Back to our regular Salt River Horse programming.
June 19th After saving a boatload of Alpine wild horses we will go back to our regular Salt River Horse programming. Have you ever seen a purple horse? We have one! 💜 No you can't adopt him, because he's never going to be removed. He is going to live his life taking care of his ...
Making your own fundraiser to save an Alpine wild horse.
June 19th Thank you Ruth for doing this! Sadly (at time of this post) it does not have any donations in it. Please help Ruth, help SRWHMG, help an Alpine wild horse get to the Wild Horse Refuge! The auction was very expensive as someone was bidding against us. But horses still need their coggins ...
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all fathers of every species.
June 18th This is Dad Lindor, also nicknamed Keith Urban for his mane, with his son Splendor, the only Salt River foal of 2023. Because of our fertility control program success, now no one can say birth control on wild horses doesn't work. Clearly it does, as long as you have a dedicated and detailed ...
Thank you for your support! Meanwhile, at the river…
June 17th While we are working our butts off trying to save Alpine wild horses, we've still got our shifts covered at the river as well, no worries! Our road patrol team, field team, darting team, and our habitat improvement team don't skip a beat, even in this heat! Please continue to donate to the ...
THIS. The Wild Horse Refuge!
June 17th Every Alpine wild horse YOU can help rescue gets a ticket to THIS paradise. But it costs $500 minimum per horse for their bail/transport/coggins/feed/ plus temporary facilities! 43 are already safe already thanks to 225 angels. Overwhelmingly, there is another auction this weekend and it will keep going until there is no wild ...
#AlpineWildHorses update
June 17th Alpine's band (with new babies), meets Majestic's band w new babies, taken at the end of May by AWHA. How nauseating that they were captured right after this. Alpine was the very first stallion and band we documented in the Apache Forest, hence his name. It is nauseating that both of these peaceful ...
Beautiful, gorgeous ever watchful lead stallion Coconino.
June 11th He is in the Alpine wild horse auction with most of his band (but not all). We almost didn't recognize him in the bad cell phone auction pictures. Removed from the Apache Sitgreaves Forest, just last week, seperated from his family, stuffed together with 21 other stallions, this amazing specimen of a historic ...
Watch little Splendor bug his daddy!
June 10th The fact that you can still watch beautiful wild horse families in Arizona is amazing! It is due to our humane management programs under the AZDA Salt River Horse Herd . But let's watch out because some organizations are out to get them. Right now we are working hard at raising funds and ...
Can you buy happiness? We have found a way in which you can!
June 8th UPDATE: 193 people got this fundraiser to it's goal of buying them all!! These 193 people are their angels who are buying their tickets to paradise. And it really is wild horse paradise where they can peacefully roam together as families again! Thank you to The Wild Horse Refuge. Now we just have ...
Our superpower.
June 8th Do you want to know why we ask you to call and write your legislators? Because you are our superpower. Regardless of if you felt like u were heard, or if you got an answering machine, regardless if you got a vague letter back, from which you couldn't even tell how the legislator ...
This cute little Alpine wild horse needs your help!
June 8th Horses just as cute as her are going to be sold this weekend! We are trying to save them but what we need right now is people calling legislators to ask for their support. This reel will not be very popular, because it requires action, but wouldn't you like to help make a ...
The Bullet fire is fully contained, 3355 acres. Thank you firefighters!!
June 7th U.S. Forest Service-Tonto National Forest Total acres updated to 3240 acres. WILDFIRE UPDATE: The Bullet Fire is fully contained, 3355 acres. There are still crews on the scene to monitor and patrol. Smoke is still be visible from State Route 87. The Lower Sycamore and Sugar Loaf areas will remain closed until deemed ...
Watch this awesome video of two of our most popular boys sparring, Coyote and Rascal!
June 7th Coyote is a super vocal horse and you can almost understand what he squeals when Rascal grabs him a little too rough! So cute! No horse was hurt, and in the end, when they run towards our filming volunteer, she was not hurt either, because she was smart in a tree. (Never approach ...
