Mustangs at the Dolores Public Library

10 04 2022

The display of photos featuring Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs at the Dolores Public Library in Dolores, Colorado, looks fabulous! The big canvas-wrapped images are on loan from BLM’s Tres Rios Field Office (which is located just above the town of Dolores); they were part of last year’s special exhibit at Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. I’m so pleased that the library will display them through the month of April!

Special thanks to Emily Mason, director of adult programming for the library, who secured the loan of the photos and did such a wonderful job with hanging them and with designing the fliers to announce their exhibit at the library; Tracy Murphy with Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, who facilitated the packaging and delivery; and Connie Clementson, manager of Tres Rios Field Office, who agreed to this special partnership!

**Update**

The 11×14-inch prints on the right are the images in the silent auction to benefit the library.


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Categories : Advocacy, Colorado, Education, Mustangs, Partnership, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

‘Hair’s’ the wind!

9 04 2022

Sticking with the theme of spring wind … it’s still windy out there! Spring is just barely springing, so wind is “hair” to stay!

It does make for some cute hair-dos. 🙂


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That ol’ wind

8 04 2022

Sometimes, the howling spring winds just take it outta ya … “it” being whatever you need it to be: motivation, gumption, oomph. We’re ready for some gentle, calm, “female” rain to sweeten that dry, dusty wind.


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Spotted with splashes

7 04 2022

Spirit may have gotten a little enthusiastic at the spa. 🙂


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Pretty pinto lady

6 04 2022

Just looking at Chipeta doesn’t give much clue to the howling wind yesterday. The dust in the background ought to.

It was a peaceful, beautiful evening, but it wasn’t exactly *calm*.


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April is event month!

5 04 2022

If you’re local to Dolores, Colorado, please put the above event on your calendar!

Throughout the month of April, the Dolores Public Library will show several of the big photo canvases from last year’s special exhibit at Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum.

I’ll be there from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, to talk about the mustangs of Spring Creek Basin, so come say hi and/or introduce yourself!

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It turns out that April is a big month for presentations about Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs:

Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will host author and advocate Kathryn Wilder and I from about 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at their meeting at the Florida Grange Hall. Kat will read from her memoir “Desert Chrome,” and I’ll run a slideshow and talk about the mustangs.

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From 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, Spring Creek Basin herd manager Mike Jensen and I will offer a presentation about the mustangs. We’ll talk about our management strategies, including PZP, water projects, range monitoring and main points of our recently updated (2020) herd management area plan. This presentation is part of the Four Corners Lecture Series (find them on Facebook).

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Finally, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, come and meet the mustangs! Our event last fall with Spring Creek Basin mustangs Whisper and Skipper was such a favorite with visitors, CANM folks invited us back to share these excellent boys with the public. Kathryn Wilder will do a reading from “Desert Chrome,” speaking along with a slideshow of my images of the mustangs, and locals Tif Rodriguez and Keith Bean will be with their boys to talk about their adoption experiences through BLM. Whisper and Skipper would love to see you. 🙂

Please join us!


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Not green yet

4 04 2022

The horses are now chasing the green as if on a very important mission (which it very much is after a mostly dry winter). Though it doesn’t look very green in the above pic, it’s coming up, still close to the ground. Cassidy Rain looked up very briefly from her grazing to check on the whereabouts of her stallion, moseying along slower than the rest of the band.


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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs

Gettin’ springy

3 04 2022

Everybody seems to be getting into the act of getting muddy this time of year. Taking a dip in the mud (probably at the edges of ponds) may then lead to a nice, wriggly roll that may help with the shedding of thick winter coats as Mother Nature starts to raise the mercury into the 70s. 🙂


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At rest

2 04 2022

Skywalker does seem to find some scenic napping locations. 🙂


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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte

Runnin’ with the wind

1 04 2022

After a bit of a technological delay, we’re back (I hope).

Buckeye and his girls were sheltering from the wind (’tis spring wind season) on the far side of Filly Peak when another little band waltzed (the wind does have a musical quality, sometimes) across the top of the ridge. We hoofed it to the top (two legs are slower than four and I was doing more huffing (and puffing) than hoofing …), but it turned out that it was a bit small for the stallions’ liking, which sent the mares running for the hill.

The bands ended up lower and on opposite sides of the ridge, no harm done. And I was left to enjoy the view from another high spot in Spring Creek Basin.


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