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Summer of Plein Air Local Glenrockian

Shows Artists the WaySee Story Page 2

Drug smuggler fails in attemptto deliver marijuana load

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Mustangs: Myth and Ma-nipulation in the American

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Back to School Home Repairs

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Draft environmental impact state-ment for Gateway West Transmis-

sion Line available for public reviewSee Story Page 4

From the Converse County Sherriff ’s Office

Our heartfelt thanks and great appreciation for any and all who took part in any aspect or way, in the recovery of Converse County Sheriff's Deputy

Bryan P. Gross.

By coming together at this tragic time, it was a testimate to the fiber of which this department and

community are made.

In the end, our prayers and actions could not change the outcome, but by recognizing the man we show tribute for, and his unselfish act perhaps without knowing, we are all changed in some

small way for the better.

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GEDC Appointment: The purpose of the Glen-rock Economic Development Corporation is to encourage growth in local income and employ-ment by working with existing businesses to aid in their development and expansion and to solicit new businesses to locate in the area. The GEDC Board currently has an open position for a Rolling Hills representative whose term would expire in June 2012. Would you like to be a part of this exciting planning committee? Call the Town Hall at 307-436-5348 today!

“The Mirror Tells The Tale!”

by Mike Pyatt

Most of my readers should re-call those crazy mirrors at the fair or carnival that distort your image to appear very thin and elongated or wide as a barn and squatty looking. Fortunately, you knew it wasn’t how you actually appeared-merely a “trick of the mirror”. That was for fun.Consider this: we cannot see our face. With the possible exception of staring down either side of our proboscis, depending on its size, absent the aid of a mirror or simi-lar object that casts a reflection, we’re limited to view the frontal part of our body, and a small por-tion of the back of our limbs. Not our face. We must rely on a mir-ror or someone else to describe our visage, or what they think we “look like” in a facile man-ner. Even a quick survey at our own hand can merely estimate the curve of our face, the soft or rough lines of our cheek or brow, or plumb the depth of the inset of our eye socket, for example. But such a facial scan is but an incomplete picture.A close, but slightly myopic, friend of mine from my Hoo-sier State insists, every time we reunite, that I haven’t changed since high school. He is generally

not prone to flattery. His assess-ment compels me to compare my vintage high school photo to any mirror in the house. The “mir-ror screams back loudly”. The unvarnished truth is now appar-ent. My friend surely meant that those who knew me back then may recognize me from my ba-sic features that haven’t changed drastically over the years. Our 50th high school reunion in 2012 will test that theory.Not surprisingly, we who have resisted “wrinkle removers”, “face lifts” or “laser surgery” that promote an elusive “foun-tain of youth” look, know they are nothing more than “quick fixes”, or worse over time. To test my skepticism, try applying one of those “wrinkle removers” to a raisin. One Hollywood star-let has had so many facelifts, her knees are now on the back of her neck.Genetics play a major role in our predominant endomorphic, ectomorphic, or mesomorphic physique. For the most part we will drag that basic frame to our grave. For my male counterparts who are proud members of the “bald eagles club” know that the paucity of hair is primarily the work of genetics. Next month will mark my 67th birthday, and, though my crop is graying, and cut short, with minor revisions, the original version is intact. No bragging rights. Just thankful each time the brush runs through it. Some of us still use hair gel, while others opted for “mop and glow” or wear a “rug”. Although it is unlikely that many covet baldness, more are even less in-clined to wear a hair-piece that is

about as undetectable as a 3 year old in a candy store.Gravity will have its way with all of us sooner or later. It’s only a matter of time. For those inclined to “remodel” the “old kisser”, most everything below the neck line slipped long ago. In compar-ing the two, it is a confusing pic-ture. “No Speedos,” please! And thongs should be worn only on the feet.Vanity has infected the entire race. Some more than others. To that degree most of us com-pensate for that aging process. Your’s truly follows an almost obsessive work-out regimen to mitigate the ravenous effects on the aging body. There’s nothing funnier or sadder than an aging person of either gender dressing like their offspring. Compensa-tion masquerades itself in many forms.It is, in fact, a commendable trait to look one’s best. That trait has fallen on hard times. When’s the last time you attended a wedding or funeral? Sandals, coveralls and bare midriff? Get the drift? The line betwixt “looking one’s best” and trying to “fool the mir-ror” is a fine one indeed. “Mir-ror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” That famous phrase uttered by the furious, wicked witch in the 1812 Broth-ers Grimm, “Snow White“, is a question better left to the witch. What do you see? “The Mirror Tells the Tale!” What do you think? For comments and questions directed to Mike, email him at: PyattsPieces@theglenrockbird.com

Summer of Plein Air - Local Glenrockian Shows Artists the Way

by Amanda Smith Glenrockian artist and all around incredible woman, Ginny Butch-er, sought out to make some of her dreams come true, and she did... with a little paint, a blank canvas, a vision and a brush.