May the little angels above save us all, from enemies great or small.
June 5th Wild horses have an important place in nature, and important place in our economy and a great big place in our hearts. Just now strong enough, to send this video of Mirabelle, our Salt River angel above.
We wish you the very best, Makenzie!
June 5th We are very sad to see our Liaison Makenzie move on in her career in law enforcement. We have handled many challenging issues together and have truly enjoyed working with her so much over the past 3 years. We've appreciated her expertise and real understanding of wild horses and her kindness towards our ...
Beautiful people came to see beautiful wild horses from the other side of the world!
June 5th Beautiful people came to see beautiful wild horses from the other side of the world! There would be protests the world over, if anyone actually tried to reduce the Salt River wild horses to where the public couldn't find them anymore. Just sayin'... They are loved, they are a boon to our economy, ...
Buy one necklace, get a bracelet free!
June 4th Buy a beautiful "run free" horse necklace and get a "I stand with wild horses" bracelet free! Let everyone know you love wild horses! Proceeds from any of our merchandise will go towards legal funds for the Salt River wild horses. Thank you so much for your support.
Is it the 314 Salt River wild horses, or 8 million visitors?
June 3rd It's not the 314 Salt River wild horses who are posing a threat to the natural environment, it's the 8 million visitors. The Salt River wild horses are actually helping the environment.
What an amazing sight seeing the Salt River wild horses crossing the Salt River together!
June 2nd These are no less than 8 different bands crossing at the same time! These horses are lived and cherished all over the world. Please support us in helping to protect them.
Protecting wild horses.
May 31st Every day our group is busy with our fertility control program and our habitat improvement program. These horses are being targeted in court by the Center for Biological Diversity. We see lots of environmental concerns, but NOT from horses. Perhaps CBD should come down here to help clean up. Did you know we ...
As part of our habitat improvement program, we pick up trash along the Salt River.
May 30th As part of our habitat improvement program, SRWHMG volunteers continually pick up trash along the Salt River. We do not ask anyone for donations for it; we do it because we care about the environment. Center for Biological Diversity members do nothing to clean up along the Salt River, yet they claim to ...
The lower Salt River is Crrrazy busy!!
May 29th This river is managed for all stakeholders, including every kind of recreational activity on the river. For CBD (Center for Biological Diversity) to claim the horses are ruining this environment is a new level of dishonesty. The yellow billed cuckoo is much more bothered by people and the pollution we leave than by ...
“This is their river much more than it is ours”
May 27th They are amazing athletes, our Salt River wild horses. For centuries they have evolved in and around this river. They teach their foals how to swim on the same day they are born. They eat and graze from the river and they sleep in it. When they are injured, they stay right next ...
Just another beautiful day on the Salt River!
May 24th Let’s pretend for a minute that you were a yellow-billed cuckoo, who wanted to make a nest, would you be more deterred by the 4 legged or by the 2-legged river goers with the boomboxes? But watch how patiently this horse waits his turn like its a traffic light. They are just such ...
Salt River Stallion Rivalry: Spirit and Luka.
May 21st In 2016, two of the most powerful patriarchs of the Salt River, Wisdom and Sarge, each had a son out of their favorite mare, who were bound to continue their legacies. We named Wisdom and Faith's colt, Spirit. We named Sarge and Little Girl's colt, Luka. Wisdom passed away from old age in ...
Thank you Governor Jared Polis!
May 20th Some hope in Colorado on the front of humane wild horse management. Thank you Governor Jared Polis! Vote for officials only who can understand math and fertility control and treating wild horses humanely! Jared Polis At Coal Canyon Trailhead in Mesa County where I just signed a bill to support better, more ...
🐴 Injured wild horses and how you can be of most help
May 20th Humane management of wild horses includes assessing and monitoring injuries and also includes rescue if necessary or humane euthanasia as a last resort. It is part of our job through our contract with the Arizona Department of Agriculture. (AZDA). When you see a wild horse who is injured here's how you can be ...
