An eighteen year old band stallion named ‘Sir Gruff’ was killed Tuesday evening around 7:30 pm local time, near the entrance to the barrier island.  Officials did not know if speed was a factor but an investigation is underway.  Refer to this report posted today by the Maryland Coast Dispatch.

Filmed 05/24/18 on Sand Wash Basin, before the drought set in.  H/T Mike Mack.

RELATED: Volunteers Keep Sand Wash Horses on the Range.

On the Salt River, east of Phoenix, AZ.  H/T Roamancing Travel.

Ahead of the Street Vibrations Rally in Reno, NV.  H/T Go Travel On The Cheap.

On the Salt River, September, 2018.  H/T Randy Anagnostis.

Refer to this summary of her trip to the Palomino Butte, Stinkingwater, Kiger, Warm Springs and South Steens HMAs.  She reports that the horses looked good with a few exceptions and that water sources were low, typical for this time of year.  She noted that Warm Springs looked ‘ominously empty,’ as if it was a ‘ghost town.’

Not exactly what you’d expect to hear about areas that are overpopulated with wild horses, a claim repeated frequently by the BLM and public-lands ranchers.

Wild horses grazing on the banks of the Verde River near Rio Verde, AZ.  This river ties into the Salt River about ten miles to the south.  H/T Dennis Bickers.

NPS reported on Saturday that the horses survived Hurricane Florence but the census was not complete.  Refer to this story posted yesterday by WNCN-TV in Raleigh, NC, as well as this FB post by the NPS.

RELATED: Field Survey of Shackleford Horses in Progress.

On the Salt River.  H/T Califwatcher.

The lawsuit filed by The Cloud Foundation and others is over.  The hearing set for 09/28/18 did not happen.  The horses are safe for now.  Refer to this report, posted today in the Casper Star Tribune.  The court blocked the roundup, which would have been effected by bait traps, because it would cause permanent damage to the genetic lines of the herd.

RELATED: Judge Orders Two Week Delay in Pryor Mountains Gather.

At the V&T Railroad station in Virginia City.  H/T Auntie Doni.

RELATED: All Aboard!

The BLM has re-opened a request for nominations to certain Resource Advisory Councils that provide recommendations to the agency on the use of public lands, according to a notice that appeared today in the Federal Register.

The RACs must represent the various interests associated with the management of those lands, which may include HMAs.  Membership falls into three categories.

Holders of federal grazing permits are in Category One and wild horse and burro organizations are in Category Two.

The priority/weight/rank of each category was not explained in the announcement.

BLM State Offices should issue news releases in the next few days providing additional information for submitting nominations, with specifics about the number and categories of positions available for the RACs in each state.

At Hidden Valley Regional Park, east of Reno.  H/T Dr. Jennifer Jewell, PhD.

The youngster at 5:12, not old enough to survive solely on forage, wonders ‘How am I supposed to get a drink when we’re out here?’  H/T Mark Formo.

The horse on the right suggests the water level in the tank is very low.

RELATED: Virginia Range Mustangs Stop By for a Drink.

Emergency gather avoided on Sand Wash Basin HMA.  Another fine example of wild horse advocacy.  H/T HighStakesRanch.

RELATED: Volunteers Brave Dust Storm to Help Sand Wash Horses.

On Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  H/T Dean and Emilie Travel Blog.

No, it’s not Tommy Dorsey’s birthday.  Just a large group wild horses searching for some shade before the afternoon heat kicks in.

NPS announced this morning that a census of the horses began on 09/24/18 and that the herd appears to have survived Hurricane Florence.  Refer to this FB post.

RELATED: Still No Word on Shackleford Wild Horses.

Wild horses grazing on the Virginia Range, just after sundown on 09/21/18.  Staying in one spot and chewing it down to bare dirt is not their style.