Several years ago Butcher de-cided to turn the lower level of her home into a quaint living area for travelers looking for a unique place to stay. She calls the new bed and breakfast like quarters "Thistle Hollow"... and its as adorable as the name im-plies. Though Ginny doesn't necessarily follow the theme of bed and breakfasts, its the clos-est this writer can come to des-cibing it. Just off the Old High-way in Glenrock Ginny and her husband Dwayne offer separate rooms and a private bath on the lower level of their home and provide a continental sort of "wake me up" of coffee and pastries. But you don't just have to be a traveler coming through the beautiful town of Glenrock, Butcher caters to those who fol-low the same passion she does.

During the first and second week of August Butcher hosted a gath-ering of artists at Thistle Hollow, providing a workshop for the artists, on Plein Air Art. On Tuesday morning, August 9th Butcher led the way for the artists up Boxelder road in the

area of the Grant Ranch, and Turtle Rock Ranch. The artists, some from as far away as Colorado, spent the early morning hours creating mas-terpieces out of oils and acrylics, of the surrounding land-scape and intriguing objects (like the in-

famous Grant Ranch Barn) that grace the land, perfect for any artist at heart. Butcher calls this area of Wyo-ming "The undiscovered coun-try" commenting on the beauty of the rolling country side and the many historic outbuildings that are any painters dream. Dru Marie Robert (pronounced Robear) traveled from Long-mont, Colorado after learn-ing about Butcher and "Thistle Hollow" while participating in the Prairies to Peaks Show in Cheyenne. "Wyoming is a dif-ferent kind of beauty, having traveled through it but never re-ally visited, I decided I just had to paint there, and so here I am" stated Robert. Robert has been painting since she was about 13 and other than being involved in a car accident which caused her to take a hiatus of sorts from her

artwork, she has been creating works of art ever since. "I heard

about Ginny's generous offer and I just had to take her up on it" stated Robert about her stay at Thistle Hollow and Butcher's workshop. Cliff Austin lives just outside of Denver and traveled to Wyo-ming for B u t c h e r ' s workshop. Graduating from Rocky M o u n t a i n School of art in 1980 he started out with wa-tercolor and pastels but recently has been paint-ing with oils. Never having visited Wyoming before, Austin was pretty nervous about what

he could paint up here in the cowboy state and was pleasantly surprised with Buther's work-shop "I've only had the interstate view of Wyoming, and now that I'm here and experiencing it for myself it really is 'a hidden state.' " Butcher decided to hold the type of Plein Air Workshop where she can "lead" artists to great places to paint, rather than just have the artists fend for them-selves in search of great painting opportunities in which to create great works of art. "There are so many beautiful places to paint up here on Boxelder, there's al-ways something new to paint." States Butcher. Austin and Butcher both entered paintings in the Wyoming State Fair Plein Air event with Butch-er taking home the Wyoming Land Trust purchase award for her painting titled "Sum-mer Serenade." The painting was created up off Boxelder in Glenrock at Lester and Norma Jean Grant's ranch "Turtle Rock

Ranch." Austin took home the Overall Best of Show in the Plein Air event with a painting

Ginny Butcher (above) turns old things new with her amazing artistic abilities. Dru Robert depicts the classic

barn scene here under a gorgeous blue sky.

Cliff Austin’s artwork depicting classic vehicles

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Supreme Court says rapist will spend life

in prisonby Bill McCarthy CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Supreme Court said today a 54-year-old rapist will spend the rest of his life in prison.Warren W. Rathbun, who had two prior first-degree sexual as-sault convictions, tried to kidnap a woman in a parking garage east of the state Capitol in Cheyenne.Rathbun, who is incarcerated now, had been out of prison about two weeks before he punched the woman in August 2009.He ran when the woman screamed.She was the third woman he had approached in the parking ga-rage that day, supposedly seek-ing directions.Rathburn had been held for more than 19 years in the Wyo-ming State Penitentiary for first-degree sexual assault. He had first-degree sexual assault con-victions in 1989 and 1990.The Wyoming Tribune Eagle

reported during Rathburn’s sen-tencing that Laramie County District Attorney Scott Homar argued for the life sentence. Rathbun had a “long criminal career” that began in 1977.Rathbun has spent three to five years out of incarceration in 30 years and tried to reentered soci-ety five or six times, Homar said.In his appeal, Rathbun argued that an attempted kidnapping charge amounted to double jeop-ardy.Rathbun had been sentenced to six months for battery of the woman after a circuit court judge said there was not enough evidence to warrant a felony kid-napping charge. Homar, howev-er, filed the felony charge a sec-ond time based on new evidence.The Supreme Court said that battery and kidnapping are dif-ferent crimes.He also unsuccessfully argued that the judge used the wrong penalty range when sentencing him.

