Back to Nature with Chasing Horses

18/06/2024

Forum reporter talks about the controversy in western ND. The National Park Service has wanted to remove the horses, while advocates and park visitors overwhelmingly want the creatures to stay.

17/06/2024

16/06/2024

In areas where wild horses roam, herding is often done by helicopters, which can terrify and injure the animals. An Oscar nominee is among those lobbying Congress to ban the brutal practice.

16/06/2024

Hello and Happy Sunday to everyone! It has been a crazy couple of weeks as we race to meet a grant deadline! I believe we will be ready to send in all of our information tomorrow! Then, we wait! …

15/06/2024

Theodore Roosevelt National Park officials called the stallion a 'nuisance animal,' but an advocate said he was a bachelor trying to form a band.

14/06/2024

Hello and Happy Friday!

As we go into the weekend, I have a request for all of you!

Have you helped Stallion Alluvium? We drive by every morning to see him and it is heartbreaking to see him locked in the pens!

Today I am asking that you take a moment to take action and send emails to demand that 2019 Stallion Alluvium be released back into the only home he has ever known! You can take action here: https://secure.everyaction.com/4bIr7BLQ60SHxHhJLAI_-Q2

If you are not yet aware of Alluvium's story - you can read all about it in our blog from earlier this week: https://chwha.org/2024/06/10/urgent-call-to-action-free-alluvium/

If you already took action - THANK YOU!

This weekend, please ask your friends, family, co-workers etc. to also take action. It is NOT ok that the park is setting a precedent for calling our wild horses a "nuisance" especially when all Alluvium was really guilty of doing was simply being a wild horse!

If you took action and you got a friend of two to take action, please share this post! The more people who see and take action for Alluvium, the better!

Thank you for your support and thank you for speaking up for Alluvium!

12/06/2024

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Those words are as true today as they were in 1965 when they were originally…

10/06/2024

Hello and Happy Monday to everyone.  Everyone but 2019 Bachelor Stallion Alluvium that is! Alluvium was captured by the park last week and has been sitting in the holding pens – without any sh…

08/06/2024

What a day!
How nice of former ND Governor & former US Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer came in to see us in our store and thank us for our advocacy work to save the TRNP wild horses!
Medora Chamber of Commerce

08/06/2024

Hello and Happy Saturday to everyone! We need your help! Patricia Bonnette was generous enough to donate this beautiful framed original art of Technicolor Stallion Zefiro. If we can get $500 in do…

07/06/2024

URGENT ACTION NEEDED
*UPDATE*
The preferred Alternative (1) allows for reduction in wild horse populations (AML) in any area (HMA) where wild horses overlap with sage grouse habitats. That is 25.3 million acres out ot the 26.9 million acres managed four wild horses. (See comments in the original post for links and tables.)

BLM has an open comment period for the 2021 Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments.

In this proposed plan there is an alternative (not the preferred alternative, but still included nontheless) that states the horses and burros that are currently managed on Primary Habitat Management Areas (PHMAs) for greater sage grouse (GRSG) would be zeroed out.

Even though this is not the preferred alternative we have GOT to be their voice. Talking points should include those demanding science. such as:

1. BLM must provide current scientific proof that impacts to sage grouse population or habitat have been definitively found to be from wild horses. Not just grazing animals, not just livestock, not just general damage to an area with wild horses/burros where there are also other mitigating factors but the horses are conveniently blamed. But studies that show a specific species (wild horse/burro) impacts.

2. The wild horses and burros act would currently have legal precedence because sage grouse, while a special status species, do not have federal protections like these wild horses and burros do.

3. Any action to further protect sage grouse without a listing on the Endangered Species Act list should be that of removing livestock fencing, and livestock should be reduced if not eliminated from all GRSG habitat areas.

Please make your comments by June 13, 2024 at the following link:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2016719/570
We are using the "Participate Now" button on the top document.

Written comments may also be submitted by email ([email protected])

07/06/2024

Check out theee NEW leather wrapped, stainless steel shot glasses - Coming soon! Production just finished and they will be on their way to us shortly!

You can check out all of the new items on our website here: https://chasinghorses.com/collections/whats-new-at-chasing-horses
Or visit us 7 days a week at our physical shop in Medora, ND! We are located at 312 Pacific Ave right next to The Farmhouse Cafe, Medora Boot & Western Wear & Rushmore Mountain Taffy Shop, ND

Thank you for your support!

Medora Chamber of Commerce

07/06/2024

Hello and Happy Thursday!

We had the pleasure of spending time with this awesome couple earlier this week! They came all the way from North Carolina to get Back to Nature with us!

Have you booked your trip with us? You can send us a PM or email us at [email protected] for more information and to check availability!

