A report by the Congressional Research Service puts the cost of short-term holding at $6.00 per day and the cost of long-term holding at $2.35 per day.
For every AUM assigned to livestock in the lawful homes of wild horses, the government collects $1.35 from the permittee while it spends $70 to $180 to care for the horse displaced thereby.
Nobody in the private sector would do that.
If they really cared about costs, Congress would direct the government to put the horses back on the range and relieve the ranchers of their grazing permits, while making the necessary changes to the statutes.
The explanatory statement for HR6938, a bill that will give the BLM a budget for FY26, indicates that the amount available for wild horse and burro activities, $144 million, includes up to $11 million for immunocontraceptive vaccine strategies.
Helicopter roundups are the fastest and most efficient way of shifting resources from wild horses and burros to privately owned livestock.
In the preceding paragraph, the statement directs the agency to prioritize the analysis, review, processing and approval of grazing permits, as well as the administration of grazing permit renewals.
Given these priorities, which part of the new roundup schedule—not yet published—will receive the most attention, darting operations or motorized removal?
She became trapped in mud according to a story by Shore Daily News.
The report did not indicate if she was pregnant.
The herd is known for its highly abnormal sex ratio and unprecedented birth rate, where a handful of stallions produced 103 foals in 2025—the result of social engineering by the saltwater cowboys.
The Ninth Circuit ruled today that the agency can continue to use the privately owned corrals, despite claims of pollution and inhumane conditions by Friends of Animals, according to a report by Courthouse News Service.
The BLM spends an estimated $6 million per year to care for those animals while it collects around $52,000 per year from public-lands ranchers grazing in their stead.
Big Red Creek Ranch covers 2,130 deeded acres and 7,997 leased acres, including 4,363 BLM acres, with support for 500 cow-calf pairs.
The asking price is $7.5 million.
The listing does not provide a map of the deeded acreage and does not give the name of the attached allotment but Western Horse Watchers believes it’s Muddy Mountain.
Thieves Den Ranch covers 3,040 deeded acres and 5,441 leased acres, including 5,286 BLM acres, with support for 125 cow-calf pairs.
The asking price is $9.2 million.
The listing does not include a map of the deeded acreage but identifies the allotment as Posvar.
Big Red Creek meets three out of four requirements for a wild horse refuge.
Same for Thieves Den.
Muddy Mountain currently supports livestock equivalent to 15.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Posvar supports livestock equivalent to 7.5 wild horses per thousand public acres.
Your faithful public servants claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres.
The advocates, unable to distinguish between an AUM and AML, underscore the narrative with their darting programs.
Wild horses can be placed on public lands not identified for their use by acquiring base properties associated with grazing allotments and flipping the preference to horses.
The third edition of the National Pesticide Applicator Certification Manual should be available for sale this week—giving you plenty of time to order one for Valentine’s Day.
It’s a no-brainer. What advocate isn’t striving to become a certified applicator of restricted-use pesticides?
Unfortunately, the publisher does not donate a percentage of the selling price to Rifles for WretchesTM or similar charity that equips the advocates with the tools of their trade.
The manual is intended as a study guide for those planning to take the Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Exam.
The 2014 edition states on page 51 that restricted-use pesticides (such as PZP) demand special attention because there is reason to believe they could harm humans, livestock, wildlife or the environment even when used according to label directions.
Such as permanent infertility in mares.
Unlawful use of pesticides is discussed on page 39.
Failure to use the product as directed on the label.
The advocates want you to think of PZP as a medication, always referring to the product as a vaccine.
As stated in its Year Two Report, the Colorado Wild Horse Working Group believes that strategic darting should be the cornerstone of wild horse management.
It’s an indication that the stakeholders are willing to play the long game in support of their goals and a major win for the advocates.
Not mentioned in the discussion are the long-term effects of the fertility control pesticides and the eventual disappearance of the herds.
Western Horse Watchers Association 