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Mustangs: Myth & Manipulation in the American West

[This article was originally published in The Progressive Rancher Magazine, and was sent as a response to Time Magazine after their publication of a biased and inaccurate article - Billionaire Pickens' Wife Battles

for Wild-Horse Sanctuary - TIME]By Linda Bunch & Becky Lisle

Since its passage in 1971, the Wild Horse & Burro Act and the animals it protects have become a powder-keg in the West, gen-erating a great deal of passion from various sides of what has become a volatile and highly po-larized issue.

Unfortunately, but probably not surprising, misrepresentations and distortions of truth have become standard throughout the entire debacle because of mustang advocacy groups' per-ception and very vocal, wel¬l-orchestrated, and well-financed campaign to the effect that great cruelties and injustices are suf-fered by the mustangs at the hands of the BLM and public land users. As area rancher and neighbor of the Mustang Monu-ment, Hank Vogler was heard to

quip when quoting Wyatt Earp: "If the truth gets in the way of legend, print the legend!"

Some of the misinformation, circulated widely and without discretion as truth, is so outland-ish that long-time wild horse ad-vocate and activist Willis Lamm was compelled to write an article with the intention of distinguish-ing true advocates from fringe groups. He noted that the wild horse advocacy movement has lost much credibility in recent years because of what he re-ferred to as the Hysteria Corps, laptop experts, and self promot-ers.

Of the Hysteria Corps, Lamm stated: (they) "are addicted to sensationalism. They are in-vested in bizarre, fantastic sto-ries such as truckloads of horses disappearing in the night, BLM

running horses off cliffs and a host of other ludicrous concoc-tions. " Lamm explained about the laptop experts that "anyone with basic internet savvy can start a web page or a blog and portray himself or herself as a journalist and/or expert in any subject," and of the self-promot-ers, "there are a few individu-als who see the cause as a means to increase their own esteem, to sell something and/or to collect money. Oftentimes the self pro-moters will present themselves as experts, in some instances of-fering credentials that they don't actually have."

The ever-present theme is that greed of the natural resource in-dustry is the underlying reason for mustang removal, and the rallying cry of mustang advoca-cy groups is "let them run free." Some groups go as far as to sug-

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Drug smuggler fails in attemptto deliver marijuana load

Cheyenne – An alleged drug smuggler has failed in his at-tempt to deliver his 188 pound load of high grade marijuana to points east of Wyoming. The load of high grade marijuana had originated in California and accord-ing to the smuggler was to be delivered in Penn-sylvania. Fifty-six year-old James Richburg was stopped by a Trooper on Sunday on eastbound Interstate 80 approximately 15 miles west of Cheyenne after a motorist called in to report that Richburg had run into the complainant’s ve-hicle while traveling through a construction zone. Troopers were able to determine that Richburg’s Budget Rental truck had possibly run a vehicle off the road in the construction zone and Richburg may have not known it at the time. While questioning Richburg Troopers noticed that he was very nervous.

In fact, when first contacted by Troopers Richburg failed to put his truck in park and it continued rolling.

A Wyoming Highway Patrol drug detection K-9 was deployed around the outside of Richburg’s rental truck and did alert indicat-ing the presence of drug contra-band. Troopers opened the rear of the truck and discovered 19 boxes of high grade marijuana hidden under and comingled within a load of household fur-niture. Inside the boxes were

vacuum sealed bags containing the 188 pounds of marijuana. Richburg has been charged with

felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The marijuana has a street value of approximately $1,128,000.00. Troopers are being assisted in this investigation by Special Agents with the Wyo-ming Division of Crimi-nal Investigation. The Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9’s are trained to detect narcotics and are utilized to conduct

drug sniffs of vehicles to locate narcotics being transported from one location to another. The Wyoming Highway Patrol drug detecting K-9, Trooper and K-9 training and the K-9 equipment were purchased with a fed-eral grant secured from HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area).

A view of the Budget rental truck after being opened by Wyoming State Troopers

Deadline approaches forWyoming tax refund program

The August 31 application deadline for the Tax Refund for Elderly & Disabled Program is quickly approaching, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.The program financially helps qualified applicants by providing a financial benefit intended as a refund of sales and use taxes, property taxes and utility and en-ergy costs.Those eligible, by statute, are in-

dividuals 65 years of age or old-er, or 18 years of age or older and 100 percent disabled for one full year prior to the application date. Income limits, based on 2010 income, are $17,500 for single individuals and $28,500 for mar-ried couples. Refund amounts are based on actual income with the maximum benefit for a quali-fied single person currently set at $800 and $900 for qualified mar-ried couples.