Double standards, anyone?
May 19th Here’s the EA of the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service (ASNF) for more grazing in many allotments, including the East Eagle allotment, where the Alpine wild horses live!!! ( along FS road 25B and FS 217.) Their environmental concern, it's so convincing, isn't it? Strange how that concern dissapears faster than a stick of ...
Help us stand up for wild horses !!
May 19th Rescued Alpine wild horses removed from the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, so that they can add more, yes even more, cattle grazing. Help us stand up for wild horses !! https://www.facebook.com/reel/197108133260623
It’s time. Something’s gotta give.
May 19th All of everyone around the world, seasoned horse advocate, or newly informed, let your voices be "herd"!! Thank you to every organization standing with us!! SRWHMG. The Wild Beauty Foundation We are so proud that so much awareness is happening for wild horses through our documentary. However, as we celebrate this ...
Thank you for spreading the word, everyone.
May 18th A lot of our supporters were CBD supporters, but not anymore. It comes down to knowing who you want to support. #shameoncbd If it was truly about the environment they would support humane birthcontrol and not aim to stop it. #Saltriverwildhorses #saltriverhorses
Why are the Salt River wild horses not scared of humans?
May 17th Q. Why are the Salt River wild horses not scared of humans? A. Because they've had to learn that in order to get a drink and survive, they have to put up with the two-legged creatures in and around the water. It's nothing recent- it's just a species evolving and doing what ...
Let’s talk about the Tonto National Forest.
May 16th Let's talk about the Tonto National Forest and the decisions they've made, because after we join the CBD lawsuit we cannot talk about it anymore. We want you, the public, to understand the important details, because you have a stake in it, but never before were we able to tell you everything, because ...
Splendor making a splash!
May 15th Splendor making a splash! When people see wild horses the normal reaction is omg! but when they see Splendor it's 5 times omg! Lol. Wild horses put up with thousands of visitors a day and they do it with so much patience and grace! The horses are not the ones challenging the ...
America’s wild horses – There is a better way!
May 16th America's wild horses, plus all the people who love them, deserve so much better than this. There is a better way! We, SRWHMG are succesful at the humane way to manage wild horses, which is precisely why the Salt River wild horses are targeted now again. Everyone can do something. Please Call our ...
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 14th This picture captured a perfect parenting moment; Spring is checking on Splendor after a difficult river crossing, and Splendor is obviously saying "I love you mom"! From all of us: Happy Mother's Day to all mothers of all species all over the world! Please help us stand up for the Salt River wild ...
Innocent until proven guilty.
May 14th Do you see all of the flood damage behind Little Chief, the washed away tree saplings, the otter babies gone, and all the debris deposited? Well, we know one thing, no matter the wild accusations by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) lawsuit, Little Chief here, (lieutenant of Lindor's band), had nothing ...
WILD BEAUTY: Mustang Spirit of the West now available!
May 12th Watch party! This documentary is now available on Amazon prime! Salt River wild horses are in it, as well as many of our horse advocate friends. Let's watch it together 7 pm tonight. Invite your friends and let us know what you think! It's time mainstream America finds out what is really going ...
SCANDAL: The attack on the Salt River & Alpine wild horses is much more sinister would like their supporters to believe.
May 11th The attack on the Salt River wild horses (and the Alpine wild horses) is much more sinister than what the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Maricopa Audubon Society would like their supporters to believe. This is John Koleszar, with Arizona Sportsman for wildlife conservation, one of the plaintiffs of the lawsuit ...
Our everyday job is what keeps this historic herd wild and free.
May 8th Our everyday job, it's what is keeping this historic herd wild and free. Thank you for your support everyone! SRWHMG.
HELP! It’s an upstream battle!
