of your support.

RELATED: Mesa Verde Roundup Continues.

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Not according to the law of contradiction.

1. Law of Identity: A = A, A is A.

2. Law of excluded middle: A ∪ A^c = S, everything is A or not A.

3. Law of contradiction: A ∩ A^c = ∅, nothing is A and not A.

Unfortunately, those are rules of thought.  The material world need not conform.

Consider the West Douglas Herd Area in Colorado.

A BLM spokesman said it’s not suitable for wild horses according to an article about the new roundup schedule by The Colorado Sun.

A wildfire destroyed most of their food.

But the HA lies mostly within the Twin Buttes allotment, with a small portion in East Douglas Creek, and the allotment master report for Twin Buttes shows only nine percent of the authorized AUMs in the suspended column.

The active AUMs would support 962 wild horses.

Can a fire burn some of the forage and most of the forage?

Can the land be fit for wild horses and not fit for wild horses?

The bureaucrats would have you believe that.  They’re as nutty as the advocates.

RELATED: BLM Defies Colorado Wild Horse Working Group?

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They’re not companies.

They don’t invest in real estate.

They’re rangeland eugenicists in training.

What advocate isn’t striving to become a certified applicator of restricted-use pesticides?

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Proponents of eugenics claimed they were trying to improve genetic quality while critics said they were trying to preserve the position of dominant groups in the population.

A disproportionate number of those identified for sterilization were African American, Asian American and Native American women according to an article by Wikipedia.

The idea was to diminish those who were seen as unfit for society—the poor, the disabled, the mentally ill and persons of color.

The movement may have fallen out of favor but some practices, such as sterilization, have spread to America’s public lands.

We need to cleanse the range of certain undesirable elements that rob forage from livestock and return little if any economic benefit.

What you may not realize is that today’s eugenicists, like their predecessors, have a hidden agenda.

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Downward Spiral Edition.

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The hearing is set for April 6.

The bill would create a Colorado wild horse license plate, fees and compulsory donations notwithstanding.

The tags should feature an image of an advocate shooting a darting rifle, reflecting the state’s commitment to barren mares, shrinking herds, increasing death rates, abnormal sex ratios and loss of genetic diversity.

RELATED: Colorado to Offer Wild Horse License Plate?

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This year it’s called the National Wild Horse & Burro Conference, a successor to the Save Our Wild Horses Conference.

The field trip on Day 2 leads to the Onaqui Mountain HMA, where the advocates have added GonaCon to their darting repertoire, a practice they previously opposed, to beat the horse population down in favor of livestock.

Just another example of the downward spiral of wild horse advocacy.

Day 4 features presentations about rescues, sanctuaries, innovative programs and real pathways to getting horses into homes—exactly what the ranchers want.

Not to be discussed is the model employed by American Prairie and the Wild Horse Refuge: Owning or controlling private property tied to public lands and flipping the preference to horses.

The topic is of critical importance as the BLM has awakened to a new understanding of the meaning of livestock, a move prompted by ranching interests to discourage, if not preclude, the conversion of grazing allotments to wild animal preserves.

RELATED: Reminder About Sanctuaries.

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The last roundup schedule of FY25 showed 16 darting programs, nine employing PZP, six using GonaCon and one based on both.

In the new schedule for FY26, the program at Little Book Cliffs has shifted to the mix, bring the total in that category to two.

It’s a small change that reflects desperation of the advocates to remain relevant, keep their seat at the table and prove that fertility control is the preferred alternative to motorized removal.

Even if they resort to methods they previously opposed.

The move follows shifting attitudes in Arizona, where the advocates will supplement their mass sterilization program with motorized removal to hasten the decline of the Salt River herd, starting this summer.

PREVIOUS: Foal-Free Friday, Social Engineering Edition.

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The reality is the remnant staff at the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses is still composed of defeatists, pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers.

Let the reformation continue.

RELATED: Housecleaning at CAAWH?

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They’re horrified to see growth and genetic vigor.

They want the land managed primarily for livestock.

They have nothing to offer America’s wild horses.

RELATED: BLM Releases 2026 Population Estimates.

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Here’s an archive view of the staff last May.  Scroll down to “Our Team.”

Here’s the current roster.

