It's not news that America is a cowboy nation, but it may surprise many that we are destroying the horse we rode in on.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Mike Henderson
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he very concept of establishing and maintaining a thriving natural ecological balance between wild horses and cattle on public lands shows the folly of this approach. Cattle ranchers wish to extract all possible use from the areas that they lease on the public lands, and wish their cattle to get to the heaviest slaughter weight as quickly as possible. This approach and process contradict and manipulate the natural processes by which a biotic community sustains itself in any environment. The presence of commercially exploited cattle on public lands prevents, by definition, the establishment or maintenance of a thriving natural ecological balance. It is clear that when an agency chooses to "manage" land according to a grazing model, its determinations will be very different from those of an agency following a wildlife model.
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Summary of findings listing 550 as carying capacity for just the allotment of the study area.
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chart showing carying capacity
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"These horses are descended from the pioneers who settled Nevada," Butler said. "These are the horses who made it possible for people to come out here in the first place."
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How do you humanely manage a population.
How many people come to view the horses? -
How many people visit the gift shop?
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"We at Let 'em Run are in the process of creating a sanctuary where visitors can come view the horses in their natural habitat
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The State of New Mexico has a natural and cultural resource that should be used to meet Governor Richardson's goal of increased tourism and revenue for the State.
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Urge the USDA Forest Service to Stop the Round-up of over 100 Wild Horses in the Jicarilla National Wild Horse Territory, which is the last large herd in NM of over 200 Wild Horses. New Mexico needs this herd at its current size for tourism as well as for genetic viability over time.
WHOA's presentation to the USDA Forest Service's Regional Director promoted the use of birth control and maintaining the herd at 200. WHOA also discussed how the Jicarilla Ranger District of the Carson National Forest can facilitate the utilization of the Jicarilla Wild Horses Territory (JWHT) for Eco-Tourism, Rural Economic Development, Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Identities of New Mexico, and Natural History Education.
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The "wild" horses on Assateague are actually feral animals,
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Those pushing for a reduced herd size include Doug Busselman of the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation, who says studies have shown the Virginia Range can handle only about 400
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What about expanding programs like this as a management tool?
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What's the difference between a wild horse and estray?
"Actually nothing," said Hank Curry, horse trainer for the program. "It's just where they're caught. Most of the estray horses are caught on Nevada state land. It just depends on what side of the river they're on the day they caught them." -
The starting bid for horses is $150, and prices have reached $4,000 for popular horses. All of the money returns to Silver State Prison Industries. In the past year, the program, which includes the manufacturing of draperies, mattresses, jeans and denim jackets, the restoration of cars and other vehicles, and a printshop and bindery, has returned more than $400,000 to the state.
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Benefit to prison system
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Nevada Department of Agriculture Position Statement
Regarding Virginia Range Estray Horses
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The Department's long term goals are to annually remove 250 to 350 head per year until the agreed upon population level of
550± head is attained and maintain this population level to: a) evaluate the range carrying capacity; b) minimize public safety
issues; c) reduce land owner-estray horse conflict; d) increase cooperation and coordination with special interest groups to
assure all horses gathered are adopted in a timely manner; and, e) expand collaboration
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2002 saw an increase in gather numbers to 195 horses processed
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Since most of the land in the Virgini Range heard area is private it falls outside the jurisdiction of the BLM and by association the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act (WH&B act). Instead it is administered by the Nev Dept. of Agriculture.
Mike Henderson