At the southwest corner of the Virginia Range with Jennifer Fairbairn.

Sort of.  The incident started on April 2 but no horses have been captured.

They are currently adapting to the presence of the traps.

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Today the BLM announced the start of a 45-day public comment period on a draft EIS for a proposed lithium mine in Nevada’s Silver Peak Range.

As of this evening, no new documents have been copied to the project folder.

The 2022 scoping overview puts the mine in the Silver Peak HMA, which overlaps the Silver Peak Allotment.

The HMA allows six wild burros on 239,801 public acres.

The allotment offers 1,530 active AUMs on 281,489 public acres, equivalent to 255 wild burros, on 281,489 public acres.

The land is not very useful from an agricultural viewpoint.

Lithium is used in batteries for electric vehicles, utilities, computers and mobile phones.

The advocates complain about habitat loss attributable to mining even though they, as believers in man-made climate change, vote for it.

A report distributed by ISPMB indicates that administration of the first dose of PZP before sexual maturity may cause infertility, according to a study by Knight & Rubenstein discussed on page 35.  If you can’t access the file, click here.

Can you think of an easier way to make your darting resources go farther?

Females who have not yet reached puberty, which occurs 12 to 15 months after birth, could be sterilized with one injection.

You don’t have to stalk them for five years to finish them off.

This idea helps you to do more with less and will certainly get you noticed by the bureaucrats and ranchers.

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The incident started on February 5.  Results through April 7:

• Scope: Lake Pleasant HMA
• Target: Burros
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• Goals: Gather 400, remove 400
• Captured: 247, up from 183 on Day 51
• Shipped: 180, no change from Day 51
• Released: None
• Deaths: 4, up from 3 on Day 51
• Average daily take: 3.9
• Unaccounted-for animals: 63

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

A jenny died on Day 55 after colliding with the trap.

The death rate is 1.6%.

The capture total includes 95 jacks, 124 jennies and 28 foals.

A freeze-marked horse was caught on Day 61 and returned to its owner.

Youngsters represented 11.3% of the animals gathered.

Of the adults, 43.4% were male and 56.6% were female.

The HA and HMA are the same size.  The area is subject to permitted grazing.

• Forage liberated to date: 1,482 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 1,235 gallons per day

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

The roundup targets animals that are damaging private property and creating a public safety hazard, purposes for which PZP was not authorized.

The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Lake Pleasant Roundup, Day 51.

The Save Our Wild Horses conference starts next week in Reno against a backdrop of the largest wild horse sterilization effort in the nation.

Volunteers with the Campaign Against America’s Wild horses are driving the breeding population into the single digits, with 11 foals born this year to a herd of almost 3,500.

Many of the mares are at risk of sterility.

The same is true at the Salt River in Arizona, where CAAWH facilitates another wild horse eradication program.

Both herds will reach the tipping point this year, a threshold passed by the Assateague herd over ten years ago.

With too many nonviable mares, the herd is imploding and the only way to save it is to bring in horses from other areas.

RELATED: If PZP Is Reversible, Why Hasn’t Assateague Herd Rebounded?

An undated report by the Park Service indicates the population in March was 73, including 30 stallions and 43 mares, down from 75 in March of last year and 76 in March 2022.

Ten deaths and eight births were recorded since the last report.

For years the advocates pointed to the herd as a model of wild horse management.

Now they’ve swept it under the rug because it contradicts their lies about PZP.

The herd exhibits characteristics for which the pesticide is famous:

• Sterile mares
• Abnormal sex ratio
• Tiny breeding population
• Increasing death rate
• Irreversible decline

This is what the advocates want for all wild horse herds.

RELATED: No Growth for Assateague Herd in Latest Census.

Horses have the day off.  At the Lake Pleasant HMA with Randy Donahoo.

Get out of the classroom and see how many barren mares you can find on the Virginia Range.

Should be easy.

Last week the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, reported that only eleven foals have been born this year to a population of nearly 3,500, thanks to them.

The herd is reaching the tipping point.

Although publicly CAAWH denies that PZP is a sterilant (refer to following video), its own literature states otherwise.

Refer to the Advocatespeak Decoder for the meaning of “self-boost.”

The conference provides an opportunity for organizers and attendees to denounce the sterilization effort, which will spread to other areas once the bureaucrats and ranchers realize its finality.

Condemnation forthcoming?  Don’t bet on it.

RELATED: Backdrop for Saving Wild Horses Conference: Mass Sterilization.

Not on the east coast and not out west but horses in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways will.

An article by the Park Service puts the town of Eminence in the zone of totality and with it most of the park.

The Pulltite Campground is on the western edge.  Click on image to open in new tab.

An interactive map by NASA shows the track across the U.S.  The event occurs April 8.

Just a few miles away from the conference site, center of frame in this photo, advocates with the Campaign Against Wild Horses are poisoning the Virginia Range mares with PZP, an ovary-killing pesticide.

RELATED: Side Trips While in Reno for SOWH Conference.

The AML would be 545 and the stocking rate would be 7.9 animals per thousand public acres.

The allotment, located southeast of Harper, OR, offers 6,538 active AUMs on 68,844 public acres, 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 give credence to the story with their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be 70 and 475 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 U.S District judge ruled that the BLM cannot conduct maintenance roundups under its ten-year plans after it achieves AMLs, according to a news release dated April 1.

The decision may put an end to the agency’s long-term decisions where it gathers wild horses over ten-year intervals without taking public comment or examining new data.

