BLM New Mexico manages two wild horse and burro herd management areas on nearly 29 thousand acres. The combined appropriate management level for all HMAs in the state is 83 animals.
A 2011 BLM page states there were only 63 wild horses, and 0 wild burros in all of NM for 29,000 acres of herd management area.
There are were several USFS Wild Horse Territories in New Mexico: • Caja del Rio •Jarita • Jicarilla • Heber -AZ ? • Mesa Las Viejas • Mesa Montosa • Deep Creek • San Diego • Chicoma
There were are Three USFS Wild Burro Territories: • Dome (Bandelier) • Saguaro -AZ ? • Double A -AZ ?
Many of these herd areas have been zeroed out completely as shown in this U.S. Forest Service WBT, February 2014
Since 1971, the BLM has removed approximately 700 animals from public rangelands in New Mexico.
CLAIM: Animals removed from public rangelands are offered to the public for adoption; un-adopted animals are cared for on open pastures for the rest of their lives. The reality of that claim – coming soon
The majority of info, statistics, and records listed here come directly from BLM and the government. They are a self-regulating industry with absolutely NO oversight or accountability. There is no independent accounting of this program at all. Due to this one-sided version it is believed the numbers listed here of wild horse and burro estimates, and removals are suspect and inaccurate. We will attempt to prove this with reviewing their claims with attached evidence and links to outside sources that have witnessed discrepancies and inaccuracies over the last 50 years since the passing of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971
IN THE NEWS – New Mexico
BORDO ATRAVESADO HMA #bordo
- NM0001 – horse / SOCORRO FO / Socorro County
- 19605 acres
- AML: 46-60
- Livestock AMU: 2,719 cattle
- EST 2020 # 98 horses # 0 burros # 273 cattle # 0 sheep
It is unclear how many of the 5 grazing pastures in the entire HMA that the horses have access too.
From what we can see in maps… it looks like horse ‘may’ have access to the top 3 pastures, and not the bottom two?
Populations records – BORDO ATRAVESADO
Bordo documents – EA, Decision Record, Fonsi…
2022 Master Allotment for operator #3002135 WAYNE GOLLIHEAIR – permitted use 2714 aums / livestock grazing on this allotment has been analyzed in EA-NM-050-00-61 (couldn’t locate) . It has also been determined that the fundamentals of rangeland health (43 CFR 4180) are being met. Actual use data by pastures is due within 30 days after the end of the grazing period (noted grazing is year long for 10 years). / portions of your allotment are in wilderness study area (WSA) STALLION NM-020-040. Only livestock grazing is authorized on this allotment / Management Plan Implemented Date: 04/01/1969 https://reports.blm.gov/reports/RAS
Aug 4 22 Press Release- BLM ISSUES DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON WILD HORSE GATHERhttps://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-issues-draft-environmental-assessment-wild-horse-gather-0 archive
Jul 26 2022 DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2022-0014-EA Bordo Atravesado HMA Wild Horse Gather Plan draft https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2020697/200528500/20064678/250070860/Bordo%20Atravesado%20Gather_Plan_EA_DRAFT.pdf archive EA – PDF
2022 Aerial survey mentioned in DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2022-0014-EA but no link available
2019 Bordo allotment Map https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/NewMexico_BORDO%20ATRAVESADO_map.pdf archive
2019 DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2019-0030-CX Authorize Grazing in Bordo Atravesado Allotment https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/1500383/510 archive
2019 Bordo grazing permit renewal – Notice of Decision – 10 year renewal for the full year cattle from 3/1 to 2/28 utilizing 83 % of public lands for WAYNE GOLLIHEAIR (noted in 2022 master allotment) https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/1500383/20000939/250001077/Bordo_Atravesado_NPD.pdf archive
2013 Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program – A Way Forward
Apr 25 11 Bordo Atravesado – Cothran genetic report starting on pg171-338
27 horses were tested in Bordo Atravesado NM AML60 (Ho 0.787, He 0.749, Fis –0.051) MNA 6.08
Ho = observed heterozygosity, He = expected heterozygosity under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, Fis =inbreeding coefficient, MNA = mean number of alleles per individual. For Herd Management Areas listed without genetic data, neither data nor reports were provided to the committee for review. DATA SOURCE: Genetic analyses of Herd Management Areas provided by E. Gus Cothran. To access the data, contact the National Research Council’s Public Access Records Office at paro@nas.edu.