Have a great night!
Medora Chamber of Commerce

07/06/2024

Hello and Happy Thursday to everyone! We have some information to share about the 2024 Superintendent’s Compendium for Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We heard from Congressman Armstrong’s office…

06/06/2024

*Take Action*
For Colorado’s Historic Little Book Cliffs Wild Horses
American Wild Horse Conservation

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing the permanent removal of 120 historic Colorado wild horses from the 36,000-acre Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range, near Grand Junction, starting September 11, 2024.

Home to an estimated 211 wild horses, Little Book Cliffs is the only dedicated wild horse range in Colorado, distinct from a multiple-use herd management area (HMA), meaning the habitat is managed primarily for wild horses and there is no competition from livestock grazing.

The proposed federal plan allows for an initial helicopter roundup of 140 wild horses, permanently removing 120 and returning 20 to the range. It also calls for further roundups over a multi-year period to achieve and maintain a target population range (AML) of just 90-150 wild horses.

Proposed actions include adjusting the s*x ratio to 50:50; returning 20 captured mares and stallions back to the range; relocating wild horses to other parts of the range to maintain herd genetic viability; and applying a range of population control methods to animals captured during roundups. Methods allowed by the plan include flexible intrauterine devices [IUDs], or humane fertility control, such as PZP.

Local volunteer group, Friends Of The Mustangs, has implemented a PZP humane fertility control program for over 20 years, the last six without roundups, until this current proposal was introduced.

Building on the Friends of the Mustangs foundation, Little Book Cliffs provides an opportunity to support and expand the on-range fertility control model, consistent with the intent of The Colorado Wild Horse Project (SB23-275), which was signed into law by Governor Polis, at Little Book Cliffs, a year ago this month.

The state-sponsored project oversees a $1.5m budget for on and off-range management projects, including the expansion of humane fertility control efforts in Colorado.

Instead of expending federal tax dollars to round up the Little Book Cliffs wild horses by helicopter and funnel them into the BLM's holding system, where 64,000 animals are currently stockpiled, the agency should:

1. Collaborate with the Colorado Wild Horse Working Group on a modified wild horse management plan to expand the existing humane fertility control program in Little Book Cliffs and reduce the proposed helicopter roundup operation and its associated cost and public concern
2. Revaluate the AML to allow for a genetically viable herd using up-to-date science and range data to guide management decisions
3. Expand fertility control using only the humane and reversible PZP vaccine.
4. Abandon IUDs within the suite of population control methods
5. Ensure any roundup and on-range handling (such as roping) is carried out in strict compliance with the BLM's Comprehensive Animal Welfare Guidelines
6. Work with local organizations, like Friends of the Mustangs, to find good adoptive homes for any removed mare before they ship to BLM holding facilities.

The Colorado Wild Horse Working Group and the $1.5m funds allocated by the state to improve wild horse conservation are a model opportunity to supplement and build on local efforts, not see them swept aside by a blunt and unaffordable federal helicopter removal tool.

Please take action before the June 15th deadline and sign on to American Wild Horse Conservation's comments by using the link below!

https://secure.everyaction.com/Vt4tw_QQyUmLqjJYgFrqAQ2

05/06/2024

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~ Barack Obama Hello Again! …

04/06/2024

Hello and Happy Tuesday to everyone! It has been an incredibly busy week/month/year! There is a lot happening and I am excited that either later today or tomorrow, we will be able to share some of …

03/06/2024

Hello and Happy Sunday to everyone!

We are excited to announce that this beautiful piece has been donated to us to raffle off!

Patricia Bonnette has donated this amazing work of art to us. If we can get $500 in donations, we will raffle this off next Monday (June 10th).

How to enter: For every $20 donation you make to Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates, you will get one entry into the drawing to win.

About the piece:

This is a 9x12 framed original piece called Technicolor Stallion. This is soft pastels on pastelmat and it will be framed.

"Technicolor Stallion Zefiro" - Zefiro lives in the Virginia Range and is captured here in his magnificence during a gorgeous sunset. Thanks to Richie Asencio for his permission to use his amazing photography. His work portrays the majesty of our Wild Mustangs in their homes and his love for them radiates throughout all his work . You can learn more about Richie Asencio on his page: https://www.facebook.com/richie.asencio

You can also learn more about Patricia Bonnette and view more of her work on her website: https://patricia-bonnette.pixels.com/

Donations can be made through any of the ways listed on our website: https://chwha.org/support-chwha/
You can also make a donation by clicking here now: https://secure.everyaction.com/cBmDbRA6cUuzERpShcQOCg2

Or you can hit the donate button on any of our social media posts.

Thank you for your support and THANK YOU to Patricia for this amazing donation to help support our ongoing advocacy work for the wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Have a great night!