New applications are needed each year, and they must be postmarked by August 31. Eligi-bility is determined by the Wyo-ming Department of Health and checks are mailed for qualified applicants by December 20.Local senior centers around Wyoming have applications and details. More information is also available by calling 1-866-989-8901 or online athttp://health.wyo.gov/main/tred.html.

Home repairs for when the kids head back to school

(ARA) - As your family heads back to school, take some time to complete a few simple home re-pairs. Doing your "home"-work projects now will allow you to spend more time with your fam-ily and less time fixing, cleaning and repairing things this fall.

Get outside for some yard work After a summer full of outdoor fun, it's time to tidy the yard before winter comes. Clean and safely place any outdoor furni-ture in storage. Once the furni-ture is put away, give your deck or patio a good power washing. Bring your indoor plants back inside and prune your trees and shrubs to encourage healthy growth. You should also remove any leaves or debris from your gutters to avoid clogs or other drainage issues.

Inspect the driveway While you're outside, check your driveway and patch any cracks or potholes that may have re-sulted from the summer heat. You may also want to consider

resealing your driveway in the fall to keep it smooth and even all year long. Sealing your drive-way will also protect it from any winter snow or ice damage.

Organize your garage Fall is an ideal time to clean the garage and clear out any unwant-ed items your family has col-lected over the summer. Invest in a good storage system that will keep you organized, and clear pathways around vehicles and doors. Move your rake or leaf blower to the front of the garage and consider placing holiday or winter items in an accessible spot for the coming season.

Install a remote thermostat With the kids back in school, your home may now be unoc-cupied for a large portion of the day. Lowering your thermostat while the family's away can pro-vide substantial cost savings. A programmable thermostat will allow you to create custom tem-perature settings for the hours you are home and away. Some

models, like the AccuLink(TM) Remote Thermostat from Amer-ican Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, allow you to set and control your home's tem-perature remotely using most Web-enabled cellphones and computers.

Check and seal your windows Proper insulation will not only keep your family comfortable, but it may also help to improve the overall energy efficiency of your home. Air drafts are often easy to spot. First, make sure your windows are tightly shut. Then, feel around the edges of your windows for air leaks. If you feel a draft, you can easily seal the leaks with do-it-yourself caulk or weatherstripping.

Seasonal maintenance will help to protect your home and prepare it for winter. With a little effort this fall, your "home"-work will be sure to make the grade.

NNA Responds To USPS Announce-ment To Close 3,700 Post Offices

The National Newspaper Asso-ciation Board of Directors met with Postmaster General Pat Donahoe July 22 to discuss pre-serving Saturday mail. Donahoe outlined the U,S, Postal Servic-es's deep fiscal problems during that discussion. He said painful cuts in the number of post office

locations, emplouyees and days of service would be necessary or the USPS would go broke by next year. NNA's board said it would con-tinue its fight for six day mail de-livery. NNA's postal expert Max Heath has also offered to help

members affected by the USPS' announcement July 26 that 3700 post office outlets throughout the country are being eyed for pos-sible closure.

Laramie, Wyo., company creates program for military mental

health therapyCrile Carvey Consulting, Inc., (CCC) of Laramie, Wyo., is working on a proposal to fill a federal request for a web-based authoring program that would be used for military mental health therapy. The company received a $5,000 Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) Phase 0 award to assem-ble a team and submit a proposal to the Defense Advanced Re-search Projects Agency (DAR-PA) to pursue a Phase I SBIR award. CCC’s research and develop-ment division, OtraTech, is working on the project, which is to design, develop, prototype, test and commercialize a tool for creating online, graphics-based novels for therapeutic storytell-ing. The tool must be easy to use and proven to be therapeutically effective for both active service members and veterans. Crile Carvey, the company’s CEO, said OtraTech is well-suited to managing the project and has combined their own

software and database skills with professional, industry-rec-ognized graphic artists, expe-rienced military resources, and two established therapists, each with decades of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) therapy experience. “DARPA’s request for a web-based graphic novel authoring tool was an opportunity for us to combine our creative and analyt-ic expertise to design innovative software that will help today’s overburdened warfighter,” said Crile. “Crile Carvey Consulting is ex-tremely well-qualified to receive this WSSI Phase 0 award,” said Gene Watson, WSSI program manager. “They have assembled a team of balanced experts who have the necessary skills, experi-ence and leadership to produce a winning approach to addressing the PTSD issues identified by DARPA. We wish them well in their pursuit of this worth-while project.” For more information about