Jun 3 2013 BLM Socorro Water Trap Method Wild Horse Gather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQtN_zxjs2k&list=UU27T9eDfe8iM-q9-4I8fBEA archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQtN_zxjs2k
EA-NM-050-00-61 (couldn’t locate)
Oct 26 12 A report presented to the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Review the Management of Wild Horses and Burros – AWI / state maps grazing – NM pg 339-40 https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/FinalWildHorseandBurroReportWithStateMaps10-26-12.pdf archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150420220516/https:/awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/FinalWildHorseandBurroReportWithStateMaps10-26-12.pdf 2012 pop est 95 horses Bordo graph pg229
May 12 10 Cloud Foundations evidence filled comment for 2010 Bordo gather https://thecloudfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bordo-comments_tcf_removalea_may2010.pdf archive
2010 Socorro Resource Management Plan BLM-NM-PL-10-03-1617 (September) https://archive.org/details/socorrofieldoffi00unit saved Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision Environmental Impact Statement 2008 https://books.google.com/books/download/Socorro_Resource_Management_Plan_Revisio.pdf?id=wP4xAQAAMAAJ&output=pdf archive
2010 DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2010-07-EA https://archive.org/details/socorrofieldoffi00unit
backup https://magoldin.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/doi-blm-nm-a020-2010-07-ea-final.pdf archivehttps://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nm/field_offices/socorro/socorro_planning/socorr_eas.Par.4361.File.dat/DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2010-07-EA.pdf archive the initial AML of 32 was established in 1980, improved conditions within the Bordo Atravesado allotment allowed the SFO to increase the AML to 50 in 1989. In 1992, 13 horses from an unrelated herd were introduced in order to improve genetic diversity. In 1997 and 1998, two stallions were introduced for the same purpose. Management activities within portions of the HMA are delicate, because they are overlapped by portions of the Stallion SMA and WSA. However, SFO has installed a solar water pump in 2007 to ensure steady water availability. A vegetation treatment was performed in 2002 in order to enhance forage and improve the watershed. / Previous gathers have been performed in 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005.
https://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en.html sep 30 07 archive https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-11-26/pdf/2019-25649.pdf
Sep 2010 Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision Environmental Impact Statement 2008 https://books.google.com/books/download/Socorro_Resource_Management_Plan_Revisio.pdf?id=wP4xAQAAMAAJ&output=pdf archive
2008 Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement – 21SMA (special management areas) with hma’s pg 189 https://books.google.com/books?id=wP4xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=Stallion+SMA&source=bl&ots=ivnmqodloW&sig=ACfU3U1EA7wBMtfsa-wb_lTnUuNraN94gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi18N6S2bj5AhUBK30KHVI9DxwQ6AF6BAgXEAM archive
2002 DRAFT- Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement / Socioeconomic /maps / appendices A-1 / appendice J – O – OHV routes and maps / air quality / energy & mineral / scoping notice / scoping report / Scoping Presentation/ OHV maps
https://www.loc.gov/item/2007395632/ https://www.nm.blm.gov/sfo/sfo_rmp_revision/sfo_rmp_revision.html may 1 03 archive dec 2 07 archive
1991 Wilderness Study Report (1991)
1991 Bordo Atravesado Wild Horse Herd Management Plan (1991)
1989 Socorro Resource Management Plan (RMP) BLM-NM-PT-89-021-4410
Resource Management Plan for the Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Socorro Field Office, August 1989, Socorro Resource Management Plan FEIS. Las Cruces District. https://ia800307.us.archive.org/30/items/socorroresourcem16unit/socorroresourcem16unit.pdf PDF GOOGLE BOOK
Manage the wild horse herd at an average of 50 horses and introduce outside stock to maintain a viable healthy herd
