AMLs are often expressed as a range, such as 120 – 200.

In this example, horse #121 is excess, the beginning of overpopulation according to current management practices.

The high end of the range usually corresponds to around 20% of the authorized forage.

The management plan allows 200 wild horses and livestock equivalent to 800 horses.

If the current population is less than 5X AML, the HMA is not overpopulated from a resource viewpoint, but the ranchers won’t be able to access all of the AUMs on their permits until corrective actions are taken.

The AML range usually allows for a doubling of herd size between those actions.

A narrow range means little if any growth.

The new AML at Pryor Mountain, 107 – 120, implies heavy use of fertility control pesticides and sterilization of mares, synonymous with conservation in advocacy circles.

RELATED: BLM Releases Pryor Mountain Final Planning Documents.

There is much distress among the advocates at the prospects of losing 3,700 wild horses in three HMAs in Wyoming, yet there is nary a concern about the fate of wild horses at the Salt River and Virginia Range.

There, the advocates are wiping out herds of approximately 300 and 3,400, respectively, by sterilizing the mares.

Why is the former considered eradication while the latter passes for conservation?

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Cycle of Dependency Edition.

The project covers the sale of approximately 5,500 acres in 66 parcels according to the BLM news release.

Some are the Caliente Complex.

The scoping report includes eight maps showing their locations.

To find them in the ArcGIS viewer, turn on the PLSS layer and zoom/drag the map to the township-range blocks indicated in the report.

To identify the overlapping herd areas and allotments, turn on those layers.

Map 1 of 8

• No parcels in herd areas

Map 2 of 8

• In Little Mountain HA
  • Rnd 9, Caliente C, Sec 27, 40 acres
  • Rnd 10, Caliente B, Sec 27, 40 acres
  • Rnd 10, Caliente A, Sec 27, 40 acres
  • Rnd 9, Caliente D, Sec 27, 40 acres
• In Clover Creek HA
  • Rnd 6, Caliente A, Sec 08, 80 acres
  • Rnd 6, Caliente B, Sec 17, 160 acres
  • Rnd 5, Caliente A, Sec 14, 640 acres

Map 3 of 8

• No parcels in herd areas

Map 4 of 8

• No parcels in herd areas

Map 5 of 8

• In Fortification HA
  • Rnd 10, Mount Wilson B, Sec 34, 20 acres
  • Rnd 10, Mount Wilson A, Sec 34, 20 acres
  • Rnd 5, Mount Wilson A, Sec 34, 40 acres
  • Rnd 5, Mount Wilson B, Sec 34, 40 acres

Map 6 of 8

• In Little Mountain HA
  • Rnd 5, Panaca A, Sec 16, 40 acres
  • Rnd 5, Panaca B, Sec 16, 40 acres
  • Rnd 5, Panaca C, Sec 20, 40 acres
  • Rnd 6 Panaca A, Sec 19, 40 acres

Map 7 of 8

• No parcels in herd areas

Map 8 of 8

• No parcels in herd areas

The following image shows the 640-acre parcel in map 2 of 8, east of Caliente NV.

The project description does not say how the land would be offered for sale or when.

Red Rock Lakes has been added to the Emergency/Nuisance section and Beaty Butte has been dropped from the post-foaling-season section.

The capture and removal goals in the April 1 edition are 10,789 and 10,281, respectively, compared to 11,189 and 10,681 in the March 3 edition.

The number of animals to be treated with fertility control was also trimmed slightly.

There were 65,062 wild horses and 3,081 wild burros in off-range holding according to the January update.

The 2025 population dataset indicated there were 53,797 wild horses and 19,333 wild burros on public lands as of March 1, compared to AMLs of 22,637 and 2,919.

RELATED: BLM Releases 2025 Wild Horse and Burro Population Dataset.

The band of seven will be captured and taken to Wildfire’s Wild and Free Mustangs after the foal gets a little older according to this report by FOX5 News of Las Vegas.

