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[Hilljackoutlaw]

Wildlife rebounds from ecological ‘crisis’ following wild horse roundups on Wind River Reservation - WyoFile

Federal and tribal biologists are amassing data on the recovery of the Wind River Indian Reservation’s rangeland, and early results suggest there were immediate, dramatic effects from large-scale roundups.

wyofile.com

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Looking at you nevada and arizona.
An extensive study needs to be done over the next few years and then be published everywhere and then the wild horse should be officially labeled as an invasive species!

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Other horse news.

Overpopulated wild horses are hurting sage grouse survival rates, Wyoming study finds - WyoFile

Research, nearly 15 years in the making, suggests that non-native equines add another stressor to the struggles of sagebrush-dependent birds.

wyofile.com

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Wildlife rebounds from ecological ‘crisis’ following wild horse roundups on Wind River Reservation - WyoFile

Federal and tribal biologists are amassing data on the recovery of the Wind River Indian Reservation’s rangeland, and early results suggest there were immediate, dramatic effects from large-scale roundups.

wyofile.com

Good on the tribe for making this a priority. Like you said, maybe the other states will finally take notice.

 

[Ought Six]

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[MTGomer]

I am pretty open to other peoples opinions, but I have two very different topics that I don’t think there’s more than one valid viewpoint

One.
Feral horses and burros should be eradicated with a sense of urgency. Aerial gunning should begin at sunrise.

Two.
If you believe changing the clock makes the days longer, you are beyond helping

 

[TheTone]

I am pretty open to other peoples opinions, but I have two very different topics that I don’t think there’s more than one valid viewpoint

One.
Feral horses and burros should be eradicated with a sense of urgency. Aerial gunning should begin at sunrise.

Two.
If you believe changing the clock makes the days longer, you are beyond helping

Anyone that can’t get behind those opinions needs help

 

[gouch]

Do you think people would take this guy more seriously if he put some pants on?

 

[Ought Six]

How long until we see the first grip n grin of some influencer with a wild horse?

 

[MTGomer]

How long until we see the first grip n grin of some influencer with a wild horse?

Or with someone’s prized show pony mistaken for a feral horse.

 

[rogerthat]

How long until we see the first grip n grin of some influencer with a wild horse?

I can get behind this effort. Good thinking.

 

[gouch]

Or with someone’s prized show pony mistaken for a feral horse.

I'm going to need another freezer

 

[Jwill]

So... ya think we can get the incoming administration to repeal the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971?

 

[shb]

Horse is delicious. If you could harvest , and eat them it would take some hunting pressure off the glamour species.

Also, there's enough running around in the WY red desert alone to feed all the Ukraine troops.


There's lots of practical solutions to this scourge.

 

[mtnrunner260]

Protected wild stallion found shot to death near Dugway

A wild stallion named Pyrite from the protected Onaqui herd was found shot to death on Sunday.

www.ksl.com

BLM could treat a good chunk of cheatgrass with the reward money

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Hopefully this plan goes ahead without a bunch of nonsensical push back.

BLM proposes new plan for Pryor Mountain wild horses

MONTANA - The Bureau of Land Management has released a proposed plan to manage wild horses on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, which spans parts of Montana and Wyoming.

www.kulr8.com

 

[tim629]

the interesting thing with the wild horses I would say over 80% (maybe even 90% but being conservative) of people who have adopted mustangs agree with them needing to be managed in some form or fashion. Obviously most of the people won't come out and publicly say that if they need to be hunted to reduce the population then so be it, but most mustang owners are not opposed to round-ups and say the helicopter is the safest and most efficient way to do it.

The non-mustang horse owners are probably bigger push back because they haven't taken the time to educate themselves so they are going to see it as a black & white issue, often when discussed they see the need for management.

The non-mustang, non-horse owners I'm going to guess are the biggest people that push back against any form of management and say "just let them be"

as with many things in life and especially the outdoor space, we need a few cool heads to come together from each group and come up with some serious options for the management then move forward with the blm instead of 10 smaller groups bombarding the blm with ideas, 2-3 groups going at it with good ideas could make some change