They opted instead for a new rule seeking humane treatment during roundups, according to a report dated October 19 by the Pahrump Valley Times.
An outright ban would be a serious affront to those associated with animal agriculture, which the commissioners promote as a key part of the local economy.
The article said the motion passed unanimously, with an effective date of October 30, but it has not been posted to the county’s ordinance page as of this morning.
In this role, you will analyze and interpret Wild Horse and Burro policy and related manual guidance to respond to requests from the District Office, State Office and Headquarters for technical assistance, according to the listing at ZipRecruiter.
For example, if the EPA specifies a minimum 90-day interval between primer and booster doses of GonaCon Equine, you can interpret that as 30 days.
If you believe that areas identified for wild horses should be managed primarily for cattle and sheep, you can use your organizing skills to get the ranchers to control the pests, as Shaney Rockefeller did at the Vale Office.
1. The greatest threat to America’s wild horses is public-lands ranching.
2. The advocates, with their frivolous spending, false promises and obsession with pesticides, are a close #2. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
3. Drilling and mining are a distant #3. They affect anywhere from a few acres to a few thousand acres, while animal agriculture devours entire HMAs and beyond.
The capture goal was 761 and the removal goal was 380.
Data quality was good.
The death rate was 3.1%.
The capture total included 173 stallions, 257 mares and 59 foals.
Youngsters represented 12.1% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 7% per year.
Of the adults, 40.2% were male and 59.8% were female, not consistent with a simple random process centered at 50% males / 50% females and a sample of 430 horses.
Some of the mares will be treated with a fertility control pesticide and be returned to the range, so the net removal cannot be determined at this time.
The ranch includes 7,942 deeded acres east of Richfield, UT, with grazing preference on approximately 80,000 state and federal acres, according to the agent’s listing.
The operator runs approximately 350 cow/calf pairs year around.
In addition to forage on public lands, the owners feed hay produced from valley operations as well as purchased hay.
The agent’s map links the deeded acreage, shown in red, to six BLM allotments, shown in yellow, and one FS allotment, shown in green.
The National Data Viewer shows the BLM allotments. The FS allotment is south of North Cove Mountain and west of Bear Valley in the Fishlake NF.
The allotments do not intersect any wild horse or burro areas.
The Operator Information Report at RAS ties Annabella Land & Cattle to Authorization #4305032. The Allotment Information Report ties the authorization to Bear Valley, Gypsum, North Cove Mountain and Salls Meadow.
A keyword search of the Allotment Master Report yielded four instances of “Annabella,” consistent with the Allotment Information Report.
The permittees on the two remaining allotments may be DBAs or lessees but this was not explained in the listing.
Information about the Forest Service allotment can be found in the 2023 AOI.
An outlay of $25 million obtains access to a miniscule 558 AUMs per year on BLM land and roughly 483 AUMs per year on FS land. Not a great deal in your host’s opinion.
The price tag would break the budget of the new adoption partnerships program, but nobody said public-lands ranching was for the little guy.
Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide. As of today, all returned animals have been stallions.
Other statistics:
Forage liberated to date: 3,636 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 3,030 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: Undetermined
Horses displaced from area by permitted grazing: Undetermined
True AML: Undetermined
Stocking rate at new AML: Undetermined
Horses removed because of drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
Overpopulation means more horses than allowed by plan, not necessarily more horses than the land can support.
The advocates will tell you “Better if they weren’t even born.”
Western Horse Watchers believes the forage assigned to livestock in areas identified for wild horses would allow these facilities to be emptied several times over.
Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide. As of today, all returned animals have been stallions.
Other statistics:
Forage liberated to date: 4,056 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 3,380 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: Undetermined
Horses displaced from area by permitted grazing: Undetermined
True AML: Undetermined
Stocking rate at new AML: Undetermined
Horses removed because of drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
Overpopulation means more horses than allowed by plan, not necessarily more horses than the land can support.
The opportunity is open to local and state governments, tribes, other federal agencies and nonprofit organizations through January 15, according to today’s news release.
Proposals will support off-range activities related to placement of wild horses and burros into private care, such as training, outreach and compliance inspections.
An additional funding opportunity related to research may be announced in November and another in December for on-range projects such as application of fertility control.
The agency did not indicate if the solicitation was related to the falling out with MHF.
Nevada State Senator Hansen said the BLM was not in bed with the livestock industry at the September 7 “Dust Up in the Desert” but have you ever heard the advocates deny it?
They claim to be voices for the horses while aiding and abetting their removal.
Who benefits from that?
The advocates need donors to sustain their work.
If you’re a hunter, rancher or supporter thereof, little if any convincing is needed.
You might even be tempted to support the legacy contractors but they’re for-profit companies.
What if you actually care about the horses?
If you understand their true intentions and loyalties, you won’t give them a penny.
If you’re new to the wild horse world, you can be propagandized with flowery terms such as cherished/beloved/innocent wild horses, safe/proven/reversible fertility control and humane management.
You become a useful idiot, a person advocating for a cause, usually with devious or ruthless origins, without understanding its means and ends, allowing yourself to be cynically used by its leaders.
Think about that next time you’re counting the Views and Likes on socialist media.
Mares returned to the Complex will be treated with GonaCon Equine, a fertility control pesticide. As of today, all returned animals have been stallions.
Other statistics:
Forage liberated to date: 3,204 AUMs per year
Water liberated to date: 2,670 gallons per day
Forage assigned to livestock: Undetermined
Horses displaced from area by permitted grazing: Undetermined
True AML: Undetermined
Stocking rate at new AML: Undetermined
Horses removed because of drilling and mining: Ask the advocates
Overpopulation means more horses than allowed by plan, not necessarily more horses than the land can support.
