United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service

This is the second wild horse gather that I have been able to attend. The first gather a the Little Books Cliffs, north of Grand Junction was organized and performed with the cooperation of the Grand Junction office of the BLM and the “Friends of Mustangs”, local animal advocate group. That gather was extremely well done and both groups worked together to reach the required Appropriate Management Level (AML).The gather at Meeker was very well done. This gather was done with the White River BLM office and with the assistance of a contractor, Mr. David Cattoor. This gather was done at the Piceance – East Douglas herd management area. …