Crile Carvey Consulting, Inc., visit http://www.crile.com/ The Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative is sponsored by the Wyoming Business Council and administered by the University of Wyoming Office of Research and Economic Development. The mission of the partnership is to increase the number of federal SBIR awards received by Wyoming small businesses by providing funding assistance through the WSSI Phase 0 pro-gram. The program facilitates the preparation of competitive proposals in the annual national $2.5 billion SBIR competition for Phase I (up to $150,000) and Phase II (up to $1 million) awards. Any Wyoming tech-based, for-profit small business or individual desiring to submit a Phase I proposal to any of the eleven participating federal SBIR agencies is eligible to ap-ply for a WSSI Phase 0 award. For further information on the WSSI and SBIR programs, go to www.uwyo.edu/sbir or email-wssi@uwyo.edu.

Draft environmental impact state-ment for Gateway West Transmission

Line available for public reviewA draft environmental impact statement (EIS) analyzing a pro-posed electric transmission linebetween Wyoming and Idaho has been released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)for public review and comment. The public has until Oct. 28 to review and comment on thedraft EIS. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pub-lished a notice of availability of thedocument on July 29 which started the comment period. This project is jointly proposed by Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power, and would re-sult inconstruction of nearly 1,100 miles of high voltage transmis-sion lines across southern Wyo-mingand southern Idaho. The project proponents have applied to the BLM and U.S. Forest Service(USFS) for right of way grants to construct, operate and maintain transmission lines from theproposed Windstar substation near Glenrock, Wyo. to the pro-posed Hemingway substation nearMelba, Idaho, approximately 20 miles southwest of Boise. Construction of Gateway West would add 3,000 megawatts (MW) of transmission capacity.The transmission line will serve present and future needs of cus-tomers, enhance electric systemreliability and transmit electric-ity generated from new and ex-isting resources, including wind. The BLM is the lead federal agency for the National Envi-ronmental Policy Act process for thisproject, and is working with co-operating agencies including the USFS; National Park Service;U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Bureau of Indian Affairs; statesof Idaho and Wyoming, includ-ing the Idaho Army National Guard; Cassia, Power, and TwinFalls counties in Idaho; Carbon, Lincoln, and Sweetwater coun-ties in Wyoming; the Saratoga-Encampment-Riverside and

Medicine Bow conservation dis-tricts in Wyoming; and the City ofKuna, Idaho. The BLM, local, and state coop-erators have worked together to develop a range of reasonablealternatives to this proposed ac-tion that will be discussed during public information meetings.Those meetings are planned for: Idaho – Boise, Kuna, Murphy, Melba, Mountain Home,Twin Falls, Burley, Almo, Fort Hall, Montpelier, American Falls and Pocatello; Wyoming -Kemmerer, Rock Springs, Raw-lins, and Douglas; and Jackpot, Nev. Specific dates for meetingswill be announced at least two weeks in advance. All meetings will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. To submit comments and to re-view the draft EIS and related documents, including detailedmaps, visit the project website at: www.wy.blm.gov/nepa/cfodocs/gateway_west. Copies of the DEIS are available for public inspection during nor-mal business hours at thefollowing locations:•BLM, Wyoming State Office, Public Room, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne,Wyoming;•BLM, Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyo-ming;•BLM, Rawlins Field Office, 1300 N. Third St., Rawlins, Wy-oming;•BLM, Rock Springs Field Of-fice, 280 Highway 191 N., Rock Springs, Wyoming;•BLM, Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 189 N., Kemmer-er, Wyoming;•U.S. Department of Agriculture, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, 2468 Jackson St.,Laramie, Wyoming;•Medicine Bow-Routt National

Forest, Douglas Ranger District, 2250 E. Richards St.,Douglas, Wyoming. Copies of the DEIS will also be delivered to public libraries in project-area communities. Alimited number of copies of the document will be available as supplies last. To request a copy,contact Walt George, Project Manager, Bureau of Land Man-agement, Wyoming State Office,P.O. Box 20879, Cheyenne, Wy-oming 82003, 307-775-6116. All comments must be post-marked by Oct. 28 and will be incorporated into the final EIS thatwill be used to make a final deci-sion on the proposal. Comments can also be made to the BLM via the project Web site at: www.wy.blm.gov/nepa/cfodocs/gateway_west, via the project E-mail address (Gate-way_West_WYMail@blm.gov) or inwriting to Bureau of Land Man-agement, Gateway West Project, P.O. Box 20879, Cheyenne, WY82003. To be most useful, public comments should be received by Oct. 28. The BLM manages more land - more than 245 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, knownas the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 bil-lion, also administers 700 mil-lion acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout thenation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use andenjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accom-plishes this by managing such activities as outdoorrecreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and en-ergy production, and by conserv-ing natural, historical,cultural, and other resources on public lands.

