Two-hundred will be rounded up, but only 70 to 100 shipped out for adoption or relocation. These stallions were looking mighty photogenic on Saturday afternoon when I dropped by for a pic.
Public comments are due by July 3. So interested parties better roundup their pens and stamps. Comments can also be e-mailed to cody_wymail@blm.gov.
The Billings field office of the BLM is proposing a slight population increase in the Pryor Mountain wild horse herd and and more water holes for the animals. Their proposal is to increase the herd to 120 animals.
Public comments must be sent by July 11 to the Billings BLM Field Office, at 5001 Southgate Dr., Billings, Mont., 59101. Electronic comments can be sent to MT_WildHorse@blm.gov. Written, hand-delivered or oral comments can be brought to Jared Bybee at the Billings BLM office.
Check out the story in Thursday's paper.
Nice photography!! Why are they relocating them?
ReplyDeleteThe BLM believes there are too many horses on the range, so they plan to thin the herd.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned. I hope to be following up with the BLM after they publish an environmental assessment in a couple of weeks.
Gib
Our mustangs need your voices.
ReplyDeleteGib and others who appreciate the legacy of our wild horses, you need to know about the latest Fed plans for our (yours and mine) wild horses! From MSNBC "Feds consider euthanizing wild horses in West"! Go to this site for more info http://www.msnbc.msn.com:80/id/25465974/from/ET/.
One of the plans being considered locally by the BLM is to reduce our McCullough Peaks herd to 70 horses. There is research that indicates a herd should be at least 100 horses (50 mares and 50 studs) to be genetically viable. If they must gather at all, and that is questionalbe since there are ~ 110,000 acres in the Peaks to support the horses and the interest of others who want to profit from our public lands please stress that the herd remain at least 100 horses (50 mares and 50 studs). And encourage the use of birth control to lessen the rapid herd increase and the need for future gathers. This is a much better alternative to rounding up our wild horses and killing them.
Please comment to the BLM by July 3rd., email: Cody_wymail@blm.gov. Your subject line must include "McCullough Peaks HMA Scoping Comments" or they will be disregarded!
Our mustangs need your voices!
There is no plan to euthanize horses in either the Peaks or Pryors, at least at this time.
ReplyDeleteI believe the Pryor and Peak herds are below the federal Bureau of Land Management's radar, because herd sizes are relatively small.
I am hoping to take a field trip with the BLM's Cody wild horse manager in the next few weeks. I'll keep your comments in mind when I visit with her.
I may watch the Pryor roundup in August or September too.
I'll keep you posted if you keep me posted. I want to know what folks are thinking. There will be a short story in Thursday's paper on not euthanizing...Thanks, Gib.
If the link provided by the Elder doesn't work (I couldn't get it to come up), try this one instead:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25465974/
Thanks for the comments Gib and cj,
ReplyDeleteMy concern is that once the Peaks horses are gathered we don't know what holding facility they may end up in. If it is in Nevada, will thay then be part of the euthanizing plan? Personally I hate the thought of any of the 'Wild Ones' being euthanized! We must find a better way!!!
If you want to read the Scoping Statement for the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area Gather here is the link: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/cyfodocs/mcculloughpeakshma.html
The Cloud Foundation has more information about the gather planned for the Pryor Mountain Herd at this site: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/news.html