The pinto mare in this band had a foal this spring but it doesn’t appear in these trailcam photos from the Virginia Range.  The mom/baby pair can be seen at 1:12 in this video.

Gather stats through September 19:

• Horses captured: 230
• Goal: 500
• Deaths: Not reported
• Shipped: Not reported

Helicopters were grounded on Day 10 due to high winds.  One death occurred on Day 11 when a stud ran into a gate.  You could argue that deaths attributed to pre-existing conditions are actually related to the roundup, because those horses would likely be alive if the operation was scrubbed.

The total number of deaths and number of foals captured are not known.  The number of horses held on site is not known.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The incident started on September 9.  The longer it takes to achieve AML the more the poor ranchers will suffer, with some having to pay (OMG) market rates to feed their animals on rented pastures.

The daily reports are posted here.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 9.

Gather stats through September 19:

• Horses captured: 856
• Goal: 1,225
• Deaths: 21
• Shipped: 744

Two deaths occurred on Day 9 and three on Day 10, all due to pre-existing conditions.

The incident started on September 10.

Foals represented 19.3% of the total.  Body condition scores were not provided.

The contractor is holding 91 horses on site.  Sixty will be returned to the Complex, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives.

The herd is now less than half of its pre-gather size and well below the true AML of 1,706.  The number of excess horses in the Complex dropped to zero after Day 1.

RELATED: Diamond Roundup Day 8, Diamond Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.

A recent wild horse video from the South Steens HMA ends with this remark:

Ask lawmakers to manage wild horses and burros naturally IN THE WILD with minimally invasive tools: The least invasive, least deadly, least costly—wild mare contraception So we can continue to follow their wild journeys and maintain genetic health and diversity as Nature intends

Stalking wild horses with darting rifles is not what nature intends.  Picking and choosing who will have offspring is not what nature intends.  Sterilization, abscesses, declining herd sizes and abnormal sex ratios, with continued effects years after the treatments are stopped, are not what nature intends.

Managing HMAs primarily for livestock is not what Velma intended.

The HMA covers 134,491 acres in southeastern Oregon and has an AML of 304.

The horses allowed by plan require 3,648 AUMs per year.  The stocking rate allowed by plan is 2.3 horses per thousand acres.

The HMA intersects three grazing allotments.  Table 9 in the Final EA for wild horse management actions provides allotment sizes, grazing seasons and permitted AUMs.

Livestock numbers and forage requirements are based on cow/calf pairs, for a direct comparison to horses.  The resource requirements of wild horses and cow/calf pairs are said to be equivalent.

The forage available to the Frazier Field permittee inside the HMA is .24 × 1,906 = 457 AUMs per year, assuming the resource is evenly distributed across the parcel.  The other forage amounts were computed the same way.  The total estimated forage available to livestock inside the HMA is 10,299 AUMs per year, compared to 3,648 AUMs per year for the horses.

The Frazier Field permittee would have to place 76 cow/calf pairs inside the HMA to graze off 457 AUMs in six months (457 ÷ 6).  The total estimated number of cow/calf pairs allowed by plan inside the HMA is 1,482, compared to 304 horses.  The weighted average grazing season is 6.9 months per year (10,299 ÷ 1,482).

The total estimated land available to livestock inside the HMA is 106,040 acres, computed the same way as forage.  Approximately 79% of the HMA is subject to permitted livestock grazing.

The stocking rate allowed by plan is 14 cow/calf pairs per thousand acres (1,482 ÷ 106,040 × 1,000), compared to 2.3 wild horses per thousand acres.

These management indicators are presented in the following charts.

The HMA is managed primarily for livestock, with the horses receiving just 26% of the authorized forage.

The current population, thought to be 1,179, yields a stocking rate of 8.8 wild horses per thousand acres.  If they are destroying their habitat at those numbers, what do suppose is happening when livestock are turned out at a rate that’s almost twice as high?

The forage allocated to livestock would support an additional 858 horses, for a true AML of 1,162.  That means there are currently 17 excess horses on the HMA, not much justification for a fertility control program.

The statement at the end of the video makes sense if you believe the overpopulation narrative and/or want these areas managed primarily for livestock.

RELATED: South Steens Roundup Starts Next Week.

Gather stats through September 17:

• Horses captured: 195
• Goal: 500
• Deaths: Not reported
• Shipped: Not reported

Foals accounted for 11.8% of the total.  The number of horses held on site is not known.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The operation started on September 9.  A breakdown of the results over the last week was included in today’s report.

The daily reports can be found here.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 7.

Gather stats through September 17:

• Horses captured: 708
• Goal: 1,225
• Deaths: 16
• Shipped: 561

Four deaths occurred on Day 7 and four on Day 8, all due to pre-existing conditions.

Another death on Day 8 was related to the roundup (broken neck).

The incident started on September 10.

Foals represented 18.5% of the total.  Body condition scores were not provided.

The contractor is holding 131 horses on site.  Sixty will be returned to the Complex, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives.

Roundups are not a sign of too many horses, they are a sign of too many livestock.

RELATED: Diamond Roundup Day 6, Diamond Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.

BLM will remove approximately 200 wild horses from the Frisco HMA beginning on September 21, due to overpopulation.  A secondary objective is to capture 21 mares that have been fitted with radio/GPS collars for research purposes.

The operation will be carried out with helicopters and will be open to public observation according to the news release.

The HMA covers 60,367 acres in western Utah and has an AML of 60, so the stocking rate allowed by plan is one wild horse per thousand acres.  The pre-gather population is thought to be around 250 horses.