1988 September – Proposed Socorro resource management plan and environmental impact statement BLM-NM-PT88-015-4410 – This is the Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Socorro Resource Area. This Proposed RMP/Final EIS incorporates portions of the Draft RMP/EIS by reference and includes a summary of the Proposed Plan, a record of public comment on the Draft and the responses to those comments. All substantive changes to the Draft are itemized in the “Modifications and Corrections to the Draft RMP/EIS” section of this document. A limited number of copies of the Draft RMP/EIS are available from the BLM Socorro Resource Area, 198 Neel Ave. NW, Socorro, New Mexico, 87801. https://archive.org/details/proposedsocorror07unit/page/n1/mode/2up PDF
1988 January – Socorro Resource Management Plan Revision: Environmental Impact Statement
BLM-NM- PT-88-001-4410https://books.google.com/books?id=4wQzAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-SA1-PA19&lpg=RA8-SA1-PA19&dq=Stallion+SMA&source=bl&ots=yyfqD1ml0F&sig=ACfU3U1GNOHwC2IB4WG6go4ECQKdeyjP5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi18N6S2bj5AhUBK30KHVI9DxwQ6AF6BAgYEAM PDF
1988 New Mexico Statewide Wilderness Study EIS (1988)
1983 August – NEW MEXICO WILDERNESS Supplemental Draft Environmental Assessment
This document is a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for seven Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas in New Mexico. These seven areas originally contained significant amounts of “split estate” (Federal surface/non-Federal subsurface) which were deleted from Wilderness consideration following the Secretary of the Interior’s policy announcement of December 28, 1982. These deletions created new boundaries for the Wilderness Study Areas. These seven areas were then reinventoried and studied based upon their new boundaries. This Draft supplements the four BLM New Mexico District Draft EAs which were previously released on March 30, 1983. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/New_Mexico_wilderness_-_supplemental_draft_environmental_assessment_%28IA_newmexicowildern3152unit%29.pdf archive
1983 march Socorro District WILDERNESS BLM- N 860307 B1 Draft Environmental GOOGLE BOOK
1980 New Mexico wilderness study area proposals : Socorro District (NM-020-040 – Stallion WSA, NM 020-043 HORSE MOUNTAIN, NM 020-044/045 CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, NM-047 A/8 DEVIL’S BACKBONE, NM 020-048 A/B/C MAGDALENA,NM 020-051 PADILLA,NM 020-053 ANTELOPE,NM 020-056A/B LUMBRE/CRAWFORD HOLLOW,NM 020-061 CANYON,NM 020-64 BIG YUCCA,NM 020-065 OFFSPRING) Some areas approved for WSA, some areas not.
https://archive.org/details/newmexicowildern00kenn PDF saved
42,700 acres / The Stallion Unit is known to support forty-nine wild horses / Stallion Unit appears to have been affected by both the forces of nature and man. The imprint of man is quite noticeable throuqhout most of the unit: 77+ prospect mining pits, approx 40.4 miles of vehicle access routes, thirty-seven miles of barbed wire fence are present within Stallion Unit NM 020-040. Unit does not qualify for wilderness study. The restrictions imposed by Section 603 will no longer apply to the unit. (noted in ‘2022 Master allotment’, livestock grazing is 2714 aum)
Section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (rev2016) for designation as a Wilderness Study Area. (“Except as provided in section 314, section 603, and subsection (f) of section 601 of this Act and in the last sentence of this paragraph, no provision of this section or any other section of this Act shall in any way amend the Mining Law of 1872 or impair the rights of any locators or claims under that Act, including, but not limited to, rights of ingress and egress.“)
1979 East Socorro Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (1979)
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2022 MAPS
BORDO ATRAVESADO NM01254, Cattle / Total AUMs 2,719 – Livestock use 273 (consists of 5 pastures)
Pastures
0001 NEW WELL
0002 BUSTOS
0003 HORSE
0004 FRANCISCO
0005 NEW TANK
2022 Master Allotment for operator #3002135 WAYNE GOLLIHEAIR – permitted use 2714 aums / livestock grazing on this allotment has been analyzed in EA-NM-050-00-61 (couldn’t locate) . It has also been determined that the fundamentals of rangeland health (43 CFR 4180) are being met. Actual use data by pastures is due within 30 days after the end of the grazing period (noted grazing is year long for 10 years). / portions of your allotment are in wilderness study area (WSA) STALLION NM-020-040. Only livestock grazing is authorized on this allotment / Management Plan Implemented Date: 04/01/1969