May 6th It is a dangerous time for the Salt River wild horses. They are fierce and can stand up for themselves in the forest, but they need us to stand up for them everywhere else! We are working hard with our new attorney to fight the latest attack on the Salt River wild ...
May the horse be with you!
May 4th And may you also be with the horse! (By standing up for them) Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support. SRWHMG.
Come on down to our Advocates page, where there’s proof every day of what the horses do and what they don’t do!
May 1st Come on down to our Advocates page, where there's proof every day of what the horses do and what they don't do, and what the river and the TNF look like in real time. There is nothing fake or made up there, and people post awesome videos like this! You can also see ...
We are checking on our only foal “Splendor” and he is doing good and growing so fast!
April 29th This video is from just a few minutes ago. Yes, unfortunately it is true that our humane management of the Salt River wild horses is under attack. But we stand firmly by the long term management plan which will reduce the herd slowly over time, which is in line with the environment, and ...
📰 Breaking: Beloved Salt River horse herd in great jeopardy, again! Lawsuit seeks to halt their humane management.
Salt River, April 29th 2023 Enjoyed by millions of visitors to the Tonto National Forest, the Salt River wild horses roam freely in their 20,000 acre habitat along the river, protected by State Law ARS 3-1491. They are the pride of the community, a favorite subject of photographers and the icon of the wild, free ...
Going with the flow. Rascal shows how to cross the river swiftly and expertly! Tadada!
April 26th
🐴Today is National Help a Horse Day and we want to help more horses!! ❤️🙏
April 26th While keeping up our important programs in the field, as well as feeding our rescues, we are working hard to help more Alpine wild horses in the future. This fundraiser is also RAFFLE for BREYER horses! 🐎 Everyone who donates more than 20 dollars to this fundraiser (and messages us their address) will ...
There were some gut-wrenching moments in the past few weeks.
April 25th Salt River wild horses are real athletes and excellent swimmers, but there were some gut-wrenching moments this week! The CFS (Cubic Feet per Second) from the Stewart Mountain Dam is finally getting back down to normal. No horses were hurt or have drowned as far as we know. The powerful water changed the ...
Aww!!! We love love love this! Our Alpine23, once again wild and free!
April 24th They are done with their quarantine and have just been released! We worked so hard and found good homes for 173 removed Alpine wild horses, (#Alpinewildhorsearmy) and they are all so lucky, BUT our Alpine23 (Ridge, Baldy and Hero's bands) hit the wild horse jackpot with their new digs of 7000 acres! Please ...
Gmorning, don’t wake the sleeping horses!
April 22nd Mark Storto > Salt River Wild Horses - Advocates ZZZZzzzzz.... must have been one heck of a party out there last night! This was late morning!!!! 🙂
This sweet baby Alpine wild horse is safe.
April 20th Born at the SRWHMG rescue out of one of the mares removed by the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest and put on an auction website without limitation to slaughter. Imagine what would have happened. #shameonasnf There are better, more humane ways to manage wild horses.
Happy Salt River Season! Rec areas are now open.
April 18th 🌊...And the Salt River is back down to normal levels and all rec areas are open! #tontonationalforest 🐴 The horses have had a nice reprieve from people along the river, but that's now over. 🚣 When recreating, if you see Salt River horses, please enjoy those special moments in peace, and from 50 ...
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Little Alpine wild horse loves humans, who rescued her and her family at auction [video]
April 17th Baby Alpine wild horse, loves and follows volunteers for cuddles and scratches. Her family band was needlessly removed from the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest and auctioned off online without limitation to slaughter, can u imagine what could have happened to her? Please support keeping wild horses free and managing them humanely in the ...
Wild Horse Herd Dynamics: Lieutenant Stallions.
April 16th Not all wild stallions have lead stallion mentality. Meet Garret, lieutenant to Iroquois' band. Garret is very popular with our local photographers, because he can frequently be seen battling other stallions. If you have pictures of Garret battling, please post them in the comments! Garret is not doing all that battling to become ...
