No appreciable rain this fall, so decomposition has been minimal.  Steam will rise from the pile once it gets wet, signaling the return of composting season.

The old one was torn and deer were helping themselves.  The stack is six bales across by four bales high and the 16′ x 20′ tarp covers if perfectly.  It’s next to the corral in the middle photo.

Scene on Sunday afternoon, 11-10-19.  Corral just cleaned, on to the next job.

These wheelbarrows contain the poop from three horses over two days.  Their capacity is ten cubic feet.  They are nearly full, holding around eight cubic feet each.

The individual contribution would be 16 ÷ 6 ÷ 2 = 1.33 cubic foot per horse per day.

That’s about ten gallons per horse per day!

How long did it take to scoop that poop?  Around three hours.  Photos taken 11-03-19.

A fine example of what not to do.  What are his prospects for adoption?  How many times will he be handed off from owner to owner?  How long before he’s put down or taken to auction because he’s ‘dangerous?’

You have horses on your property in a rural area.

Do you have a second source of power?  Another supply of water?

Some day, one of them will fail.  Not for a few hours, for a few days.

How many will be left?  One or none?

RELATED: Rural Water Systems – Power, Rural Water Systems – Tanks.

These burros illustrate the importance of teamwork.  H/T Think Like a Horse.

The adoption event scheduled for November 1 has been postponed until January 2020, according to a report by FOX13 News of Salt Lake City.  Horses removed from the Onaqui Mountain HMA last month were to be offered for adoption or sale.

This was the view yesterday while cleaning their corrals.  They usually flip the troughs over, spread the hay around, eat the leafy material first, then the stems.

Yes, they’re well fed and spoiled rotten!  Winter coats in progress.

This guy strolled by yesterday, about 2-1/2 inches across.  Adult tarantulas are usually around four inches across.  I typically see them in September, not October.

Nights longer than days, temperatures falling, old man winter approaches.

The article last week by The Washington Post said that Return to Freedom has lost donors because it signed on to the cattle-centric management plan for wild horses.

The video description (at YouTube) includes a link to their hay fund.

RELATED: ‘Path Forward’ in the News.

At least six feet high if you’re adopting a wild horse.

On Day 2 of the WHBAB meeting in Boise (07/10/19), one of the Board members asked “If I were to take a couple of these horses, is that $2,000 taxable income?  Or how is it viewed by the IRS?”  Answer: “It is taxable.”

Depending on your location, the state may want a piece of the action too.

Financial incentives shift the motivation from intrinsic to extrinsic: Do it for the money.

Then, when the reward goes away, so does the behavior.

News outlets are reporting a magnitude 6.4 earthquake near Ridgecrest, CA, the location of the BLM Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals.

Adoptions resumed this week following the deaths of two horses.  Refer to this report by ABC Fox Montana.

RELATED: Quarantine Continues at Ravalli County Fairgrounds.

The adoption event set for last weekend in Hamilton, MT is still on hold, until lab work confirms the animals are healthy.  Refer to this report by KPAX News in Missoula.

RELATED: Adoption Event Postponed.

The WHB adoption set for this weekend at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds in Hamilton, MT has been delayed by the deaths of two horses.  Refer to this news release, posted yesterday by the BLM.

The event had received local news coverage before the announcement.

On the road in South Dakota with RVOnTheWayside.

Places like this can never be accepted as a solution to the wild horse ‘problem.’  Privately owned livestock, which far outnumber wild horses on public lands in the western U.S., belong on private land, not free roaming horses.

RELATED: Private Sanctuaries: End-Game of Wild Horse Management Plan, Story of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary.

They must be in Colorado, Utah or Wyoming, according to a new release issued today, and will serve as preparation facilities for animals to be transferred to off-range pastures or adoption centers further east.

Bids can be submitted through August 8.