The announcement did not provide the NEPA project that authorizes the roundup so the forage allocations and number of excess horses can’t be determined at this time.

Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals in Axtell.

A link to the gather stats and daily reports was not included.  Western Horse Watchers was unable to find it on the Utah gather page.

They were booted out of town in 1995, according to the tour guide, but some of them did sneak back in a year ago after Hurricane Dorian damaged the fences that keep them out.

BLM said today that approximately 2,400 wild horses will be removed from the Red Desert Complex, beginning on or about October 6, due to overpopulation.  The area was gathered about two years ago but the effort was cut short because the off-range corrals reached their capacity.

The operation will be open to public observation.  The announcement did not say if it would be carried out with helicopters.

The Complex includes five HMAs in southwest Wyoming.  The combined AML is 724.

The pre-gather population is thought to be around 3,000.  The total acreage and stocking rate allowed by plan are not known at this time.

The NEPA project by which the roundup is authorized was not specified and therefore the forage allocations are not known.

The destination of captured animals was not provided.

Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.  Details not mentioned in the news release can be found there.

The BLM will be soliciting nominations from the public for three positions on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board that will become vacant on October 16, according to a pre-publication notice on the Federal Register.

The open positions represent the following interests:

• Natural resource management
• Public interest (with knowledge of equine behavior)
• Wild horse and burro research

Nominations will be due 45 days after the announcement officially appears in the Register, currently scheduled for tomorrow.

The Board will meet online next week.

UPDATE: The official notice has been published.  BLM news release.

BLM will remove approximately 200 wild horses from private lands on either side of the southern boundary of the South Steens HMA, starting September 21.  Private areas are denoted by white in the following map.

The operation will be carried out with helicopters but will not be open to public observation, according to the news release.

The HMA covers 126,732 acres in southeastern Oregon and has an AML of 304, for an aimed-at stocking rate of 2.4 horses per thousand acres.

The South Steens Herd Area, not shown in the map, is about twice the size of the HMA, meaning the horses have lost half of the land they roamed when the WHB Act was signed into law.  The HA appears on page 4 of the Oregon HMA maps.  The roundup will likely include lands in the HA.

The HMA intersects three grazing allotments, according to Chapter III, Section C, in the Final EA for wild horse management actions in the HMA.  Public-lands ranchers receive an estimated 10,299 AUMs per year inside the HMA, compared to 3,648 AUMs per year for the horses.

The forage diverted to livestock puts the true AML at 1,162, commensurate with the current population.

Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals in Hines, OR.  Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.

The announcement did not indicate if Oregon is a fence-out state.

RELATED: South Steens Roundup Pending?

UPDATE: The size of the HMA is 134,491 acres, for an aimed-at stocking rate of 2.3 wild horses per thousand acres.

Gather stats through September 15:

• Horses captured: 168
• Goal: 500
• Deaths: Not reported
• Shipped: Not reported

The number of foals is unknown.  The number of horses held on site is not known.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The operation started on September 9.

The total estimated forage available to livestock inside the WHT would support an additional 1,309 wild horses for a true AML of 1,711, making the roundup unnecessary.

The daily reports can be found here.

RELATED: Devil’s Garden Roundup Day 4.

Gather stats through September 15:

• Horses captured: 499
• Goal: 1,225
• Deaths: 7
• Shipped: 313

Three deaths occurred on Day 5 and one on Day 6, all due to pre-existing conditions.

The incident started on September 10.

Foals represented 18.6% of the total.  Body condition scores were not provided.

The contractor is holding 179 horses on site.  Sixty will be returned to the Complex, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives.

The herd size is now well below the true AML but the operation will continue because the government has decided to manage the area primarily for livestock.

The horses receive an estimated 12% of the authorized forage on the three HMAs affected by the roundup.

RELATED: Diamond Roundup Day 4, Diamond Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.

Approximately 300 wild burros will be removed from the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge and Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, according to a news release from the Fish and Wildlife Service.  The affected areas are on the west side of the Cibola-Trigo HMA, a narrow zone denoted by blue-green in the following map.

A gather page by the BLM indicates the roundup started last week, with 81 burros gathered through September 15.  The operation employs bait traps and is not open to public observation.  No deaths have been reported.

Captured animals will be shipped to the off-range corrals in Florence, AZ.

A nuisance gather occurred in the HMA earlier this year.

A gather page was created yesterday but there has been no announcement on the BLM news site.  The incident would occur on private lands at the south end of the HMA.

No activity has been reported since August 24.  Western Horse Watchers was unable to find a news release saying it’s over.  An email inquiry to the BLM earlier today had not been answered by the time this post went live.

RELATED: Saylor Creek Mares MIA?

Perhaps he’s joined up with a bachelor band?  He’s near the center of the frame at 3:20.

RELATED: ‘Hopeless’ Spotted with Other Wild Horses.

Gather stats through September 13:

• Horses captured: 267
• Goal: 1,225
• Deaths: 3

Two deaths occurred on Day 3 (related to roundup) and one on Day 4 (pre-existing condition).

The incident started on September 10.

Foals represented 17.2% of the total.  Body condition scores were not provided.

The contractor is holding 138 horses on site.  Sixty will be returned to the Complex, not necessarily these, including 30 mares treated with contraceptives.

The herd size dropped below the true AML on the first day of the roundup.

RELATED: Diamond Roundup Day 2, Diamond Wild Horses Get Short End of Stick.

On the Pryor Mountains WHR with Pryor Wild.

Previous photos suggested he was a loner but not so!

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