2019 DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2019-0030-CX Authorize Grazing in Bordo Atravesado Allotment https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/1500383/510 archive
2019 Bordo grazing permit renewal – Notice of Decision – 10 year renewal for the full year cattle from 3/1 to 2/28 utilizing 83 % of public lands for WAYNE GOLLIHEAIR (noted in 2022 master allotment) https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/1500383/20000939/250001077/Bordo_Atravesado_NPD.pdf archive saved
IN THE NEWS – Bordo
May 12 10 Cloud Foundations evidence filled comment for 2010 Bordo gather https://thecloudfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bordo-comments_tcf_removalea_may2010.pdf archive
Jul 31 22 https://westernhorsewatchers.com/2022/07/31/new-bordo-atravesado-resource-enforcement-plan-out-for-review Grazing / horse calculations
2018 https://www.facebook.com/groups/373116526209150/posts/1605499449637512/ One of my mustangs that I did DNA on very interesting results. I don’t see many from her HMA Bordo Atravesado would love to learn more about them.. ASTRAEA got her DNA results back today. Saved DNA – ASTRAEA
2012 Wrangler Uses Gentler Way To Corral Horses – Albuquerque Journal https://www.abqjournal.com/100227/wrangler-uses-gentler-way-to-corral-horses.html archive Dan Elkins of Mt. Taylor Mustangs uses bait and trap method / The Bureau of Land Management also oversees a few herds on its land in New Mexico: Bordo Atravesado east of Socorro, Godfrey Hills south of Oscura, Carracas Mesa and Rosa Community along the Colorado border in northwest New Mexico, and in the Punche Valley south of Antonito, Colo. / He noted that his family ran cattle on their ranch, but he got out of that business. “I like wild horses better”
May 7 10 https://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/comments-on-planned-blm-bordo-altravesada-roundup/ archive BLM #’s inconsistent
2021 BLM authorizes burro gather in Inyo and San Bernardino counties – April 2021 – No gather reports located
Previous gathers have been performed in 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005 shown in DOI-BLM-NM-A020-2010-07-EA. States in 2013 the way forward that a gather took place in jan 2011 (pg316)
CONTRACTS LOCATED
2012 NM SOCORRO / VDC INL12PX00771 / (05/01/2012-05/09/2013) / CLOSED / $14,029.00 / 2012 BORDO ALTRAVESAD WILD HORSE GATHER / 1 / psc R499 / nais 112111
2010 NM SOCORRO / VDC INL10PX02181 -2 / (06/15/2010-05/31/2011) / OPEN / $11,830.00 / BORDO ATRAVESADO WILD HORSE GATHER /1
2012 NM SOCORRO INL12PX00861 – 4 / (05/11/2012-05/09/2013) / CLOSED / $7,799.00 / HAY FOR BORDO ATRAVESADO HORSE GATHER 2012 / 1 / sol L12PS0043
2012-13 NM SOCORRO / INL12PX00817 -2 / (05/07/2012-05/09/2013) / CLOSED / $7,633.38/ SFO WILD HORSE VETERINARIAN SERVICES /
2010-11 NM SOCORRO / INL10PX02182 – 3/ (06/15/2010-05/31/2011) / CLOSED / $12,230.10 /VETERINARIAN SERVICES / L10PS01406 – NM-RIO PUERCO FIELD OFFICE
JMA herd area shows nothing but grazing now, and isn’t a part of the map for Jacarilla
- ? / Farmington Field Office
- 32000 acres: The BLM managed herd area is 8,999 acres. The adjacent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Jicarilla Ranger District-managed Jicarilla Wild Horse Territory (WHT) is approximately 76,000 acres. The BLM and USFS jointly manage the Jicarilla wild horse herd.
- AML: 23 ? / The USFS Jicarilla WHT AML is 50-105, making the joint management AML for the herd 73-128 head.
- Livestock AMU: 1567 cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 ? horses # 0 burros # 259 cattle # 0 sheep
NOTED (oct 30 21): I question this claim of AML 23. I believe this herd has been totally dissolved already. This area according to documents and noted by Western watershed grazing allotments on arcgis map shows no herd area listed at all (see images). Also BLM states on herd site: Livestock grazing is permitted on most of the Herd Area, while an approximately 9,000 acre parcel has been relinquished for wildlife and wild horses. (It just so happens BLM hma is 8999 acres, and same is missing from images). Just a matter of time before Carracas link goes dead.