These individuals are no longer on the list:

• Abbey Benesh, Law and Policy Manager
• Amelia Perrin, Sr. Communications Manager
• Maddi Mincey, Virginia Range Fertility Control Coordinator
• Olivia Lester, Legal Affairs Research Associate
• Scott Wilson, Director of Strategy and Awareness
• Steve Paige, Field Representative
• Suzanne Roy, Executive Director
• Tandin Chapman, Utah Conservation Operations Manager

In recent years, Roy transformed the nonprofit into a ranching advocacy group, with heavy reliance on pesticides to achieve the government’s population goals, while the board looked the other way.

Her bogus land trust is in an area where livestock are welcomed but horses are not.

The title of largest attempted eradication of wild horses belongs to her for the mass sterilization program on the Virginia Range.

A sigh of relief must have gone up at her departure.

Western Horse Watchers does not know who’s currently driving the bus and if the reduction-in-force is part of a restructuring and rededication to its original mission.

RELATED: CAAWH Seeks Operations & Executive Support Manager?

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Key responsibilities include managing the executive director’s calendar, inbox triage, meeting preparation, follow-ups and travel logistics according to an undated job posting on Indeed.

Does that mean the executive director is suffering from mental illness or is in a state of cognitive decline?

The Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its partner organizations lead the nation in mass sterilization and undying service to the public lands ranchers.

Stay barren!

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An article by Courthouse News Service does not identify the appellants but they may be permittees on the Stone Cabin allotments.

The case centers around the definition of “immediate,” as in immediate removal of excess animals when overpopulation exists.  Refer to §1333(b)(2) in 16 USC 30.

The term does not appear in the original statute.

Overpopulation means more horses that allowed by plan, not more horses than the land can support.

Not when your faithful public servants assign most of the resources to livestock.

RELATED: Stone Cabin Permittees Demand Immediate Removal of Horses.

UPDATE: A story by Western Livestock Journal indicates the appellants are the Stone Cabin permittees.

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He was hit in the knee by a ricochet bullet from nearby target shooting according to a story by The Record-Courier.

The report did not give the name of the allotment where the incident occurred.

The loss takes a little pressure off the darting program and liberates 12 AUMs per year for other mandated uses of public lands.

The Pine Nut advocacy group is a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

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This is Bobby Khan’s opponent in Nevada’s first congressional district race.

Sounds like the advocates.

Are you surprised that they would focus on the wrong things?

RELATED: Khan Panders to Ranchers, Paints Them as Victims Not Villains.

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The announcement yesterday of four bait-trap roundups starting on March 15* provides an excellent opportunity for the advocates, now tasked with motorized removal of the Salt River horses, to witness operations in a neighboring state and get some pointers for their own program.

Unfortunately, the incidents are not open to public observation.

Maybe the BLM can make an exception for these challengers to the legacy contractors.

Don’t worry, they’re still obsessed with pesticides and nonmotorized removal.

The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group is a forward base of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

*Antelope & Triple B, Caliente, Pancake, Spring Mountains.

RELATED: Salt River Advocates to Become Full-Service Contractor?

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You can’t take them literally.

Mass sterilization and motorized removal do not constitute protection.

They’re developing a model for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses, applicable everywhere.

Why are you still giving them money?

RELATED: Salt River Advocates to Become Full-Service Contractor?

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When the decision was announced in 2022, the Public Lands Council hit the ceiling.

The BLM agreed to change the livestock type and season of use on several allotments in response to a request from American Prairie to graze bison instead of cattle.

The nonprofit obtained preference by purchasing base properties tied to the allotments.

Now, bowing to pressure from ranching interests, the agency has flip-flopped on the issue, reversing the original decision and hanging American Prairie out to dry.

In a news release, American Priarie pointed to the state of Montana, North and South Phillips Grazing Districts and the Montana Stockgrowers Association as challengers in the case.

The BLM’s position, according to a story by the Daily Montanan, is that it can only issue permits to applicants who will graze the public lands for purposes of production.

In the new decision, posted to the original project in ePlanning, the agency states that animals to be grazed are used for their meat, milk, fiber or other products.

Animals treated as wild or intended to be released into the wild are not eligible for a grazing permit.

If that’s true, will the BLM target Wild Horse Refuge next?  The nonprofit flipped the grazing preference to wild horses on the former Rio Ro Mo allotments.

What about the Virginia side of Assateague Island, where the salt water cowboys graze ponies on public lands managed by FWS?

If American Prairie charged an admission fee to visit their preserve, the bison would be producing an income for their owners as cattle and sheep do for the ranchers.

Case dismissed.

RELATED: State Tries to Block American Prairie Grazing Decision.

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