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FOAL AND ITS RESCUERS RESCUED!

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FOAL AND ITS RESCUERS RESCUED!

March 23, 2018
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We received an emergency call on Thursday after noon March 22nd that a foal was in possible trouble in the water. Our volunteers Bren and Ryan Schultz arrived on the scene within ten minutes and were able to save the foal from drowning just as it was floating away and dissapearing under water. SRP had just released 800 cpu from the Stewart Mountain Dam and the current proved to much for the couple trying to hang on to the foal. They could not make it back to shore. Simone who had arrived at the scene called for help from MCSO.

MCSOย  rescued not only our volunteers Ryan Schultz and Bren Schultz, but brought the foal to the other side of the river and helped us reunite him with his mom and his band. Ryan and Bren as well as the foal got very cold, but they are all just fine.ย  We have since been monitoring mom and foal and they are doing great. The newborn will be named Clint, after the deputy in charge of the rescue.

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Thank you FOX10 for a great recap of the rescue of the drowning foal and the rescue of the rescuers! All are well. PS. We are talking to SRP (Salt River Project) about a more gradual release from the dam and about including a provision in their water management plan to make releases less traumatic on wildlife, protected Salt River wild horses and the environment on the lower Salt River.

Posted by Salt River Wild Horse Management Group on Friday, March 23, 2018

Two more news stories aired tonight: Thank you AZFamily channels 3 and 5 for a great recap of the rescue of the drowning foal and the rescue of the rescuers! All are well. PS. We are talking to SRP (Salt River Project) about a more gradual release from the dam and about including a provision in their water management plan to make releases less traumatic on wildlife, protected Salt River wild horses and the environment on the lower Salt River.

Posted by Salt River Wild Horse Management Group on Friday, March 23, 2018

P.S. We will say that we think this water management system by SRP needs change, as it does not have any provisions in their management forย  the ecosystem, wildlife, or protected Salt River wild horses.ย  All winter there is only 8 CFU coming out of the dam, which is not enough to sustain river eelgrass or aquatic life, but then all at once a flash flood is released on the Salt River during the switching event. They explain that this is necessary because of the switch of the rivers, and we understand that. People have water rights and of course they have to consider their paying customers.

We just think that this amazing and beautiful ecosystem of the lower Salt River is important, it should be entitled to at least some minimum consideration. This beautiful area brings in millions of visitors yearly and is home to thousands of different species of wildlife as well as the protected Salt River wild horses. When the release of the water occurred, water birds that had made their nests already on the banks of the river lost their young, otters had made their nests already and lost their young, squirls, although not as important to some, were screaming at the waters edge for their drowning babies, snakes were even swirling in the current, and this newborn foal had no chance at all in the current.

At the end of the year the opposite will happen. The rivers get switched and the Salt River goes from 800 CFU, to 8 CFU, which is only a trickle of water and it leaves all the river eelgrass and fish rotting in the sun. It gets incredibly stinky, gross and sad. This management system is unnatural and devastates the ecosystem each change of season.

We will continue to advocate for this ecosystem to gain some water rights of its own. We asked for a minimum of 100 cfu for the Salt River in the winter, just like the Verde River gets for its ecosystem. We asked for a slower change of water pressure from 3 days to 10 days so that protected Salt River wild horses have a chance to get used to the change. We hope you will stand with us.


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This is an AP article about the Heber wild horse plan that we holeheartedly oppose. This week is the last opportunity for the public to weigh in, which we hope you will take the time to do. Comments are more effective when they are polite and have a good point.
This is the only place where you can submit your comments. Remember there are actually humane ways available to the forest service to manage their numbers. Remember that the forage allocation was only counted by the size of the rerrirory, not by the actual size of the acreage where they roam. Remember that they are a historic herd protected by federal law. Remember that they bring Arizona and the local communities income and recreation. And last but not least, remember that these are our public lands in which the opinion of the public should matter most. Thank you for taking the time to give the Heber wild horses a voice. Here is the link: cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=18916
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PHOENIX (AP) โ€” The U.S. Forest Service has entered its final stages of public comment in its plans to remove or sterilize more than 300 wild horses in eastern Arizona. The federal agency has...

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submitted my comments

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Submitted my comment earlier today, and hope the PZP program can be utilized to help the Heber Wild Horses.

Cody Henderson Samantha Vark Please read and advocate for these wild horses. PZP is a humane way to manage the numbers yet still keep the heard. I already commented but the more, the better.

This is an article, where is the link for comments?

Submitted my comments to stop any roundup of the Heber Wild Horses & shared

PLEASE!!! Take a minute to do this!!!

I filled this out. I hope everyone who has a heart does.

Help the wild horses

HOW ABOUT NO.NO REMOVAL.

Can you add the link to comment on the AP article? Thx !

Done

Submitted my comment and shared.

Sent my comments.

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๐Ÿ”Ž While the Apache Sitgreaves EA claims that there were only 7 horses in 1974 (according to one short walkabout), it did not take us very long to find actual proof that the Heber wild horses have been around, since at least 1907 and ofcourse likely centuries before. (They were brought over by the Spanish, even before most of our own ancestors arrived here.)

๐Ÿ“ฐThis is not a very clear photo, but anyone can look this evidence up in the AZ State archives, Holbrook Argus, 1907.

๐Ÿ—‘ They are also the last herd in Arizona on Forest Service land that is protected by the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. So we ask the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service don't treat these treasures like trash!

โ—The Heber wild horses are a historic population that merits real protection and sincere humane management by the Forest Service.

โš ๏ธWe are urging everyone to make a polite and sincere comment to this very bad plan on the Forest Service website, it is the only way they might take it into account.

