On the Pine Nut Mountains herd area, just south of the Pine Nut Mountains HMA.

Trailcam image from 02/18/18.  Temperature 26 °F, elevation 6500 ft.

Video from 2015.  Probably not ideal, but you gotta smile.

Inspired by Ian Tyson’s La Primera, a track on his 1999 album Lost Herd.

Yeah, roughly half of the horses under BLM administration are there.

Maps of HAs and HMAs in Nevada.

Not sure of the difference between herd areas and herd management areas?   Go watch the presentation by John Ruhs at this post.  Pay attention to the remarks beginning at 0:08:30.

Example of a band leader chasing away an unwanted visitor.  Filmed on the Pine Nut Mountains herd area.  Follow the action at the Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates FB page.

Forecast for the Virginia Range, Tue 02/20/18, courtesy of Highland Ranches POA.

Better stock up on PZP in case the five degree temperatures don’t kill off enough of the youngsters and oldsters.

On Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range.

The first Q&A period closes on 02/19/18, see sections 5 and 6 in the RFP.

Given that most of the lands grazed by the VR horses are privately owned, why isn’t there a requirement for working with property owners on issues like liability and consent?

Related: Comments on RFP for VR Horses.

Example of horses returned to the range after a roundup, at/near White Mountain HMA.

Presentation by John Ruhs, State Director for BLM in Nevada, at the National Wild Horse and Burro Summit in August 2017.  Thirty minutes in length but worth it.

Remarks from 0:01:30 to 0:03:09 reflect the BLM mission in the post-Obama era.

• Making America Safe through Energy Independence
• Making America Great Through Shared Conservation Stewardship
• Making America Safe – Restoring Our Sovereignty
• Getting America Back to Work
• Serving the American Family

Wild horses and burros fall under the ‘historic values’ category (0:02:17).

Conference sponsored by the National Horse & Burro Rangeland Management Coalition, which is not a WHB advocacy group.

The second presentation in the video focuses mostly on the burros in Arizona.

The final presentation deals with disease on the range.

On the Pryor Mountains.

A trained horse released at the trap entrance to draw the wild ones into captivity.

In this video, from the 2015 Kiger gather, the JH appears at 12:16 behind some trees, just inside the temporary fence.  He is released at 12:23, as the mustangs pass by, and they follow him into the trap.

Carrot in front, stick in the back.

BLM film from Calico Complex gather in 2010 (Nevada).

Processing of captured horses has been omitted.

Never get on the bus.

South Steens in Oregon.

Triple B Complex in Nevada.

Bible Springs Complex in Utah.

Next internet adoption adoption begins 02/13/18.

Conditions in South Steens as of October 2017, documented by Mustang Meg:

Article that appeared in the September 2014 issue of The Nevada Rancher about Cattoor Livestock Roundup, Inc., one of BLM’s contractors.

You decide.

A change to the WHB Act that allows BLM horses to be sold if they are more than 10 years old or have been offered unsuccessfully for adoption at least three times.

Harry Reid was behind it?

See this post at Tuesday’s Horse.

On Pryor Mountain HMA.

Artist and spokesman for the Kiger mustangs.  This year marks the third anniversary of his passing.

Photo taken 06/07/13 at the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento CA.

He appeared in an episode of Horse Talk Live circa 2012, representing the Kiger Mesteño Association.

For transfer of ownership of Virginia Range horses.

See also this report in the Reno Gazette Journal.