![A behind the scenes look at our facility with a little humor, which keeps the daily work light! [Video]](https://saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/behind-the-scenes-360x224.jpg)
A behind the scenes look at our facility with a little humor, which keeps the daily work light! [Video]
April 15th With so many SRWHMG caretaker volunteers, and a brand new baby, it's important that we give good caretaking instructions. Thank you Cris and Karen for making this funny video. It is from our private page for our property caretakers only, but it's a good laugh for a share. Lol, our new rake! Everyone ...
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He will be loved. [video]
April 14th Aaww, he was born between midnight and 5 am, and at 7 am he is already this astute and showing his personality! He should have had the opportunity to be born in the wild like his ancestors did, but the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest would rather have all that grass available for livestock ...
Coming Soon!! WILD BEAUTY: Mustang Spirit of the West
April 14th The endless cycle of cruel and expensive roundups of American wild horses is a government system that is broken, and we are hopeful that this documentary (that will include Salt River wild horses) will shine a light to reach the darkest corners. There is a better way to manage America's wild horses. The ...
Good News!! SRWHMG volunteers locate missing domestic horse
April 12th Good News!! Missing domestic horse Niko was found by SRWHMG volunteers this evening. He is deep in the gullies and canyons of the Tonto National Forest with bachelor stallions Tiago and Bruno! Who are both brown (ish), but you can leave it up to our volunteers to pick out a brown horse amongst ...
For Throwback Thursday let’s take an offspring of Sarge, this is Savannah!
April 12th She was born in September of 2014 and you can tell obviously that she is not a grey. While she looked dun as a foal, she has turned into a beautiful bay like her mom Serena. Savannah grew up in Sarge's band who at that time had a home territory between ...
Horse bloodline spotlight: Retired lead stallion Sarge
April 12th We love keeping track of the bloodlines of the Salt River wild horses. Today's spotlight is on patriarch and retired lead stallion Sarge. (When we release interesting information about our many years of research and data collection, please feel free to share it, as long as you credit who you learned it from, ...
April 4th: Today is #AZGives!
April 4th Today is AZgives Day #AZGives , this is a day for people to support and invest in what they care about. Please don't forget about the Salt River wild horses or the Alpine wild horses! Keeping them wild and free benefits our local economy and all Arizonans. Wild horses are part of our ...
Poppy in the poppies!
April 2nd Many people suggested the name Poppy for the latest Salt River wild foal, because of the superbloom in the Tonto National Forest. But we already have a Poppy (Posey is his mother and Shadowfax his father). He was also born during a huge poppy bloom, in March of 2014. Here is Poppy in ...
Welcome, Splendor!
April 1st Photo by SRWHMG Rick Blandford Walk quietly in the forest and you will reap The joy of earth awakening from winter sleep Wild flowers blooming create a golden glow We can witness life's circle and watch it grow Share the forests spirit and rebirth But love and respect the splendor of the earth. ...
Update: Release from Stewart Mountain Dam today 3.30.23 is 7200 CFS!
March 28th Please everyone don't get close to the raging lower Salt River right now, SRP just opened Stewart mountain Dam to 2700 cfs and it will go with powerful force today up to 6500 cfs, which is huge. The river which is usually a life-force can also be a dangerous place for many of ...
Peekaboo said he, the newest Salt River wild horse!
March 27th As our humane fertility control program is so effective, this is a very special little one! Welcome to your home in the Tonto National Forest, where you may grow up wild and free for all of Arizona to see. After a long winter and lots of rain, it is the most beautiful springtime ...
![[Video] A little fun to get your week started!](https://saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/erin-yager-nessa-1-360x224.jpg)
[Video] A little fun to get your week started!
March 27th Nessa one of our Alpine girls is enjoying getting scratches from one of her caregivers. Erin Yager > SRWHMG- Wild Rescues O.M.G!!! I was going to exit thru SF's gate and Nessa blocked me so she could get butt scratches. So after a couple of minutes I walked down the fence line to ...