Wildlife: Wildlife commonly viewed in the Herd Management Area include black bear, mountain lions, mule deer, elk, bald and golden eagles, red tail hawks, ravens, and a host of smaller terrestrial wildlife.
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020
Rosa Community NM05058, Cattle / Total AUMs 1567 – Livestock use 259
BLM authorizes burro gather in Inyo and San Bernardino counties – April 2021 – No gather reports located
- 00614 Horse – USFS / active but no burro / Espanola Ranger District
- 8,809 acres
- AML: none given, no count noted at all / AWHC claimed 60 in an article
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # ? horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
# 2020 – ?, 1975 – 55, 1978 – 37, 1988 – 45
Wildlife: mule deer and mountain lions.
The herd history is not well known. The herd may be quite old since it is in close proximity to the earliest Spanish settlements and first source of horses. Wild horses have been known to frequent the Caja since at least 1934. After passage of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971, the Caja Wild Horse Territory was officially recognized and listed. In 1975, 1978, and 1988, studies were conducted to obtain information on the herd. The 1975 study estimated a population of 55 horses; the 1978 study estimated a population of 37 horses; and the 1988 study estimated a population of 45 horses. From the date of herd designation, there have been neither herd reductions nor herd supplementation. There is only speculation to account for the relatively stable herd numbers: lion predation, illegal shooting and capture, or disease
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020
USFS – CAJA DEL RIO, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? /66,873ac
Need records for livestock #’s
CHICOMA WBT
- 00614 Burro – USFS / inactive 1988 nepa / Espanola Ranger District
- 2,893 acres
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 2 / records as of 2020
USFS – Chicoma, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 8,189 ac
USFS – Oso-Vallecitos, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 43,925ac
Need records for livestock #’s
DEEP CREEK WHT
- ? / USFS / Glenwood Ranger District / Gila National Forest
- acres
- AML: ?
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 0 cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: ? / records as of 2020
USFS , Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / ac
Need records for livestock #’s
2018 Advocates Go after Ranchers Forest Permit After Wolf’s Death
IN THE NEWS – Gila National Forest
DOME WBT
- JEMEZ RANGER DISTRICT
- 00323 Burro – USFS / inactive 2005 nepa
- 3,426 acres
- AML: ?
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 0 cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020
USFS Alamo, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 22,017 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
GODFREY HILLS HMA
- NM0002 / district
- 27,108 acres: BLM 9,407
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: 790 cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 68 cattle # 0 sheep
Energy Conflicts:
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020 See individual HMA’s
2020 Livestock AMU: Livestock use: WHB:
GODFREY HILLS NM63079, Cattle / Total AUMs 790 – Livestock use 68
HEBER WHT ?
- EL RITO RANGER DISTRICT / 505-581-4554
- 0201 Horse – USFS / Nepa 2002 – active but no burro
- 23,882 acres
- AML: 20 and 70
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
Wildlife: include black bear, mule deer, elk
Livestock grazing is permitted within the wild horse territory.
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020
USFS Jarita Mesa, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 64,266 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
Removals
2011 https://www.krwg.org/post/wild-horse-roundup-el-rito facility East Canon Correctional Complex in Colorado
- JICARILLA RANGER DISTRICT / Stan Dykes 505-632-2956
- 0301 Horse – USFS / Nepa 2004 – active
- 75,986 acres
- AML: 50 and 105
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020 – and planned revisions
USFS Jarita Mesa, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 64,266 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
12-069 – Jarita Mesa Livestock Grazing Association et al v. United States Forest Service et al
Carson National Forest Revision of Land and Resource Management Plan
Revision of the 1986 Carson National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan to update plan direction – Under Analysis
Energy Conflict: Yes / 5
Jicarilla Ranger District is well-roaded due to significant oil and gas development.