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gest that all captive mustangs be returned to the range, regard-less of the ecological disaster it would create.

In Australia, pressure from ac-tivist groups and the resulting "let them run free" policy has resulted in a monumental crisis with both feral horses and feral camels. The Australian feral horse population is estimated to be as many as 400,000, and the feral camel population is well over 1,000,000. Both species are classified as pests in Austra-lia because of not only their dev-astating environmental impact, but also the destruction to private property and safety risks they pose to people. Thousands of feral horses and camels must be regularly, systematically gunned down by shooters hired by the Australian government.

Like Don Quixote fighting wind-mills, the misdirected efforts of the Hysteria Corps undermine what real progress could be made in viable, holistic solu-tions that include mustangs as part of the rangeland ecosystem. The radical mustang advocacy camp's most common general fallacies are listed below, fol-lowed by rebuttals.

Mustangs are native to North America: Ted Williams of Audu-bon Magazine wrote: "The argu-ment that equids are "native" to this continent because their pro-genitors were present during the Pleistocene -a mantra from the wild-horse lobby-makes as much sense as claiming that elephants are native because woolly mam-moths were here during the same

period. Roughly 10,000 years af-ter the extinction of North Amer-ican horses, Spanish explorers introduced a larger domesticated species. But the continent's plant communities, having coevolved with ungulates that had cloven hooves and lacked upper teeth, were ill-equipped to handle solid hooves and meshing incisors. Result: ecological havoc. An-other mantra from the wild-horse lobby is that the "mustangs" ex-tant in Arizona, California, Colo-rado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming are closely related to animals unleashed by the con-quistadores. They are not; they are mongrels-a genetic morass of breeds issuing mostly from recently escaped or discarded livestock."Mustangs were once prolific in the American West: Another myth perpetuated by wild horse advocates is that wild horses dominated the landscape of the inland West much like the buf-falo herds of the Great Plains. In Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals which are a daily diary of his explorations of the northern Great Basin from 1827-1829, no mention is made of herds of wild horses although he frequently refers to the lack of game and the necessity to kill their own horses and mules for food. The theft of their horses by the Indians was a constant prob-lem and the source of most of the trapper-Native American hostil-ity. Logic dictates that if the in-digenous inhabitants of the area had access to beautiful, shiny wild and free mustangs, they wouldn't brave the powder and ball of the fur trappers in order to

acquire one of their weakened, grass-deprived mounts which in Ogden's words were "of ques-tionable quality". Mustangs are going extinct: The BLM states: "the current on-the-range population of wild horses and burros (approximately 38,500) is greater than the num-ber found roaming in (the year the Wild Horse & Burro Act was enacted) 1971 (about 25,300). The BLM is seeking to achieve the appropriate management level of 26,600 wild horses and burros on Western public range-lands, or nearly 12,000 fewer than the current West-wide pop-ulation."Mustangs are being removed from the range to make room for cattle: The BLM states: The re-moval of wild horses and burros from public rangelands is carried out to ensure rangeland health, in accordance with land-use plans that are developed in an open, public process. These land-use plans are the means by which the BLM carries out its core mission, which is to manage the land for multiple uses while protecting the land's resources. Authorized livestock grazing on BLM-man-aged land has declined by nearly 50 percent since the 1940s; ac-tual (as distinguished from au-thorized) livestock grazing on public rangelands has declined by 30 percent since 1971.The BLM utilizes cruel gather-ing and handling practices: The BLM states: Two reports issued in the fall of 2010 - one by four independent, credentialed equine professionals and one by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General - found, with-out any ideological or political

bias, that the BLM's gathers of wild horses are conducted in a humane manner. The Inspec-tor General determined that the BLM's gathers are "justified" and reported that the agency "is doing its best to perform a very difficult job." Member of the Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Committee, Dr. Boyd Spratling, stated that the mortality rate di-rectly from gathering and trans-port is 1%. Despite such data and the expert opinions solicited in the effort to ensure unbiased, objective results, the Hysteria Corps has accused the BLM of an elaborate "whitewash" scheme. Mustangs are sent to slaughter: While the Wild Horse & Burro Act states: "The Secretary shall cause additional excess wild free-roaming horses and burros for which an adoption demand by qualified individuals does not exist to be destroyed in the most humane and cost efficient manner possible," it has become the policy of the BLM to simply ignore this, and instead house mustangs for decades at tax-payer expense. Bob Abbey was quoted as saying that the options of slaughter or even euthanasia of excess mustangs are "off the table." Thus, the BLM has actu-ally been found by the Govern-ment Accountability Office to be in "non-compliance" with law.Enter Madeleine Pickens, whose highly- publicized eco-sanctuary in Elko County, NV, is touted by Pickens herself as being a "for-ever home" for mustangs, and also able to save the taxpayer money. In early June 2011, Pickens turned out 500 horses on her property and stated on

her website, "Yesterday, we were blessed with the arrival of the first truckload of the Paiute mares and foals. These are the lucky mustangs that were res-cued days from slaughter last December."