๐Ÿด Comments are most effective if they are polite and make a good point. Our point is: there is a better, more sustainable, cheaper, and more humane way to manage wild horse population numbers. It is a proven safe and efficient method called PZP that can be darted in the field without capture. This is what the forest service must try first, before any extreme removals to unsustainable numbers. Don't just comment on this post, please take the time to help make a difference, click below to submit your comment. โคต๏ธ

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๐Ÿ”Ž While the Apache Sitgreaves EA claims that there were only 7 horses in 1974 (according to one short walkabout), it did not take us very long to find actual proof that the Heber wild horses have been around, since at least 1907 and ofcourse likely centuries before. (They were brought over by the Spanish, even before most of our own ancestors arrived here.) 
๐Ÿ“ฐThis is not a very clear photo, but anyone can look this evidence up in the AZ State archives, Holbrook Argus, 1907. 
๐Ÿ—‘ They are also the last herd in Arizona on Forest Service land that is protected by the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. So we ask the Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service dont treat these treasures like trash! 
โ—The Heber wild horses are a historic population that merits real protection and sincere humane management by the Forest Service. 
โš ๏ธWe are urging everyone to make a polite and sincere comment to this very bad plan on the Forest Service website, it is the only way they might take it into account. 
๐Ÿด Comments are most effective if they are polite and make a good point. Our point is: there is a better, more sustainable, cheaper, and more humane way to manage wild horse population numbers. It is a proven safe and efficient method called PZP that can be darted in the field without capture. This is what the forest service must try first, before any extreme removals to unsustainable numbers. Dont just comment on this post, please take the time to help make a difference, click below to submit your comment.   โคต๏ธ
https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=18916
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I gave my nice and polite, factual comment too.

They are magestic. Pzp.

Amazing!

Done!

Done

Done! We saw yesterday a band of horses with one foal grazing peacefully within a half mile of at least 40 deer on black canyon road. Pzp is the modern humane way to go! Keep up the fight.

I have written recently. In addition to the plan to move Heber herds, the Forrest service and law enforcement has sadly lacked in solving a number of shot wild horses.

Another article

Great historical find! It’s proof enough for me. Thank you for sharing.

Such a historic monument as this herd is deserves every protection! โฃ๏ธ

I will pray for the horses, they will need it. As for the rest of you? Too little, too late. Those animals need their own legal protection.

I believe there were horses there in 1907 but surely there is better evidence than two men who thought horses were growing “wings like a wild goose.”

Thank you for the link that made it quick and easy.

Done! Thank you for sharing. <3

And yet in 2013 there were none? Are the ones there today all estray Reservation horses?

I WISH they had wings!!!

What plan?

Done!

Done!

Done. Thx.

Done

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Done

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Wow. Liars. Every lie will be revealed. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโค๏ธ

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Ready to help oppose the very bad Forest Service plan to remove most of the Heber wild horses? Just spread this poster all over Arizona and back, to absolutely everyone you know! Everyone is welcome!
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I will be praying for those Amazing animals and for your Strong Voices to be heard. I will be working in Green Valley that day, sad that I can't make it up there.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿดโค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿœ

GET INVOLVED! ANYWAY YOU CAN! ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด SEE YOU AT THE RALLY! ๐Ÿ™‚

Good luck from UK

I very much want to be part of this...but...it's at least an 8 hour round trip for me, not including the time I would be there. If by some miracle I could find someone to spend the night here in southern Pinal County (there is one person I can ask but last I knew her phone wasn't working and I don't have an email address for her either) in order to be able to tend to my various 6 animals (including 3 horses) who can't be left alone more than about 4 or 5 hours, and IF I could have some place to stay myself, near Phoenix, I could come. This is a huge long shot but I know on a Thursday it's going to be significantly more difficult than on a weekend day, to get a lot of people to show up.

Thank you SRWHMG for stepping up to save this beautiful and unique herd. They are absolutely worth it!! โค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿดโค

Thank you so much SRWHMG for stepping up to save the Beautiful and Heber Wild Horses โค๏ธ๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ™

Thank you for stepping up SRWHMG, these horses need to left alone and allowed to be free and wild.

The voices of many help. Make it a voice that makes seismic waves and cannot be ignored!

Keep them wild and free. Let’s be there voice!!!โค๏ธ๐Ÿด

Please,,, if you can't make it, please share this and spread it far and wide. These horses aren't hurting anyone.... They NEED our voices... We need to save them. They have done NOTHING wrong... I will be there Thursday. And will share.

Thanks for stepping up!!! Save the Heber Wild Horses โค๏ธ๐Ÿดโค๏ธ

Here’s our chance to try and make a difference !!

Come one, come all...it is time for everyone to join together to save the Heber wild horses.

You go guys! Wish I didn’t live so far away!

While the Forest Service claims there were only 7 horses in 1974 according to one short walkabout, it did not take us very long to find actual proof in the AZ State archives that the Heber wild horses have been around for at least more than a century since 1907 in and around Heber.

The Heber horses are in Arizona’s high country and now its their turn to be saved. They are beautiful, wild, and free in a huge open forest. I’ve seen them and I’ll be there in Heber Thursday to do my best in trying to save them.

I don’t understand. What are these amazing animals doing that warrants their removal?

QUESTION, if they WERE let loose during the fire, would they not be classified as Wild? They have survived how many years?

The ranchers think they have rights, do they???

They do no harm

Will do anything to save them from roundup!

Is it to completely remove them or manage them like the BLM does?

They are coming for the domestic horses next

Thank you SRWHMG for doing this. Something needs to be done to stop these horses from being rounded up. Glad to be their voice!

What is their reasoning behind this planned removal?

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