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July 19, 2011Wild Horses: BLM Backs Down from Plans to Sterilize Two Wyoming Wild Horse Herds
August 3, 2011Wild Horses: Pryor Mountain Herd Targeted for Removals AGAIN!
Cloud in his home on the Pryor Mountains
After spending 3 days on top of the mountain with Cloud’s herd I arrived home to a letter from the Bureau of Land Management:
Scoping Notice For Capturing and Removal of Wild Horses in the Pryor Mountains.
Yes, again – even though the herd was rounded up as recently as in August of 2009, even though they have been administering birth control in the form of pzp utilizing field darting, still this is not enough for the BLM.
This notice is dated July 28, 2011 and is NOT on the Billings BLM Field Office Website. They are proposing a “non-helicopter capture and removal operation of wild horses” which “could include bait trapping, water trapping, herding or a combination of techniques.”
A stallion and foal cannot get through the fence to reach their historic summer and fall range
The reasoning behind this proposal is that AML (Appropriate Management Level) for the Pryor Mountain Herd is between 90 – 120 horses, excluding the current year foal crop, and right now the population is exceeding this AML. They estimate the current population to be 150 plus 17 foals.
This action is supposed to “prevent deterioration of the range” and “maintain a thriving ecological balance.”
There is no mention of how many horses they plan to remove, nor is there any mention of when exactly this removal is supposed to take place, but it will be next year, 2012.
The timing is very interesting and not at all surprising given the presence of the new fence which now cuts this herd off from its historic and annually used summer and fall range, onto the Forest Service Lands. If the BLM does do their Environmental Assessment this late summer while the horses are milling around, trying to find a way to their normal range and not being able to, and then grazing down the Herd Management Area on top of the mountain, it will be easy for them to prove that there is degradation of the range – degradation that they have caused by erecting this monstrosity of a $300,000 fence.
Here is the link to the scoping document, finally posted on the Billings BLM website:
http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/info/newsroom/2011/august/pryorscoping.html
“The public is encouraged to participate throughout the EA process.”
You may make comments in writing to:
Jim Sparks, Field Manager
BLM – Billings Field Office
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Fax 406-896-5281
“Questions should be directed to: Jared Bybee, Wild Horse and Burro Specialist: 406- 896-5223.”
They make a note that “submissions in the form of petitions are not considered comments. Submission of form letters or talking points is typically considered as one comment, since they repeat the same thing and typically originate from the same source.”
Will this foal be removed from the Pryors?
In other words, the BLM is making it as hard on the public to comment as possible – no email address for comments, just mail and fax. This will not stop the public from commenting against this proposed action.
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I am speechless. Stunned.
Yes, the BLM always makes it as hard as they can do totally disregard the wishes of the American Taxpayer. And don’t forget their other favorite roadblock: unplugging the phones.
no no no can’t we make it harder on them. Get them into court. Get a stay and make them understand this is not the thing to do. OMG. They need to be stopped. Turn up the heat and let them feel it
Once again, my heart breaks at reading this disturbing news—this cannot be happening AGAIN! OMG WHAT CAN WE DO?????? How dare they completely ignore the wishes of the tax payers who are paying their salary’s! “AS “GOD” is my witness, there will be justice, I pray, some day soon!!!!!!~
OK. So they’ve said: No petitions, that no matter how many names on a petition, it will just count as one. Same for Form letters. counts as one person. So,we need to each write an individual letter AND call. Not too much, really, considering what’s at stake. The future of our wild horses and Burros. PLEASE, everyone don’t let this happen! Don’t let them win!! The systematic eradication of our Wild Herds has GOT to be stopped. Do take the time to write and call the people posted above, Before it’s too late and our wild ponies are just a distant memory///
This is again showing the BLM for what they are. They are bast__ds and flaunt their despicable actions in front of our noses constantly. We must win this fight. We must save Cloud and his herd and all the other wild horses that will be rounded up, many of which will not make the trek. We need to save the wild horses, 40,000 plus, that languish in the BLM’s horrible corrals. We need to bombard them with court cases all over the place. Can we get more attorneys to donate their time, energies, and brilliant court skills to get the BLM’s studid employees reeling from all the lawsuits? I wish we could and I wish the totality of the lawsuits are broadcast on all TV stations across our beautiful United States, encouraging more people to come to the horses cause and against this disgusting government agency. Maybe when they are so hated and shown for what they are, they will turn their heads in the direction of coming to our side of saving the ranges for these horses and throwing the cattlemen a bow and arrow to swallow.
I’M JUST FED UP. NOT JUST THIS…ALL OF IT. BEATING UP THE POOR PEOPLE AND THE MIDDLE CLASS, SCREWING UP THE ENVIRONMENT, “CULLING THE HORSES TO ALLOW MORE COWS TO EAT. IS THERE ANYWAY THAT WE CAN STOP THIS THING BEFORE THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS RULED BY THE CORPORATE GOONS…THEY REALLY DO NOT HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD AS LONG AS THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS GROW EVERYDAY. IT REALLY IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO A CLASS WARFARE.. US…THEM. I’m ready to take action.. if it doesn’t cost much…this Realtor is poor as a church mouse.
I´m so sad ……. Had the BLM-letter in the mail yesterday…..and almost couldn´t believe….
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the last time I tried to send the BLM a letter thru their link, sent it at 9pm; it came back, having timed out at 11:59pm, deadline was midnight! said their inbox was full. I sent it three times, came back three times.
so, don’t wait until the last minute, or even the last day.
The BLM needs to be hit with one law suit after the other. That seems to be the only thing that will slow them down. They never give up. They won’t stop until all the wild horses are gone.