The allotments, on the north side of the Little Book Cliffs WHR in Colorado, offer 4,352 active AUMs on 40,713 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 4,352 ÷ 12 = 363, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 363 ÷ 40,713 × 1,000 = 8.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates propagate the fairy tale with their darting programs.

If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 40 and 323 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 49,546 wild horses on 7,448,367 public acres, or 6.7 wild horses per thousand public acres.

RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.

A public affairs specialist with the BLM told Western Horse Watchers yesterday that they received their second dose and were released to the range last week.

Your host replied to the email with a link to the 2017 labeling amendment that changed the interval between doses from 30 days to 90 days, seeking comment on the agency’s use of the pesticide.

As of this evening, no response has been received.

The first statement under Directions for Use: “It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.”

RELATED: Red Rock HMA to Become Next GonaCon Crime Scene?

The incident started on May 1.  Results through June 10:

• Scope: Bordo Atravesado HMA
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• AML: 60
• Estimated population: 276
• Goals: Gather 235, remove 225
• Captured: 234, up from 222 on Day 34
• Shipped: 97, up from 63 on Day 34
• Released: None
• Deaths: 8, up from 7 on Day 34
• Average daily take: 5.7
• Unaccounted-for animals: 129

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported on Days 38, 39 and 40.

A horse died on Day 41 of injuries related to capture.  No details were given.

The death rate is 3.4%.

The capture total includes 115 stallions, 91 mares and 28 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.0% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven percent per year.

Of the adults, 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The destination of shipped animals was not stated.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.  Resources liberated to date:

• Forage: 2,808 AUMs per year
• Water: 2,340 gallons per day

Ten mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the range according to the latest schedule.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 34.

The incident started on April 16.  Results through June 9:

• Scope: Caliente Complex
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
• Captured: 302, up from 282 on Day 50
• Shipped: 271, up from 270 on Day 50
• Released: None
• Deaths: 9, no change from Day 50
• Average daily take: 5.5
• Unaccounted-for animals: 22

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported between June 4 and June 8.

The death rate is 3.0%.

The capture total includes 125 stallions, 128 mares and 49 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.

Of the adults, 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing.  Resources liberated to date:

• Forage: 3,624 AUMs per year
• Water: 3,020 gallons per day

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 50.

The allotment, on the south side of the Saylor Creek HMA in Idaho, offers 3,163 active AUMs on 27,951 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 3,163 ÷ 12 = 264, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 264 ÷ 27,951 × 1,000 = 9.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates bolster the narrative with their darting programs.

If the allotment was an HMA, the AML would be 28 and 264 – 28 = 236 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

The stocking rate allowed by plan for Saylor Creek is 0.5 wild horses per thousand public acres, yet the Twin Butte Allotment, just over the line from Notch Butte, supports livestock equivalent to 9.8 wild horses per thousand public acres!

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 110,141 wild horses on 11,003,206 public acres, or ten wild horses per thousand public acres.

RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.

Yesterday, deputies with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office trained volunteers with Least Resistance Training Concepts on best practices when responding to incidents involving a dead or wounded person or animal, as outlined in a report by KTVN News.

Exercises included a cut fence where horses had been stolen and a party scene where a wild mustang was shot.

The story did not indicate if the session covered unlawful use of pesticides by the wild horse advocates, such as application of PZP to herds that interfere with animal agriculture, pose safety hazards to motorists or are said to be overpopulated.

On the Salt River with Gayle Bassani.

The lack of foals is not an accident.

The advocates want the Montana Solution to grow and prosper, not the horses.

The True AML would be 300,000 ÷ 12 = 25,000, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

That’s roughly 40% of the horses in off-range holding.

Sadly, the allotment exists only in the mind of a public affairs officer with the BLM.

RELASTED: Largest Grazing Allotment in Nevada Revealed.

The heretofore unknown parcel, located somewhere near Elko, offers 15 times more forage than Blue Wing – Seven Troughs, the record holder until now.

RELATED: BLM Rep Channels Mark Twain in KNPR Interview.

Refer to this news release on EIN.

Your host has not tested the link and is not familiar with the sponsoring groups.

“Large industries and special interest groups that use public lands for oil, gas and mineral extraction and livestock grazing support the removal of wild equine.”

Western Horse Watchers would like to see a position statement from a trade group representing drillers or miners demanding the removal of wild horses from public lands in the western U.S.  Put the link in the comments.

RELATED; Group Calls for Cancellation of North Lander Roundup.

Despite ongoing legal challenges, the BLM announced today the beginning of a plan to remove nearly 5,000 wild horses over a three-year period from the Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and Adobe Town HMAs in southern Wyoming.

Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek will be zeroed out, reducing the number of HMAs from 177 to 175, and Adobe Town will be trimmed back, as illustrated in the map.

The scoping letter was placed in the project folder along with a press release.

Comments will be accepted through July 8.

RELATED: Rock Springs RMP Amendments Cleared for Implementation.

The incident started on May 31.  Results through June 7:

• Scope: Piute Mountain HA
• Target: Burros
• Type: Emergency
• Method: Bait
• Goals: Gather 50, remove 50
• Captured: 20, up from 5 on Day 1
• Shipped: 20, up from 5 on Day 1
• Released: None
• Deaths: None
• Average daily take: 2.5
• Unaccounted-for animals: None

The figures above are based on the daily reports, which do not include customary details for jacks, jennies and foals.

No activity was reported between May 31 and June 6.

The HA is not managed for wild burros but is subject to permitted grazing.

• Forage liberated to date: 120 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 100 gallons per day

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Piute Mountain Emergency Roundup in Progress.

There are no voices for the horses in the 26-minute audio segment, only defeatists, pesticide pushers and ranching sympathizers.