According to a representative of the sale yard where the horses were purchased, the horses actu-ally came from multiple private (read: not BLM) sellers over a period of time. The horses were taken to a feedlot as the herd was gradually accumulated from September to December 2010.

It needs to be strongly empha-sized that the wild Paiute horses that she acquired are not "mus-tangs," as they were not owned by the BLM, and thus, by the American taxpayer. Pickens' ac-quisition of these horses is not saving the taxpayers a dime-the horses were privately owned by the Paiute tribe and were being disposed of in a manner entirely consistent with sound manage-ment practices of private prop-erty. She, or rather her "agents", simply placed the highest bids.

If Pickens wants to run a rescue for privately owned horses on her private property, which is to-tally within her rights, her ranch should be promoted as such. Calling wild Paiute horses "mus-tangs" is intentionally mislead-ing, but is par for the course con-sidering the liberties Pickens has taken with her Native American persona. The National Tribal Horse Coalition actually pub-licly protested Pickens' use of the Native American image and cultural heritage, specifically for her 2011 Rose Bowl Parade ap-pearance.

Their statement reads as fol-lows: "The NTHC is opposed to animal rights groups like the Madeleine Pickens Wild Mus-tang Foundation who have freely used the symbolism of the North American Indians and horses to promote agendas in direct op-position to the tribes' position, this float is a perfect example of the romanticism affiliated with the North American Indians and their horses, therefore, the NTHC calls on the leadership of the Rose Bowl Parade and any and all other decision makers to prevent this float from being in the parade as it is an abuse of the reputation of the North Ameri-can Indian."

Pickens does intend to acquire actual mustangs and return them to nature, and while this fans the flames of romanticism, the truth is that forcing horses to revert to foraging after having been hand-fed in captivity for years does not do the horses any favors-especially when differences in climate are taken into consid-eration. The often harsh winter conditions of Pickens' property are a stark contrast to the mild winters of the BLM holding fa-cility in Palomino Valley north of Reno.

Pickens of course plans to sup-plement with hay when neces-sary but still claims to be able to somehow save the taxpayer money. However, a BLM state-ment says: "The Foundation has indicated that it will be prepared to provide holding services on land in Nevada by next fall and that it would result in a "sig-nificant cost savings." Without a written, detailed proposal, the BLM cannot determine wheth-er this is true. However, Mrs. Pickens in her prospectus has suggested a stipend of $500 (ad-justed to inflation) per horse, per year, for the life of each animal. This would exceed the BLM's existing cost per animal in long-term holding of $475 per year. Her prospectus, as presented, does not demonstrate an obvi-ous cost savings to the American taxpayer."

When she claims to be able to save the taxpayer money, Pick-ens often refers to the annual cost of horses in short-term holding facilities, which is significantly higher than the cost of long-term holding. Plainly , this is like comparing apples and oranges, since her "forever home" for the horses would fall into the cat-egory of long-term holding. Her website states: "The Foundation provides the government with: (1) abundant long term capac-ity for horses at about the same cost, $500 per year per horse, as its current long term holding facilities, (2) significant savings considering the cost of short-term holding is about $2000 per year per horse, (3) an alternative to attempting to locate more long term holding capacity on private lands through standard contract-ing procedures and (4) reduced shipping cost of relocating hors-es from western states to central states."

Pickens works hard to remain in a gray area with plans for her ranch. She was quoted as saying in recent presentations that "it's too expensive" to adopt horses, and apparently, that's where she draws the line where her own ex-penditures are concerned, even though the out-right purchase of horses from a sale yard is accept-able. It would seem that her reasoning is that if she does not assume actual ownership of any BLM horses, she will not have to follow the rules that other BLM permit holders do regarding grazing seasons and removal of stock during certain parts of the year. If the BLM still owns the horses, (and let's not forget, pay-ing Pickens to run them on BLM ground) they would not fall into the category of privately owned livestock, and therefore not be subject to the same regulations.

