It would have an AML of 985 and a stocking rate of 7.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The allotment offers 11,830 active AUMs on 124,924 public acres in western Utah, according to the Allotment Master Report.

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 give their concurrence through their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be around 125 and 860 wild horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

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

Silence is golden.

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It would have an AML of 1,463 and a stocking rate of 7.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The allotment offers 17,556 active AUMs on 187,743 public acres in southwestern Idaho, according to the Allotment Master Report.

The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us 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 indicate their agreement through their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be around 190 and 1,273 wild horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

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

On March 8 their representative agreed there is a population problem in Nevada and told the Board of Wildlife Commissioners the answer is PZP.

Unfortunately, darting wild horses that are overpopulated, interfere with animal agriculture or pose safety hazards to motorists is not authorized by the EPA and constitutes unlawful use of the pesticide.

Read the label for yourself.

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It would have an AML of 2,275 and a stocking rate of 8.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The allotment offers 27,304 active AUMs on 278,157 public acres north of Wells, NV, according to the Allotment Master Report.

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 give their assent through their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be around 275 and 2,000 wild horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

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

A delegate from the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses tells the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners that her group concurs with the overpopulation narrative and has a better way to get the numbers down to an acceptable level.

Nobody talks about wild horse removal more than the advocates.

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The incident will begin on or about March 18 according to today’s announcement.

The capture and removal goals are identical, 22 each.

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

Operations will not be open to public observation.

Captured animals will be taken to the off-range corrals at Palomino Valley.

Gather stats and daily reports will be posted to this page.

The HMA has an AML of 41 and is subject to permitted grazing.

The HA was trimmed on the north and south sides to liberate two neighboring allotments from the wild horse and burro program.

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It would have an AML of 977 and a stocking rate of 9.2 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The allotment offers 11,720 active AUMs on 106,495 public acres near McDermitt, NV, according to the Allotment Master Report.

This brings more distress to the bureaucrats and ranchers, who 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 give their assent through their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be around 100, and 877 wild horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

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

The tiny HMA, on the east side of Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, is due for a roundup starting on March 15.

It covers 41,160 public acres and the 41 burros allowed by plan receive 246 AUMs per year.

The current population is unknown.

The stocking rate allowed by plan is one wild burro per thousand public acres, equivalent to 0.5 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and neighboring allotments.  Click on image to open in new tab.

The HMA overlaps the western side of Alder Creek, which offers 5,913 active AUMs on 123,363 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report.

That works out to 47.9 AUMs per year per thousand public acres, enough to support eight wild burros per thousand public acres.

The number of burros displaced from their lawful home by permitted grazing is 8 × 41,160 ÷ 1,000 = 329, assuming that forage is evenly distributed across the allotment.

The True AML, the number of burros the HMA could support if it was managed principally for them as specified in the original statute, is 41 + 329 = 370.

The stocking rate at the new AML would be 370 ÷ 41,160 × 1,000 = 9 wild burros per thousand public acres.

This brings more embarrassment to federal land managers, who claim the HMA can only support one wild burro per thousand public acres.

Such statements are made in defense of ranching interests, not for the health of wild burros or the land they roam.

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

They’re the 40-acre parcels in the Pinenut Allotment.

Maybe someday they’ll become off-grid vacation homes for CAAWH staff or its donors.

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On March 8 the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners heard testimony regarding a letter from the Coalition for Healthy Nevada Lands, Wildlife and Free-Roaming Horses seeking the removal of wild horses from public lands in Nevada.

It was item 8 on their agenda.

As if bringing a pinch of incense to the altar, a delegate from the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses stated at 2:57:20 “We recognize that there is a population problem in Nevada, but wild horse roundups is not the solution.”

In an effort to promote her pesticide business, she mentions fertility control six times in six minutes.

If she believes that livestock are the primary reason for substandard conditions on Nevada’s public lands, why is she so eager to get rid of the horses?

Craig Downer suggested that Reserve Design was the better way but was cut off for exceeding his time limit.

Another person commented on the WHB budget, PZP and public-lands ranching, claiming at 3:13:50 that permitted grazing is a right.

How do you know it’s not a right?  The government can take it away.  That’s why it’s called permitted grazing.

Comments starting at 3:22:00 pertained to the original statute, resource management and principal use.

Additional remarks can be found in an article dated March 12 by Nevada Current.

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On March 8, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted unanimously to draft a cover letter in support of a letter written by the Coalition for Healthy Nevada Lands, Wildlife and Free-Roaming Horses asking the BLM to remove wild horses from public lands in Nevada, arguing that it’s consistent with Commission Policy 67.

This was item 8 on the agenda.

Testimony runs from 2:45:58 to 3:40:25, followed by Board discussion.

Video cued up to the mark.  Just hit go.

RELATED: Coalition Asks Wildlife Board to Support Anti-Horse Agenda.

Horses have the day off.  At the Lake Pleasant HMA with Jaron Skalka.

The incident concluded on March 9 with 90 horses captured, 39 shipped, 51 released and one dead.

The capture and removal goals were 80 and 35.