There are, however, some tall tales you might find interesting, starting at 7:44.

Everybody should read the WHB Act (8:42).  Even though it no longer affords the protections sought by Velma.  Like the 2019 “Path Forward,” it’s a plan for ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses.

You can’t compare livestock to horses, it not apples-to-apples (9:30).  This is nonsense, an attempt to divert attention from the real problem.  They are head-to-head competitors for the same resources.

There are 38,000 wild horses and burros on BLM lands in Nevada (10:20).  The agency authorizes livestock equivalent to 173,144 wild horses in its allotments.

There are 3,000 to 6,000 wild horses on the Virginia Range (10:32).  Why not shoot for the moon?  Call it 3,000 to 30,000, with a stocking rate of up to 100 animals per thousand acres.

If a spring produces five gallons of water per hour that’s 24 gallons per day, enough to support 24 horses (12:07).  This suggests they’re being taken off the range is not because of drought but because of innumeracy.

The Maverick-Medicine HMA hasn’t been grazed since the 1980s but they still have an allotment in that area with 300,000 AUMs (14:01).  The National Data Viewer shows most of the acreage comes from seven allotments.  Odgers, representing about 8% of the HMA, is the only one with no active AUMs.  The others offer 13,336 AUMs per year, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The conflict between wild horses and livestock can be alleviated by restoring the WHB Act to its original form and giving them principal use of their land, but that never seems to enter the discussion, even when the advocates are involved.

RELATED: How Much Private Land Do the Public-Lands Ranchers Control?

What a fraud! There are no families because there are no foals, thanks to her and her and her band of merrymen.

The Salt River Wild Horse Darting Group is an affiliate of the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal.

The incident started on May 1.  Results through June 3:

• Scope: Bordo Atravesado HMA
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• AML: 60
• Estimated population: 276
• Goals: Gather 235, remove 225
• Captured: 222, up from 213 on Day 28
• Shipped: 63, up from zero on Day 28
• Released: None
• Deaths: 7, no change from Day 28
• Average daily take: 6.5
• Unaccounted-for animals: 152

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported between May 30 and June 3.

The death rate is 3.2%.

The capture total includes 111 stallions, 84 mares and 27 foals.

Youngsters represented 12.2% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven percent per year.

Of the adults, 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The destination of shipped animals was not specified.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.  Resources liberated to date:

• Forage: 2,664 AUMs per year
• Water: 2,220 gallons per day

Ten mares will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide, and be returned to the range according to the latest schedule.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Bordo Atravesado Roundup, Day 28.

The incident started on April 16.  Results through June 4:

• Scope: Caliente Complex
• Target: Horses
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• Goals: Gather 350, remove 350
• Captured: 282, up from 252 on Day 43
• Shipped: 270, up from 207 on Day 43
• Released: None
• Deaths: 9, no change from Day 43
• Average daily take: 5.6
• Unaccounted-for animals: 3

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported on Days 45, 46 and 49.

The death rate is 3.2%.

The capture total includes 118 stallions, 118 mares and 46 foals.

Youngsters represented 16.3% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of eleven percent per year.

Of the adults, 50% were male and 50% were female.

Body condition scores were not given.

The location of the trap site is not known.

The Complex is subject to permitted grazing.  Resources liberated to date:

• Forage: 3,384 AUMs per year
• Water: 2,820 gallons per day

There are no plans to treat any of the mares with fertility control pesticides and return them to the range.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Caliente Roundup, Day 43.

The darting program may be on hold but that didn’t stop them from snuffing out new life.

She was rejected by her mom and found with another mare according to a report dated June 4 by The Virginian-Pilot.

The story did not indicate if the incident was related to the use of PZP to control birth rates and breeding patterns.

The herd of roughly 100 has produced eight foals this year, indicating a small breeding population, large number of nonviable mares and loss of genetic diversity.

The BLM announced today that bait trapping began on May 31.

Operations are not open to public observation.

The capture and removal goals were not given.

Animals identified for removal will be taken to the Ridgecrest off-range corrals.

The gather page indicates five burros captured to date.

The HA lies within the Lazy Daisy Allotment on the south side of I-40 east of Barstow, CA but before the Nevada state line.

The AML is zero.

The National Data Viewer and RAS are down.  The Western Watersheds map shows the arrangement.

UPDATE: Lazy Daisy offers 3,192 active AUMs on 284,533 public acres according to the Allotment Master Report.

Equine Collaborative International issued two news released on EIN (June 3 | June 4) suggesting the incident is not warranted and that it be called off until fully investigated by an impartial agency.

The history and credibility of the group are unknown.

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and nearby towns.  Click on image to open in new tab.  Allotments omitted for clarity.

The roundup, which supports three tenets of rangeland management, begins on July 1 according to the latest schedule.

RELATED: How Many Wild Horses Can the North Lander Complex Support?

The two allotments, located north of Rawlins, WY and east of the Green Mountain HMA, offer 22,832 active AUMs on 103,511 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The forage assigned to horses is zero.

How many wild horses could live there?

Using the principle of forage interchangeability, the True AML would be 22,832 ÷ 12 = 1,903, the number of horses the land could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute.

The stocking rate would be 1,903 ÷ 103,511 × 1,000 = 18.4 wild horses per thousand public acres.

Why is this important?

The bureaucrats and ranchers claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The advocates ratify the narrative with their darting programs.

If the allotments were an HMA, the AML would be 103, and 1,903 – 103 = 1,800 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

Curiously, the LDS Church holds all of the active AUMs on Bar Eleven.

BLM allotments in the state carry livestock equivalent to 158,425 wild horses on 17,312,214 public acres, or 9.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.

RELATED: The Allotments Tell the Story: They’re Lying, All of Them.