It's the least we can do to help stave off the endless slaughter and barbaric captures the BLM senselessly inflict upon the native wild horses year after year.
Article by Kurt Hildebrand | Record-Courier
Credit: Pine Nut Mustang - Paige O’Neill
The acquisition of 3,335 acres of Bently land across the Pine Nut
Mountains by The American Wild Horse Campaign makes the nonprofit one of the
major grazing rights holders in Douglas County.
"The Bently Foundation has long supported the Campaign, as have Camille and
I personally," Christopher Bently said on Friday. "It's the least we can do
to help stave off the endless slaughter and barbaric captures the BLM
senselessly inflict upon the native wild horses year after year."
According to the Campaign’s Suzanne Roy, the Bentlys donated seven parcels
totaling 757.18 acres and donors purchased 14 additional parcels amounting
to 2,538 acres.
“Additionally, one of our corporate sponsors purchased a 40-acre parcel to
be preserved as part of the conservation area,” she said. “We are extremely
grateful to Christopher and Camille Bently and Bently Family LLC for the
direct donation of lands, and to the other donors who enabled the purchase
of additional lands to make the full acquisition possible.”
The property was part of a 14,522-acre acquisition proposed under the
Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act in 2017, but Bently decided not
to complete the project, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
“The new Fish Springs conservation area includes key water sources to
sustain the wildlife populations in the area, including the Fish Springs
wild horses, an internationally known herd that is a top ecotourism resource
for the Carson Valley,” Roy said. “We look forward to working closely with
the Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates to steward this beloved wild herd.”
Roy said the campaign looks to develop partnerships with Douglas County and
the Bureau for the preservation of the Fish Springs herd.
“Through collaboration, we can make progress toward achieving conservation
goals for this spectacular area of Nevada,” she said.
Pine Nut HMA
THE Pine Nut Mountain HMA, is located in the Pine Nut Mountain Range of
Lyon, Douglas and Carson Counties approximately 5 miles east of Carson City,
Nevada.
The area consists of 95,391 acres of BLM land and 8,925 acres of a mix of
private and other public lands for a total of 104,316 acres. Source: BLM »