01/06/2024

Hello and Happy Saturday to everyone! Hopefully you were able to tune into the Jay Thomas Show yesterday.  We talked about the last two years, what is happening with the horses now, and some r…

31/05/2024

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30/05/2024

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Here is another new foal for the 2024 year.

Meet C**t Magnum! He was born to Mare Maiden and Stallion Sidekick on March 31, 2024. He was the 2nd of 7 foals born so far this year and the first of 4 colts.

Isn't he a cutie?!

Welcome to TRNP Magnum!

We are fighting hard to make sure you live your life wild and free right where you are!

Thank you for your support and have a great day!

30/05/2024

Hello and Happy Wednesday to everyone!

It has been a CRAZY week! We have had tours every other day for the last week!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the day with an interesting young man and I wanted to share that story with you today.

Xin came to visit us from China!

He is currently studying in North Carolina. He took a trip to South Dakota and through Trip Advisor found us and decided to venture up from Rapid City on Tuesday so that we could take him to see the wild horses and other wildlife in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This morning, he headed back to South Dakota to catch his flight back to North Carolina.

We had a lot of really good conversations, that is for sure!

He was very impressed with our camera and told me that his dad has a similar one. He wanted to bring it with him to the USA, but it was too big to take with him. He asked me if he could take some photos with my camera, and I said sure! We always believe that the day belongs to our clients, and we strive to make the day as memorable as possible in whatever ways we can. Xin asked me if it was ok if he took pictures throughout the day with my camera and asked if I could email them to him later. He wanted to share the photos with his parents when he talked to them last night. How could I say no?!

The highlights of these experiences we share with people is watching the excitement in their faces either when they see wild horses, bison or that extraordinary view after we hike up Buck Hill or Wind Canyon or anywhere else in the park. Xin was no different. In fact, there may have been a bit more oooo’s and ahhh’s than usual yesterday.

Attached to this post are a few of the photos that Xin took with my camera to share with his family in China. I hope you enjoy yesterday’s view from his perspective.

I am not sure who had a better experience yesterday, him or me.

Have a great day and thank you for your support!

Don’t forget! If you haven’t booked your Back to Nature with Chasing Horses tour, summer and fall dates are filling up fast! If you are interested, please email us at [email protected] or send us a PM.
Medora Chamber of Commerce

29/05/2024

Hello and Happy Wednesday to everyone! Life seems to have gone from busy to insane almost overnight! There is a lot happening and I thought I would give a quick update on a few things we have bee…

28/05/2024

Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates is STILL fighting for the wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Show your support by wearing this shirt to help raise awareness. 100% of the profits from this shirt go directly to Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates to support their critical advocacy wo...

28/05/2024

Doing what we can with what we have from where we are! At the Medora community event tonight passing out pins and information about the work we are still doing to get long term protection for the amazing wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

27/05/2024

27/05/2024

Hello and Happy Sunday! We hope you are enjoying your holiday weekend!

We had the pleasure of spending time with Steven and Ty who came to visit us all the way from Tennessee! North Dakota was Steven's 50th state and we think he saved the best for last for sure!

They have been reading about what has been happening with the horses over the last 2 years and all the work we have been doing with Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates to save this herd!

In spite of the un-forecasted intermittent rain, we had a great time in TRNP today! The horses, as usual, did NOT disappoint. A special thank you to Stallions Trooper and Gunner and their bands for being on cue today 😉 lol

Have you booked your Back to Nature with Chasing Horses tour for this year? Our calendar is filling up and we have had to start a waiting list for some dates!

If you are interested in taking a trip through Theodore Roosevelt National Park with us this summer, please send us a PM or email us at [email protected] for more information and to check availability.

Thank you for your support and have a great weekend!

Medora Chamber of Commerce

25/05/2024

Have you heard about how you can win this awesome piece of metal art donated to us by our friends at Chasing Horses?!

We would like to challenge you to help us with our fundraising goals this weekend! Please invite your friends and family to join in!

For every $5 you donate this weekend, through midnight MT 5/27/2024, you will be entered in a drawing to win this awesome piece of metal horse art that was donated to us by our friends at Chasing Horses. This piece is 12” long and can be used indoors or outdoors!

For many people, this simply means skipping the coffee from your favorite chain just once this weekend!

There are several ways you can donate listed on our website: https://chwha.org/support-chwha/ You can also make your tax deductible donation NOW here: https://secure.everyaction.com/cBmDbRA6cUuzERpShcQOCg2 You can also donate by clicking the “donate now” button on any of our social media posts!

We will announce the winner on our page Tuesday 5/28/2024.

Thank you for your support and have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!

Remember - if you can't make a $5 donation, sharing our posts helps raise awareness too! If you share the post publicly, you will also get an entry for our drawing!

25/05/2024

“It is hard to fail but is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.”~ Theodore Roosevelt And just like that…another week flew by! It was a good week! …

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