Carson National Forest Projects – subject to changes
Coleman Oil and Gas, Inc., Well locations and ancillary facilities.proposes to construct, drill, produce, and maintain three natural gas well locations and associated ancillary facilities. – Analysis Completed
Coleman Oil and Gas, Inc., Carson 32-4-32 #1H well location and ancillary facilities.proposes to construct, drill, produce, and maintain a natural gas well location, with two wells, and associated ancillary facilities. – Under Analysis
LOGOS Resources II, LLC Rosa East Compressor site and Rosa East Receiver site pipeline project.proposes to construct a pipeline compressor site and a pipeline receiver site to support their existing pipeline gathering system. – Analysis Completed
Hilcorp Energy Company, San Juan 30-5 Unit #249H well location and ancillary facilities.Hilcorp Energy Company proposes to construct, drill, produce, and maintain a natural gas well location and associated ancillary facilities. – CANCELLED
Williams Four Corners, LLC (WFC) Special Use Authorization, Oil and Gas PipelineThe Forest Service is proposing to approve an application for a special use authorization, submitted by WFC. The special use authorization would allow WFC to operate and maintain an existing natural gas pipeline and associated infrastructure system. – Under Analysis
LAWSUITS & LITGATION
Removals: December 2004, 12 wild horses
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/carson/home/?cid=FSBDEV7_011694 roundups and docs
MESA DE LAS VIEGAS WBT
- COYOTE RANGER DISTRICT/CANJILON RANGER DISTRICT
- 00102 Burro – USFS Wild Horse and Burro Territory / inactive
- 24,413 acres
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 3 / records as of 2020
USFS Chama, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 40,363 ac
USFS Cebolla, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 20,600 ac
USFS English, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 8,256 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
MESA MONTOSA WBT
- CANJILON RANGER DISTRICT
- 00101 Burro – USFS Wild Horse and Burro Territory / inactive
- 21,578 acres
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # ? cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 3 / records as of 2020
USFS Mogote, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 16,596 ac
USFS El Rito- Lobato, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 95,407 ac
USFS Canjilon, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 24,822 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
OUTSIDE OF HERD AREAS – NM
- NM000Z
- 70,809 acres: BLM 54,742
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle / ? x5= ? sheep
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 0 cattle # 0 sheep
Last removal: Apr-95 Last Gather Mo/Year is based on 10 or more animals removed during the fiscal year.
PUNCHE VALLEY HMA
- NM0004 / district
- 70,809 acres: BLM 54,742
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle / ? x5= ? sheep
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 0 cattle # 0 sheep
Energy Conflicts:
Grazing allotments: ? / records as of 2020
2020 Livestock AMU: Livestock use: WHB: 0
2019 Livestock AMU: Livestock use: WHB 0
Need records for livestock #’s
, Sheep & Cattle / Total AUMs 0 – Livestock use 0
SAN DEIGO WBT
- JEMEZ RANGER DISTRICT
- 00327 Burro – USFS Wild Horse and Burro Territory / inactive 2005 nepa
- 2,274 acres
- AML: 0
- Livestock AMU: ? cattle
- EST 2020 # 0 horses # 0 burros # 0 cattle # 0 sheep
Grazing allotments: 1 / records as of 2020
USFS San Diego, Cattle / Total AUMs ? – Livestock use ? / 80,439 ac
Need records for livestock #’s
Appropriate Management Level (AML) of horses and burros per Herd Management Area (HMA)
An AML (low-High) is the amount of animals they will let remain in areas
Animal Management Unit (EST AMU) = Current individual population estimates on HMA,
An AUM is the amount of forage needed to sustain one horse (1.27 aum), one cow per 1000 lbs (1 aum),
two burro (.5 aum), five sheep (.18 aum), or five goats (.19 aum) for a month
HINT: How to read EST AMU: ( ? = yes, needs actual animal #’s / 0 = none / blank = unknown)
# ? horses # 0 burros # cattle # sheep
This NEW MEXICO HMA project will include gatherable information from a multitude of verified sources and combine it all together for a complete access point for wild horses of this state. It will show you FACTS and links to BLM, ROUNDUPS, MEDIA, ADVOCATES (on the ground), SANCTUARIES, NON PROFITS, YEARLY HISTORY, STATISTICS, RECORDS OF ABUSE, RESEARCH, POLITICS, CATTLE INDUSTRY, and any other important data for complete oversight in relation to the BLM’s activity related to the Herd Management Area’s of this nation’s wild horse herds.
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