Before our little rain Friday (!), the greasewood was the greenest thing in the basin. Now Hollywood is going to have a lot more green to grace his grocery “aisles.”
All eyes
23 05 2021Comments : 6 Comments »
Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
What are they up to out there?
22 05 2021
We’ve had some big doin’s out in Spring Creek Basin recently.
Remember when our BLM folks (herd manager Mike Jensen and Tres Rios Field Office Manager Connie Clementson) updated our herd management area plan last year? Remember the two new water catchments that were proposed (and approved) in that EA?
Our first tanks for the first of those water catchments are in the ground. 🙂 That’s phase one of the project; phase two is coming. It will take me a bit to consolidate several days of work into a nice little post to detail their work. That’s coming, too. But just in case you wondered what the heck our BLM guys are doing out in Spring Creek Basin these days … this is a bit of an answer. 🙂
And in best of all news, we actually got a decent drizzle of rain in Disappointment Valley yesterday! No, the catchment isn’t at the point of catching that rain, but soon. … Hopefully very, very soon … !
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If you’re in Norwood, Colorado, this evening, join us at The Livery (1555 Lucerne St.) for Kat Wilder’s first in-person reading to celebrate the publication of her memoir, “Desert Chrome”! Folks will start to gather around 6 p.m. Bring your own camp chair, picnic and beverage for an outdoor gathering. San Miguel County and Colorado state Covid protocols will be followed.
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Categories : Advocacy, Partnership, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Water catchment, Work projects
Just about dark
21 05 2021
Though we got clouds a couple of nights ago, the clouds refused to leak. Pretty Gaia carried on with her greasewood grazing. I hope she knows something we don’t know … that it WILL rain again!
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Categories : Brumley Point, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Greys in the green
20 05 2021
The grey amiga girls – Alegre, Maia and Houdini – were having a greasewood feast a couple of evenings ago. I recently learned that greasewood is a source of keratin, which contains protein, and maybe that’s why the horses like it so much. … I still think it’s cuz it tastes like ice cream. 🙂
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In other news, don’t forget that Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colorado, will be hosting Kat Wilder for a reading of her new book, “Desert Chrome” – which is on bookstore shelves now! – starting at 6:30 p.m. Mountain Time. Go to Maria’s Events Calendar page, then scroll down just a bit to find the Zoom and Facebook Live links to Kat’s reading.
Garcia Street Books did an interview with Kat, and she reads snippets from “Desert Chrome” while talking about observations that led to organization, etc. Watch here.
And the Durango Herald (disclaimer: the Herald is the former employer of this blogger) published a wonderful review of “Desert Chrome.” Read it here! Then order your copy and read it for yourself!
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Categories : Advocacy, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Wild horses in the news
Swish & flick
19 05 2021
Winona practices her magical moves at the onset of gnat season.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Lady gold
18 05 2021
Alegre is so beautiful, she makes the light lovely.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Lookout
17 05 2021
Maiku watches a band across an arroyo while Corazon moseys on after the band. Maiku has been Corazon’s loyal lieutenant for at least a few years now.
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Sunset appreciation
16 05 2021
Sometimes we all need a little pause to take in the peace at the end of a day.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Evening sublime
15 05 2021
When the light is as sublime as this, you’d think the mustangs would drop everything and pose like the wild beauties they are. …
Not so much. 🙂
So you have to catch them as you can, before the light is gone for another day. Pretty Temple is the day’s lovely model.
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Moving through
14 05 2021
Grazing through the greasewood on a lovely evening, minutes after the sun dropped below a cloud, just before it dropped before the far western ridge.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
