There are no remarks about livestock, grazing, forage allocations and management priorities in their response to the scoping letter, appearing in today’s edition of the Powell Tribune.

The group provides darting services to the BLM, beating down the horse population while leaving most of their food for the public-lands ranchers.

Perhaps we should refer to them as Friends of Authorized Livestock.

Of interest is their take on sterility and sex ratio skewing.

GonaCon causes sterility, not in females but in males.  How did they come up with that?

Mares that respond to the Montana Solution live longer, according to their statement, meaning that females will outnumber males, if they don’t already, and the sex ratio will be skewed in favor of females.

The pattern has been evident at Assateague Island for many years, a documented side-effect of PZP that the advocates deny.

They don’t talk much about sterility either, referring to such mares as self-boosting.

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The project no longer appears in the most active list.

The advocates have been pummeling the Cody Field Office with the same annoying comments the way they pound wild mares with their favorite pesticide.

They really are disgusting.

The final count will probably come in around 4,000.

RELATED: McCullough Comments Sail Past 3,500.

The resolution passed yesterday with nobody speaking against it, according to a report by Cowboy State Daily.

The vote count was not given.

Public-lands ranchers enjoy broad support in the state, not just from the legislature and CSD, but from the agency charged with protection of the horses.  For example, livestock in the Rock Springs HMAs, subject of the Rock Springs RMP Amendments, receive an estimated 88% of the authorized forage.

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A BLM news release dated February 6 comes on the heels of a story last week by the Craig Press about Sand Wash Basin.

The agency will invest $625,000 to better manage the wild horse population through increased fertility control and small-scale gathers.

Fixed trap sites will become part of the landscape, a constant reminder that horses are not a priority in the HMA.

Contrary to the announcement, the AML of 363 represents the number of horses allowed by plan, not the carrying capacity of the land.

The carrying capacity is always higher, sometimes much higher, when resources assigned to privately owned livestock are shifted back to the horses.

RELATED: How to Decipher Articles about Wild Horses.

At McCullough Peaks HMA with Maureen Armstrong.

Go to ePlanning for the latest results.  The numbers change minute by minute.

The SOWH call to action tells you to oppose GonaCon, which may act as a sterilant.

You should also oppose sex ratio skewing.

Both results can be achieved with the Montana Solution.

Mares darted with PZP become sterile in four to five years.  The advocates refer to them as self-boosting.

The pesticide skews sex ratios in favor of females, evident at Assateague Island.

These patterns likely exist in other areas but the advocates are tight-lipped.

Changes that would benefit the horses are outside the scope of the project.

RELATED: McCullough Comments Top 3,000.

The groundhog’s prediction was fulfilled in just two days.

“No to GonaCon.”

“No to IUDs.”

“No to bait traps.”

“No to managing the HMA principally for wild horses,” a result that cannot be achieved through a gather decision.

“Yes to PZP.”

The advocates have tricked their followers into protecting the public-lands ranchers, not wild horses.

RELATED: Groundhog Predicts Another 500 McCullough Comments.

She was killed by a mountain lion according to the video description.

Don’t be misled as they feign sorrow for the incident.  They are counting on predators to take out any foals that slip though the darting program!  The same thing is happening on the Virginia Range.

Like other advocates, they are ruthless in achieving their herd reduction goals, given to them by the bureaucrats.  They are hired guns.

The effort is part of a much larger plan, coordinated by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and carried out by its army of volunteers, to win the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers and subdue the herds in favor of privately owned livestock.

Don’t give them a penny!

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A story about Sand Wash Basin by the Craig Press reads like it’s based on a BLM press release, blog post or news conference, but the source was not disclosed.

Here are some tips for interpreting the article, starting at the top.

Majestic wild horses – Pests, an indication that you’re about to be deceived.

Landscape is out-of-balance – The horses are robbing forage from the public-lands ranchers.

Investing the funding necessary – Pissing away your hard-earned tax dollars on useless endeavors.

Public land users – Livestock operators.

That’s just the first paragraph.

Sage-grouse numbers are lower in areas with wild horses than in adjacent areas – Areas with horses are also grazed by livestock but you’re not supposed to know that.

Gather of horses – Roundup.

Horse populations have climbed above this carrying capacity – There are more horses than allowed by plan, not more horses than the land can support.  AMLs are small relative to the available resources because most of them have been assigned to ranchers.

End of second paragraph.

Gather enough wild horses this year to get us back on track – Ensure that ranchers receive most of the authorized forage.

Beautiful horses – Pests.

World-renowned herd – Pests.

Landscape under stress due to drought exacerbated by climate change – A temporary change in the weather unrelated to human activity.

End of third paragraph.

Thriving and sustainable wild horse herds – Livestock receive most of the authorized forage.

Healthy herds on healthy public lands – Livestock receive most of the authorized forage.

This investment will help the BLM restore Sand Wash Basin for the public, for wild horses, and for greater sage-grouse and other wildlife species – Livestock receive most of the authorized forage in an area set aside for wild horses.

You can have your wild horse and burro program as long as it doesn’t interfere with the grazing program.

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and Senator John Hoeven shared their concerns with park officials in a phone call yesterday, according to a story by The Bismarck Tribune, with an emphasis on collaboration between state and federal agencies.

