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.

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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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We’re not talking about driving for Amazon or DoorDash.

We’re talking about getting your certification so you can beat the horse populations down in favor of livestock.

That’s what passes for protection in the wild horse world.

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Things must really be hopping in Davis.

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Observers were unable to determine the condition of an injured horse according to an opinion piece in the Reno Gazette Journal.

But should you criticize the agency for lack of transparency when you’re guilty of that yourself?

The column was written by the Nevada State Director for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in mass sterilization and servant of the public lands ranchers, who scrubbed the Virginia Range Darting Resources page from its website, and the monthly reports posted thereto, leaving the public in the dark about the largest attempted eradication of wild horses in the state.

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The announcement, dated February 18, was published to its news site yesterday.

To wit, the new management plan balances the population with available resources while maintaining genetic integrity, which is nonsense, not when the advocates have ruined the mares with PZP.

Horses removed from their habitat can only go to sanctuaries approved by AZDA.

RELATED: Salt River Advocates Win New Contract with AZDA.

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The bill was introduced yesterday and referred to the House Finance Committee.

Not much room to fit an image of a wretch with darting rifle.

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Up to $20 million was available for partnerships with private landowners to provide sanctuaries for wild horses according to a notice from 2011.

The announcement does not explain the BLM’s expectations but a program that helps interested groups (not the advocates) acquire or control private properties attached to public lands would serve a useful purpose today.

The advocates would only be interested in a program that helps them buy pesticides so they can beat the horse populations down in favor of livestock.

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

RELATED: Starting a Nonprofit That Actually Helps Wild Horses.

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They’re not putting out hay to draw wild horses away from populated areas, they’re putting out propaganda to distract you from the truth.

Such as the mass sterilization program on the Virginia Range.

Getting rid of nine times ninety-nine would be a lowball estimate.

How about the equivalent of nine Antelope-Moriah roundups?

Not because the land can’t support that many but because the bureaucrats said so.

Why don’t they write about that?

RELATED: Advocates Surpass Shooters in Race to Eliminate Wild Horses.

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These two words don’t belong together: Honest advocate.

Why doesn’t Moonfire have any other colts to play with?

Will his mom be among the first to go?

Nobody says “evil demons.”  It’s redundant.

Likewise for the advocates.

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