The numbers don’t balance.  More horses were processed than caught.

The death rate was 1.1%.

Body condition scores were not given.

The number of mares treated with fertility control pesticides was not specified.

The operation supported three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: McCullough Peaks Roundup Set for November 27.

If you point the National Data Viewer to the area east of Minden, NV and turn on the Public Land Survey System, you’ll get a grid on which you can plot the parcels owned by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses.

The large divisions, denoted by heavy red lines, correspond to township/range blocks covering approximately 36 square miles.

The fine red lines denote sections within the blocks covering approximately one square mile (640 acres) each.

The small boxes inside the sections represent 40 acre lots.  There are 36 sections in a block and 16 lots per section.

The map shows the Pine Nut Mountains HA, denoted with a black border, and two allotments with green borders.

The Douglas County assessor’s office provides a map for each parcel, which helps you find them on the grid.  Click on image to open in new tab.

All of the acreage falls within the HA, which has an AML of zero and is managed principally for livestock.

A small herd lives in the area, to the chagrin of the BLM, but the Pine Nut advocates are driving the numbers down with their favorite pesticide, referred to by CAAWH as the Montana Solution.

Buckeye Creek runs through APNs 1321-00-001-024, 1322-00-001-034, 1322-00-002-005, 1322-00-002-067 and 1222-00-001-061, so they may qualify as a riparian zone.

Given that they’re in an area where livestock are welcomed but horses are not, who will benefit from conservation efforts?

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Two tribal members have submitted bids in response to a Request for Feral Horse Roundup Services issued by the Grazing Board, according to a story dated March 8 by Native Sun News Today.

The current population is thought to be between 2,500 to 3,000 animals.

The horses rob forage, which sells for $26.75 per AUM, from livestock operators.

After the horses are gathered, the contractor will be responsible for transporting them to the tribal rodeo grounds for an impoundment process of at least five days.

Unclaimed animals will be sent to the Billings Livestock Commission for sale.

The reservation covers approximately 444,000 acres in southeastern Montana and is headquartered in Lame Deer.

The incident started on January 22.  Results through March 8:

• Scope: McCullough Peaks HMA
• Target: Horses
• Method: Bait
• Type: Planned
• Goals: Gather 80, remove 35
• Captured: 90, no change from Day 46
• Shipped: 24, no change from Day 46
• Released: 51, up from 41 on Day 46
• Deaths: 1, no change from Day 46
• Average daily take: 1.9
• Unaccounted-for animals: 14

The Day 47 report said trapping was complete.

The capture goal has been exceeded by 12.5%.

The 14 horses in temporary holding will likely be shipped, bringing the total removed to 39 and beating the goal by 11%.

The number of mares treated with fertility control pesticides is unknown.

The death rate is 1.1%.

The location of the trap site was not disclosed.

Body condition scores were not provided.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.

• Forage liberated to date: 468 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 390 gallons per day

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and overlapping allotments.  Click on map to open in new tab.

An estimated 535 wild horses have been displaced from their lawful home by permitted grazing, making the True AML almost five times higher than the current AML.

The roundup supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: McCullough Roundup, Day 46.

The February 1 schedule now says March 5.

The capture goal is 21,853, compared to 21,603 on February 1, and the removal goal is 20,510, compared to 20,260 on February 1.

In the December 8 schedule, the capture goal was 20,942 and the removal goal was 19,870.

RELATED: BLM Updates FY24 Roundup Plan.

A report by KFGO News says Congress passed legislation directing the Park Service to keep horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

A report by WZFG News says the bill directs the National Park Service to maintain “the historic scene commensurate with the historic herds during the period when President Theodore Roosevelt was a rancher in the area.”

A search of Congress.gov for “historic scene commensurate” yielded only one result, a report accompanying a FY24 spending bill for the Department of the Interior.

The language appears on page 40 of the pdf.

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UPDATE: A story by The Hill indicates the Senate passed a $460 billion spending package yesterday, after the House approved it on Wednesday, providing funding for the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Commerce and Energy, among others.  A link to the legislation was not included.

UPDATE: A news release by the White House indicates it’s HR 4366.

The Jones Boys Ranch covers 435 deeded acres near Lockes, NV, a ghost town on U.S. Highway 6.

There are two houses on the property: The main home has three beds and two baths, the bunk house has 2/2.

A spring produces over 200 gpm according to the listing.

The deeded acreage is surrounded by the Butterfield Allotment, on which the property has grazing preference.

The allotment overlaps a small portion of the Quinn and White River HAs.

The National Data Viewer shows the arrangement.  Click on image to open in new tab.

The parcel offers 4,776 active AUMs on 122,080 public acres, according to the Allotment Master Report, enough to support 398 wild horses.

The stocking rate would be 3.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.

This brings more distress to the bureaucrats and ranchers, who insist 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 allotment is in the Custodial category with condition unknown.  This is unusual for a parcel of this size.  Buyers should discuss with the Tonopah Field Office.

As with other base properties, the new owner could petition the BLM for a change in livestock type and season of use so horses could roam the area, as American Prairie did for bison in Montana.