The incident started on February 5.  Results through March 26:

• Scope: Lake Pleasant HMA
• Target: Burros
• Type: Planned
• Method: Bait
• Goals: Gather 400, remove 400
• Captured: 183, up from 144 on Day 22
• Shipped: 180, up from 93 on Day 22
• Released: None
• Deaths: 3, no change from Day 22
• Average daily take: 3.6
• Unaccounted-for animals: 0

The figures above are based on the daily reports.

No activity was reported between February 28 and March 25.

The death rate is 1.6%.

The capture total includes 78 jacks, 80 jennies and 25 foals.

Youngsters represented 13.7% of the animals gathered.

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

The HA and HMA are the same size.  The area is subject to permitted grazing.

• Forage liberated to date: 1,098 AUMs per year
• Water liberated to date: 915 gallons per day

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

The roundup targets animals that are damaging private property and creating a public safety hazard, purposes for which PZP was not authorized.

The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Lake Pleasant Roundup, Day 22.

The AML would be 598 and the stocking rate would be 10.1 animals per thousand public acres.

The allotment, located south of Harper, OR, offers 7,180 active AUMs on 59,439 public acres, 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 reinforce the narrative with their darting programs.

If it was an HMA, the AML would be 60 and 538 horses would be consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

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

At or near the Cibola-Trigo HMA with Mr.GruntyPants.

“PZP is reversible.”

The pesticide pushers cooked up the sperm-blocking theory to make it seem like it was, even though they knew it wasn’t.

RELATED: If PZP Is Reversible, Why Hasn’t Assateague Herd Rebounded?

The event runs from April 17 to 19 at the Grand Sierra Resort as explained in a March 29 news release.

If you’re tired of being propagandized about HMAPs, fertility control and the wonders of public-lands ranching, not necessarily by the presenters but by other conferees and hangers-on, here are some options for quick getaways:

Velma’s Burial Site – Mountain View Cemetery, along I-80 west of hotel.  Refer to the map in this video.

Virginia City – Go south on 580, take exit 25B and turn left onto State Route 341 about a mile ahead.  When you get to the top you’ll hit a straightaway known as Five Mile Flat, where you may see wild horses.  For a scenic detour through the residential area and a better chance to see some Virginia Range mustangs, turn left onto Cartwright then right onto Lousetown at the fire station.  Lousetown will take you back to 341 and Virginia City.  The best time to see wild horses in this area is May and June.

Tahoe Reno Industrial Center – Go north on 580 from the hotel, then east on I-80 to State Route 439, USA Parkway.  You may see wild horses in this area but few if any foals thanks to the advocates.  Highway 439 runs south to Highway 50, where you can go west to Carson City then north back to the hotel on 580.  As you go west on 50, horses on the right are probably Virginia Range and horses on the left are Pine Nut Mountains but there is some intermixing.  The Pine Nut HMA also features barren mares, courtesy of the advocates.

RELATED: Tough Choices: SOWH&W Conference Overlaps FREES.

The case centered around the absence of a Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) for the Complex, which would summarize the management goals for the area and the actions required to achieve them.

The judge stated that “Engaging in the decision-making of an HMAP without actually preparing an HMAP could therefore deprive interested parties of the administrative review processes to which they are entitled,” according to a news release on EIN.

What is the overarching goal of rangeland management in areas identified for wild horses and burros?  Ranching superiority, with few exceptions.

HMAPs cannot change that.  Management priorities and resource allocations are documented in the land-use plans which are beyond the scope of the order.

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The BLM allows 11,987 wild horses and 824 wild burros on 14,032,947 public acres in Nevada, according to the statistics released earlier this week.

The current population is thought to be 28,314 wild horses and 3,804 wild burros.

The Nevada WHR and Marietta WBR are not subject to permitted grazing so let’s deduct their acreage, AMLs and current populations from the totals.

• Nevada WHR – AML is 500 wild horses, no BLM acreage (land controlled by DoD), current population is 337 horses
• Marietta WBR – AML is 104 wild burros, 64,466 BLM acres, current population is 38 horses and 556 burros

The management plans for Nevada HMAs allow 11,487 wild horses and 720 wild burros on 13,968,481 public acres, compared to a current population of 27,939 horses and 3,248 burros.

That’s equivalent to 11,487 + (720 ÷ 2) = 11,847 horses allowed by plan on 13,968,481 public acres, compared to a current population of 27,939 + (3,248 ÷ 2) = 29,563.

The stocking rate allowed by plan is 11,847 ÷ 13,968,481 × 1.000 = 0.8 wild horses per thousand public acres.

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), so Nevada comes up on the short side of the target.

The current stocking rate is 29,563 ÷ 13,968,481 × 1,000 = 2.1 wild horses per thousand public acres.

We know from previous discussion that BLM allotments in Nevada can support 4.3 wild horses per thousand public acres, for an estimated carrying capacity of 0.8 + 4.3 = 5.1 wild horses per thousand public acres, which surpasses the current stocking rate by a factor of 2.4.

You don’t have a wild horse problem, you have a resource management problem.

For every horse allowed on Nevada public lands, five have been consigned to off-range holding because of permitted grazing.

The HMAs in Nevada should be able to support an additional 60,000 wild horses.

The advocates couldn’t care less.  They want to end wild horse reproduction, not public-lands ranching.

To wit, here is the arithmetic they understand and use on a daily basis:

0.5 cc PZP solution + 0.5 cc modified Freund’s Complete Adjuvant = 1 dose of primer

0.5 cc PZP solution + 0.5 cc modified Freund’s Incomplete Adjuvant = 1 dose of booster

Give one primer and five to six boosters until the mares are sterile.

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