Cumulative totals for the first 2 days: Captured: 462 Wild Horses (160 Stallions, 194 Mares, and 87 Foals) Shipped to Wheatland Corrals:235 Wild Horses (15 Stallions, 147 Mares, and 73 Foals) 2 deaths […]
North Lander (Day 2)
North Lander Wyoming (Day 1, Roundup Update)
The North Lander roundup targets 2,715 for permanent removal from four Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in central Wyoming: Conant Creek, Dishpan Butte, Muskrat Basin and Rock Creek Mountain. The total acreage of […]
Summer Roundups (Heat Index, Air Quality)
The second half of the fiscal year 2024 roundup schedule begins in less than 48 hours. The first half we deal with increasing cold and then intense winter storms and the conditions […]
Update: Budget Markup, Roundups, Abuse
In 5 short days the second half of the fiscal year 2024 roundup schedule begins. More than 10,000 wild horses and burros will be captured from now through October 1. BLM claims […]
Rock Springs “Zero Out” Comment Period
_______________________________________________________________________________ The scoping period for the “Gather Plan to Remove Excess Wild Horses from Herd Areas Previously Designated as Herd Management Areas” (DOI-BLM-WY-D040-2024-0101-EA) for Rock Springs. Scoping is intended for BLM to […]
10 days and counting
As the sun rises 10 days from now the sound of a helicopter will slice the still morning air and begin the helicopter drive trapping season to complete the aim of the […]
2 Very Different Comment Periods
There are two active Scoping periods open for public comment for wild horses: Scoping for a Gather Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Rock Springs Herd Areas (HA) that were previously designated as […]
A Special Father’s Day
We have often written about captive stallions and how they have lost all they were hard wired to be, a protector of family and freedom. Once captive, band stallions in their prime […]
Understanding Wild Ones (humane management starts here)
Management of wild horses and burros on the range should start with gaining an understanding of what you are managing. How a horse/burro processes their environment, uses their environment, physiology, psychology, etc., […]
Budget, fiscal 2025 (more of the same?)
The debate for the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, budget for fiscal 2025 is well underway. If you watched the Senate Hearing last month you can see that oil and gas, mining […]
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