Canon City BLM Checkerboard Horses

Tom and I spent the day at the Canon City, Colorado BLM facility yesterday photographing the Checkerboard horses from Wyoming (Salt Wells, Adobe Town and Great Divide Basin HMA’s). I will be posting images as quickly as I can to a gallery on my website (http://www.nickolesphotography.com/f106188461) entitled “Canon City BLM Checkerboard Horses” that can be shared anywhere including Facebook. Below are just a few pictures of some of the horses waiting for new homes (please share). Tags beginning with a 7 are from Salt Wells. Those beginning with a 9 are from Divide Basin. I will need to get clarification on Adobe Town horses, but I believe they will also have tags beginning with a 7. These horses are being networked so there is no guarantee that a horse pictured will still be available. The next adoption day event is November 21st (but you can call to adopt at anytime with an approved adoption application). Information about the event, how to find out more about individual horses or to download adoption forms can be found at these links:

http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/wild_horse_and_burro.html

https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onsitegallery.php?horseCategory=99

Through the Canon City BLM office, the first 150 miles of shipping is FREE! There are group shipping options as well for folks that are interested in the horses, but live a distance away. Please contact the BLM office directly for specifics.

Lona Kossnar at (719) 269-8539, or email her at lkossnar@blm.gov

This little guy is affectionately known as “Bootleg.” He was an orphan but the BLM folks found a willing mare to “adopt” him. He’s a flashy one. Very young. Tag #7823 from Salt Wells.

Filly #9135. Pen 36C – Divide Basin.

Tag 7758 – he was in the 4 years old and under stud pen 8B. Good looking boy!

#7763 and #7772 in the 4 and under stud pen 8B – Salt Wells.

Ginger Kathrens (The Cloud Foundation) with a friendly mustang that needs a home.

Fran, Brian, Carol Walker and Amanda W. Fran Ackley and Brian Hardin were our very helpful escorts through the pens.

Fran Ackley with a lucky blue roan that has been adopted.

Tom with some of the friendlier horses available.

Ginger can’t resist these oh so adorable burros available for adoption.

One of the BLM mascots snuggles up to Tom as we call it a day.

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Action Alert – Great Divide Basin HMA

ACTION ALERT: BLM is asking for constructive and thoughtful comments on how to manage Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin Wild Horse Herd. We ask that you recommend alternatives that will allow horses to remain free with their family bands, “on the range.” Comment deadline is Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. Please, make your comments respectful and insightful. Go to this link for help with your comments: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/take-action-what-you-can-do/60-taking-action-for-wh-b/407-your-comments-are-needed

(Image: Beautiful palomino stallion from the Great Divide Basin). Please share! Thank you!

Photo Of The Week – 4/13/13

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Portrait of a few Piceance Creek HMA wild horses. The young mare on the right was rounded up and was available for adoption at the Canon City, CO BLM holding facility. I don’t know if she’s still there, but she’d be easy to find with her unique coloring and two blue eyes.

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Photo Of The Week – 03/30/13

A group of Salt Wells wild horses take off over a rise (Wyoming). These are some of the beautiful horses in danger of being permanently removed from their rangeland homes. You can read more about it here: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/news-events-and-media/press-releases/326-fed-l-government-plans-to-eliminate-wild-horses-from-2-million-acres-of-wyoming-public-land-to-satisfy-livestock-industry

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In Memory – “Greasewood” of Sand Wash Basin

I just read on Facebook that the big band stallion Greasewood from Sand Wash Basin was euthanized on 1/10/12. I’d seen some disturbing images taken by Nancy who writes the Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses Blog and I wondered how he was ever going to recover from such an injury. I also read that The BLM took his body to the Vet for examination where a 15 inch piece of barbed wire was found twisted around his leg. Such a tragedy.

There is now an effort being made to gather folks for a clean up week at the HMA in hopes that something like this won’t happen to any of the other wild creatures in the Basin. At least there may be something good to come from the loss.

In memory, photos of Greasewood from August, 2011.

The family he leaves behind without a protector…

White Sage

Yarrow

Demi

Beauty and heart. You’ll be missed big guy.

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