Comments on the scoping newsletter were accepted through January 31.

The next step in the project is to draft an environmental assessment for public review.

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A “How To” provided by Save Our Wild Horses begins with some information about livestock grazing and forage allocations, including an unsubstantiated remark about the number of horses the HMA can actually sustain (wonder where they got that from), then goes off the rails by defending the safe, proven and reversible fertility control program, claiming that PZP is not a pesticide, does not sterilize and has no effect on sex ratios!

Did you know that some advocates are vegans, not necessarily at SOWH, as they don’t agree with the slaughter of animals for human consumption, yet they have no problem with the killing of pigs to support their PZP habit?

The group sponsored a conference in Washington last year, where attendees had smoke blown up their butts for several days about HMAPs, which must conform to RMPs and are therefore of no use to America’s wild horses.

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One of the most astonishing developments in the wild horse world is the enthusiasm among the advocates for the Montana Solution, not for population control but for population reduction, evident in the outpouring of support for the darting program at McCullough Peaks.

That they would beat down population in the lawful home of wild horses, so livestock can access most of their food, speaks volumes about their intentions and loyalties.

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He saw his shadow this morning, according to a report by AP News, meaning six more days of babble from the advocates, including today.

You have to give them credit though, they really fired up their base for this one.

The total passed 2,500 today and continues to climb.

Go to ePlanning for the latest results.

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Since 2019 they’ve been stalking the mares across 300,000 acres in western Nevada and destroying their ovaries with a restricted-use pesticide.

Next year they’ll refer the animals as self-boosting, a code word for sterile.

Their goal is to win the approval of the bureaucrats and ranchers and spread the destruction over a much larger area, moving them into the upper echelon of the wild horse removal industry.

That’s how they protect wild horses.

But you won’t see any of that in this article about the Virginia Range darting program.

The story said that advocates with the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses announced yesterday that their four-year long fertility control effort is reducing births and could set a new model for managing wild herds but did not say where or how the announcement was made.

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The advocates never stop.

Now they’re praising HR 726, legislation that would protect wild horses and burros on federal lands, reduce or eliminate the need for inhumane helicopter roundups, and provide jobs and avenues for healing American veterans with Post Traumatic Stress and other disorders resulting from combat, according to a news release on EIN by Animal Wellness Action.

This would be accomplished by stalking the mares and jennies in their lawful homes and destroying their ovaries with a restricted-use pesticide.

The advocates refer to the product as a vaccine, available from the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.

Other benefits:

• Barren mares
• Confused stallions
• Increasing death rates
• Shrinking herds
• Injuries and infections
• Abnormal sex ratios
• Massive human involvement
• Disruption of natural order
• Loss of genetic diversity
• Sterility
• Subordination to livestock

As for the full range of wild behaviors in a natural setting, forget it.

Western Horse Watchers proposes that Cameron Ring and his mercenaries be officially designated as the Dartmoor Brigade.

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Getting rid of wild horses is their job, not the government’s.

The possibility of a nuisance gather was mentioned in the January edition of Horse Tales, in a column starting at the top of page four.

The author, a real estate agent, PZP darter and pleader for the public-lands ranchers, was interviewed for a story about the removal by The Record-Courier of Minden, NV.

Five horses were captured and taken to the off-range corrals at Palomino Valley.

Note the absence of youngsters in the photo.  This is the handiwork of the advocates.

The horses don’t have to compete with cattle according to the article, although the National Data Viewer suggests otherwise.

In this map, the Pine Nut HA is shown in black, the HMA is orange and the allotments are green.  Click on image to open in new tab.

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North Dakota governor Doug Burgum sent a letter to the Park Service today expressing confidence that the agency can find a solution that supports genetic diversity and protects the environmental integrity and capacity of the park for current and future generations of visitors, according to a report by The Bismarck Tribune.

RELATED: Park Service Rejects TRNP Comment Extension.

Horses have the day off.  In the Little Picacho Wilderness, part of the Chocolate Mule Mountains HMA in southern California, with Lonnie Huffman.

This was the scene today, water tanks barely visible.

Compare to these photos from last year.

The Wild Animal Sanctuary, a Colorado non-profit corporation, acquired the property for a wild horse refuge, according to a news release on PRN.

The refuge will house up to 500 wild horses taken from HMAs in Colorado.

The announcement did not indicate of the horses would be darted, sterilized and/or kept in segregated pastures.

The transaction represents a victory for the bureaucrats and ranchers.  Get the horses off the public lands and into private care, giving livestock unfettered access to their food.

The facility covers 18,650 deeded acres west of Craig, with an additional 3,500 acres in BLM leases and one 300-acre private lease, according to the agent’s listing.

The operator information report in RAS links the ranch to grazing authorizations 0504787 and 0504788.

The allotment information report ties the authorizations to three allotments.

The allotment master report provides management status, acreage and active AUMs.

The authorization use report shows livestock types and grazing seasons.

The news release did not say if the new owners would petition the BLM for changes in livestock types and seasons of use, as American Prairie did in Montana.  Such changes would likely have the ranching community crying foul, as it did with American Prairie.