Maiku was just grazing along … and at just the right moment, he raised his head long enough for a perfect pic of Spring Creek Basin with the La Sal Mountains in the background.
The day was perfect, and, as the saying goes, life is good!
All aligned
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Mudder mare
17 04 2016
Jaunty, shaggy, feisty, muddy pinto pony! Some of the horses seem nearly fully shed out; others still are long-haired. All in good time.
Disappointment Valley and Spring Creek Basin got an awesome soaker of a rain system Friday and a little more Saturday evening, so presumably the ponies are even muddier – and the seeps and springs and ponds are even fuller! We are relieved and grateful that the “omega block” brought much-needed moisture to our corner of the world!
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Also in the grateful category, thanks to Kat Wilder and to Suzanne Roy of American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign for posting the first in Kat’s series of “Mustang Tales: Bringing the Reader to the Range”! This first post records our meeting with Jen Maramonte and Suzanne last summer in Spring Creek Basin, where we were privileged to introduce them to the range and to several bands of our amazing mustangs. 🙂
Suzanne and the AWHPC team work tirelessly to keep advocates informed about threats to our wild horses and burros, as well as highlighting the good work being done by countless volunteers across the West (and elsewhere). Kat is working on a variety of “tales,” in a variety of formats, to highlight challenges faced by – and successes made by – advocates and BLM managers on behalf of the now-wild equines whose ancestors were instrumental in developing this country.
Join Kat on the (digital) range with the mesteños!
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Little mustang in a big land
2 04 2016
S’aka follows another band during a day of beautiful light in Spring Creek Basin.
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Greys and browns and blues
20 03 2016
Another example of a born-black-and-greying mustang – Maia. Her colors match the colors of Spring Creek Basin very well, don’t they?
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Not all brown
17 03 2016
It looks like a sea of tans and browns and khakis – and bay! – until you get to the (not all that) far blue mountains – the La Sals of Utah. But the green of spring is pushing up beneath all that brown, and no one welcomes it more than the wildlife.
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Spotty blue
8 03 2016
At the end of a day, the La Sal Mountains were blue with distance and dust. But they’re always gorgeous with a trio of wild horses in the foreground! They were watching another band leave the pond that’s out of the frame in the closer foreground.
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Elements
19 11 2015
Earth and water and soft, mountain-studded sky. Perfect complements to the wild beauty of our country’s wild lands.
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Last year
3 01 2014
Seven’s band against a dramatic Spring Creek Basin, Disappointment Valley and La Sal Mountains background. Last day of last year.
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Storm, framed
19 12 2013
Storm follows his band as the very last sunlight of the day touches Spring Creek Basin and the La Sal Mountains.
Now the forecast doesn’t show snow until Friday. The mud is getting, well, muddy. Some fresh snow would be welcome. The ponies certainly aren’t hurting for groceries.
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Mountain riches
18 12 2013
Storm and his band beneath the La Sal Mountains. Those patches of brown may soon disappear under white again if the forecast holds true and we get snow toward the end of this week. Gaia’s coat just glows in the late light, doesn’t it?
These are the riches we should strive for in support of America’s wildness. Celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Wild Horses and Burros Act; celebrate the “tonic of wildness” that we have and must not lose.
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Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 