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Post by stlkigers on Apr 7, 2011 12:51:37 GMT -5
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Post by pepper on Apr 8, 2011 11:25:53 GMT -5
I must say ..even though I'm definitly an ecologist/green -type person.."studies" like this make me nervous for the horses..Let's see,her daughter's name is "Saige" & she's studying the impact of horses grazing in sage grouse areas.The area allows over 550 cattle and less than 50 horses but only the horses grazing is being monitored.Comments from others have mentioned that the sage in Riddle is shorter & scrubbier than another area(in Washington?) but as anyone who studies nature knows that growth is determined by soil,rainfall ,winds etc...& not just grazing by animals.
It will be interesting to read her conclusions & I hope she can be an objective scientist.
I also understand that horses (the early kigers)were brought to this area by the BLM and were not originaly found there.
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Post by prizmbluekigers on Apr 8, 2011 16:37:24 GMT -5
Pepper, we want to contact her and see if she will speak on camera for the video and we are out there often enough in the warmer weather that we will try to meet her on one of her trips to the Riddle. As far as the Kigers, they were in the area already if you consider Southeastern Oregon to be the "area". Horses from the Jenkins land (now Riddle HMA) were gathered and some of those horses were turned out at Beattys Butte. The horses that ran the Jenkins land were a mixed lot. Some were ranch horses, there were several Morgans and a Welsh stallion in the herd. Local stories are told of dun colored horses out there way before they were "discovered" on Beattys Butte. If you ever look at one of our KIgers and they remind you of a Morgan or seem to have Welsh characteristics that may be the reason. You are correct about the cattle. We see lots of cows and a few horses on the Riddle. They are easier to find on the Kiger.
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Post by stlkigers on Apr 8, 2011 20:26:04 GMT -5
I thought you all might want to talk to her and meet up with her........Also as an FYI that might be a good thing, she has a darling picture of her daughter with her father's KIGER stallion! So maybe that might bode well!?
Angela
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Post by DianneC on Apr 10, 2011 0:33:33 GMT -5
I read quite a bit of her blog, interesting and some things I didn't know. She says she's being objective and loves wild horses. I think she welcomes comments on her blog. I've asked a few questions.
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