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Horse Trail Scientific Monitoring Program

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This report forms part of the biophysical section of the Horse Trail Scientific Monitoring Program. Its primary focus is to observe and record the impacts of horse trail crossings on aquatic ecosystems and to ascertain if any of these impacts are of high concern. As was emphasised by Pickering et al. (2010) there have been no studies of the impacts of horse riding on streams within natural areas to date. This project will therefore add important knowledge to this understudied area of scientific research, and its findings will inform the direction of future monitoring. Stream health impacts from horse crossings… Continue reading

Wildlife and cows can be partners, not enemies, in search for food

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Princeton University researchers are leading an effort to put to pasture the long-held convention of cattle ranching that wild animals compete with cows for food. Princetown Cattle Wildlife Positive Research Princetown Research link http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/93/41K10/index.xml?section=featured   Continue reading

Proposal for Wild Horse and Burro Reserve Design

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Proposal for Wild Horse/Burro Reserve Design as a Solution to Present Crisis USA Positive attributes wild horses – Reserve Design Proposal for Wild Horse and Burros Denver June 2010 By Craig C. Downer, Wildlife Ecologist       P.O. Box 456, Minden, NV 89423       cc******@ya***.com Tel. 775-267-3484 For presentation at BLM wild horse/burro workshop (6/14/2010) & National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board Meeting (6/15/2010) in Denver, Colorado, & other venues. Continue reading

Lack of Genetic Diversity in Modern Horse Populations

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WA Horse Council News – Extract October 2011 Newsletter     LACK OF GENETIC DIVERSITY   An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to produce compelling evidence that the lack of genetic diversity in modern stallions is the result of the domestication process. The published results suggest the almost complete absence of genetic diversity in modern male horses is not based on properties intrinsic to wild horses, but on the domestic process itself. Researchers sequenced Y chromosomal DNA from eight ancient wild horses dating back from around 15,000 to more than 47,000 years and a 2,800 year old… Continue reading