Look what we have!
March 24th Apache's band used to run in the Apache Forest but the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service got rid of them and sold them at auction without limitation to slaughter, at which we rescued them. #shameonASNF We documented this band in the wild and that's how we were able to find them in different ...
Things can change in a second.
March 23rd This is why we are out there warning people that they are still wild horses, and things can change in a second. Please, dear visitors, stay 50 ft from the horses at all times, for their well-being, and for your own safety! Thank you AZDA for helping to educate the public. ...
Last call for our calendars at Olson’s Grain!
March 23rd For our supporters who live in Chino Valley, the last of our calendars are available at Olson's Grain and they are now only $10!! The pictures are of such quality that many people frame them after the month is over! Thank you to Olson's Grain for their support! We use the credit ...
Spring has sprung – and it’s a boy!
March 22nd Hi everyone! This is a post without a picture of the newest baby Salt River wild horse, but yes, Spring has sprung, and it's a boy! For the protection of the foal and mother we will not post any pictures of him until he is 2 weeks old and even then, we ...
SPRING into ACTION for the Alpine wild horses because this bill is their very last chance!!!
March 21st SB 1057 if passed, would make slaughtering and killing Alpine wild horses illegal and it would open a process of negotiation for their humane management. Contrary to what anti-wild horse factions may say, this bill does not prevent removals, but if removed, they would at least end up in good homes or ...
We are very thankful to all of the public who understands the rules!
March 18th We are very thankful to all of the public who understands that to be able to enjoy the wild horses, you have to respect their space, and to be able to enjoy nature, you have to keep it clean. We see the public informing the public and that's what it's going to ...
This St. Patrick’s Day, we are thankful for all of the green!
March 17th If you are having a busy day, please enjoy this one minute gift of absolute peace and tranquility with the Salt River wild horses. We are also thankful that the horses are mowing the green nicely including under the trees and bushes, thus reducing our extreme firedanger once it all dries up ...
Wild horses, wild flowers and wild weather!
March 15th Everyone please be careful as SRP is releasing huge amounts of water from Bartlett dam right now and this makes the Salt river below Phon D run fast, and as as high as 9000 cfs. As far as we know all Salt River horses are staying safe, and they are very smart. However ...
Posing on the green carpet is Carmel!
March 12th Posing on the green carpet is Carmel, nominated for his leading role in his band and in the popular drama "As the River flows". He is looking handsome in a beautiful winter coat by mother nature. He is a real winner! Thank you to the academy and to all of our supporters ...
Mori is ok!
March 10th This is an example of why our Salt River rescues need to be trained and/or "domesticated". They usually need immediate intensive medical care once rescued, but they also need follow up medical care and they should have no fear of the trailer ride or the vet. Our rescues are either orphans, or they ...
The story of wild horse management and how the state of Arizona found the balance between it all.
March 9th SRWHMG stood up for the public interest, the horses' happily ever after, and our Arizona history, but we also took the concerns of overpopulation into account and applied humane fertility control. With only one or two foals per year, the population will reduce naturally. So now the government is happy, the public ...
Quiz time! What are we doing up here?
March 6th QUIZ: Does anyone have any idea what our volunteers are doing here so high in the mountains? We have a surprise gift for the most correct answer! (Sorry, volunteers- You can't participate.)
Happy 4th Birthday, Fynn!
March 6th Fynn is a son of Lancelot and he is absolutely stunning. We have him, because his mom Felicity fell in the South Canal and was rescued in the nick of time. She was unconscious for 10 minutes and got pneumonia as a result, but she survived, so both her and Fynn are ...
Simply spectacular.
March 5th 4 Peaks with snow and wild horses with grass, in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, March 2023. Did you know these wild horses narrowly escaped roundup and removal in 2015? We, SRWHMG, rang the alarm bell and the public gave them the voice they needed. We took responsibility for their humane ...