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UPDATE: Original video superseded by this one.

And you thought PZP darting was the only job that could be done by trained monkeys.

An assessment of the environmental effects of zeroing out the Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and northern portion of the Adobe Town HMAs has been copied to the project folder for public comment.

Alternative II, discussed in Section 2.2, calls for the removal of all wild horses from the project area.

Map 1 shows the arrangement.

The preferred method would be helicopter drive trapping but roping and bait may also be used.

Operations would commence on July 15, assuming there are no major findings, and would continue until all wild horses are removed, which may require several years.

The comment period will close on April 30 according to the news release.

RELATED: Scoping Begins for Rock Springs Wild Horse Removal.

Today the resolution was signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing.

RELATED: House Adopts SCR 4006.

From the old days on the Salt River, when wild horses, including foals, roamed on the Sunflower Allotment, sometimes referred to as the Butcher Jones Recreation Area.

They were copied to the project folder on March 17.

The Decision Record authorizes a change to the Billings Resource Management Plan regarding genetic diversity, to be followed by a similar decision from the Forest Service.

Other parts of the Proposed Action, discussed in Section 2.3 of the Final EA, will be covered by separate decisions.

Appendix I still refers to outdated registrations for GonaCon Equine. suggesting that accuracy is not a desired characteristic of the planning process.

Recent observations suggest that PZP causes reductions in ovary size and function, described by the writers as a “complementary hypothesis” in a discussion of the direct effects of the pesticide.

Contradictory might be a better term, a rebuttal of the sperm-blocking theory peddled by the advocates.

RELATED: Pryor Management Plan Moves to Protest Stage.

Everybody knows the issue is competition for resources not wrangler safety.

RELATED: New Mexico Legislature Passes Wild Horse Bill.

The Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee will consider the bill on April 3.

A form for submitting testimony was not provided.

RELATED: HB25-1283 Moves to Senate.

The Proposed Action would gather and remove excess horses from the Adobe Town HMA and apply fertility control treatments of unspecified type.

The current population is thought to be 2,438.

No other documents were copied to the project folder.

The description does not indicate when the roundup would occur.

The deadline for submitting comments is April 28.

RELATED: Adobe Town Confusion.

UPDATE: A map of the project area was not included in the DNA but the BLM news release suggests it applies to the portion of the HMA that will not be zeroed-out by the Rock Springs RMP Amendments.

The advocacy groups rely on their misguided followers to sustain their ruinous agenda.

They’re constantly inventing new gimmicks to keep them engaged and their donations rolling in.

Their followers depend on the advocacy groups to validate their ill-informed notions about wild horses and the way public lands are managed.

Together, they support legislation that marginalizes the horses in favor of hunters and ranchers.

Some try to masquerade as independent voices but they arrive at the same conclusions and promote the same policies as the advocates, a phenomenon known as groupthink.

RELATED: Foal-Free Friday, Thinking Outside the Box Edition.

The resolution passed 87-4-3 in today’s session.

The measure urges Congress to establish federal protections for the wild horse herd at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

RELATED: Agriculture Committee Approves SCR 4006.

It was referred to the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on March 24 according to the bill history.

RELATED: House Passes HB25-1283.

It’s headed to the governor’s desk according to a story by The Sandoval Signpost.

The bill targets free-roaming herds in Placitas and Ruidoso.

A similar measure passed in the Senate two years ago but did not advance.

Curiously, Placitas is surrounded by BLM grazing allotments.

RELATED: New Mexico Lawmakers Tackle Wild Horse Problem?

UPDATE: Placitas in Sandoval County is not surrounded by allotments although there are a few to the north and east.

The puppet show will take place on March 29 at the Chandler Museum with Suzanne Roy pulling the strings.

The event is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. according to an undated announcement.

RELATED: Advocates, Not Forest Service, Destroying Salt River Herd.

At or near the Liggett Table HMA with Double T Rancher.