A BLM statement also says: "Mrs. Pickens' plan proposes to take the animals from private pastures and facilities and in-stead graze them on private and public lands on a large ranch in Nevada. However, current Federal law prohibits the BLM from using allotments associated

with that ranch for grazing wild horses. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act restricts animals to the areas where they were found roaming when the Act was passed in 1971. Unfor-tunately, none of the BLM graz-ing allotments that Mrs. Pickens proposes for her sanctuary were areas where wild horses roamed in 1971."

It's reasonably certain that these points are not being included in Pickens' recent presentations to various community groups and elementary school children. Hers is a tactic very successfully utilized by another mustang ad-vocate forty years ago-Velma B. Johnston, aka "Wildhorse An-nie", who also targeted school children in an emotion-laced campaign with the help of Week-ly Reader magazine-a publica-tion for elementary school chil-dren-which extolled its readers to write to Congress. The result was a barrage of tear-stained let-ters being delivered to the offices of Congressional delegations. Their pleas to "save the horses" and "don't let horses become extinct" did not fall of deaf ears-the result was the passage of the Wild Free-roaming Horse and Burro Act in 1971.

Mrs. Pickens' plan, while gran-diose and surrounded by much fanfare, still has a long way to go before reaching the point of be-ing remotely feasible, which is perhaps why she felt compelled to purchase horses that are not mustangs, lest she appear to be losing ground.

The BLM states the following in regards to Pickens' intentions:

To implement the Foundation's concept as presented, under existing law and regulations, the BLM would be required to transfer title of wild horses through sale or adoption to Mrs. Pickens and change the class of livestock authorized on several Nevada allotments from cattle to horses. This would require a land-use plan amendment and additional site-specific environ-mental analysis (under the Na-

tional Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA). All such environmen-tal documents require a period for public review and comment before being finalized.Existing law would need to be changed. The BLM does not have the legal authority to reim-burse a private party for graz-ing titled horses (i.e., formerly government-owned horses now privately held) on either public or deeded land; reimburse a pri-vate party to graze untitled (that is, still government-owned) wild horses on public lands; or man-age wild horses on public lands outside Herd Areas that were legislatively created in 1971.To ensure the American taxpayer receives fair value, the Saving America's Mustangs Foundation would need to submit a formal proposal in response to a BLM solicitation that would be open to the public for private-partner preserves. The BLM is develop-ing such a solicitation.The BLM is concerned that in some of the areas proposed for the Nevada sanctuary, for-age and water exist to support a maximum of 970 wild horses, far below the 10,000 the Foun-dation has indicated it would like to support. In spite of such information, her website states: "The stocking level of horses will be phased in over time, starting with about 10,000 animals and increasing about 4,000 animals per year until the appropriate stocking rate is reached. This phase-in of stocking is necessary for addi-tional forage production projects to come on line. The maximum number of horses the ranch can support is near 30,000. Rumor has it that in addition to the 500 mares and foals "rescued" thus far, Pickens has also purchased or adopted a number of stallions. Pickens' website states that "From 2001 to 2008, the BLM removed more than 79,000 wild horses and burros from their rangelands while placing only 47,000 into private care through adoption." When the very es-sence of her eco-sanctuary plan is to help manage the excess mustangs, why, then, would Pickens be purchasing breeding

stock to produce still more un-adoptable animals?

One of the pressing questions regarding the Pickens property and intentions for it is: "how will she keep 'her' horses (mus-tangs and otherwise) separate from mustangs already pres-ent in the area?" Her website states: "The Ranch boundary is securely fenced. Fenced rail-road & highway right-of-ways are major portions of the bound-ary. The fenced boundary in the high country would not be pressured by large numbers of horses. The high country bound-ary fences may be damaged as a result of winter snow and ice, but would be inspected and repaired prior to the horses returning to the high country each season. Agreements would be honored to ensure a good neighbor policy. Cattleguards would be installed on all roads that access through the ranch boundary."

All of this sounds well and good, unless you happen to be familiar with fences and the challenges of keeping mile after mile main-tained enough to keep livestock contained, especially in a scenar-io like that of Pickens' property and the surrounding area. There are already mustangs all around Pickens' property, including stal-lions that will be directly across

the fence from Pickens' Paiute mares. Not much can stand in the way of the call of nature, not even a barbed wire fence. Then there is the issue of gates which are frequently left open intentionally or "accidentally" by other users of the public lands. But perhaps keeping her horses contained isn't really Pickens' intention at all, and her ranch is just the gateway to the Hysteria Corps dream come true: letting the mustangs run free.

(Thank you to Demar Dahl, Elko county rancher and Elko Coun-ty Commissioner, Sue Wallis, Wyoming rancher, legislator, and United Horsemen vice-pres-ident, and many others who have offered input and encourage-ment to move forward.)

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