The Cedar Mountain HMA in September 2022 during the wild horse roundup. The eastern side of the mountain is devastated with cattle damage and has a cheatgrass infestation.

This photo was taken at the Cedar Mountain HMA in Utah in September 2021. The inset photo shows the size of the cow pie, it is as big as my boot. I moved the cow pie and underneath everything is dead.

The Cedar Mountain HMA in Utah. Not only can you see the downed fencing that neither the rancher or BLM have either repaired or cleaned up, you can behind it that the land is not healthy due to livestock use.

The Cerbat HMA in NE Arizona. Here you can see cow manure and the devastation the livestock have caused to the land. That black pipe is pumping water from a spring up the road.

The Cerbat HMA in NE Arizona. The damage caused by the livestock is unmistakable. Not only is the land destroyed but the trees are dead/dying. Ranchers bring in protein buckets to supplement the cattle and pipe water down from springs up the road, or bring in trucks to provide water.

I took this photo near Dead Horse State Park in Utah. On the left is the state park with no grazing - you can see the tall grasses. On the right livestock grazing is allowed. You can see the huge difference between where livestock are grazed and where they aren't.

The Bible Springs HMA in Utah. Those are cow pies and you can see how the livestock have trampled and destroyed the land.

Another view of the eastern side of the Chloride Canyon HMA in Utah. You can see the land has been destroyed by the livestock allowed to graze here. No wild horses could reach this area of the HMA because of fencing and any wild horses remaining on the western side of the HMA are set to be zeroed out and removed forever.

Livestock in the Conant Creek HMA in WY. The wild horses in this area faced a devastating roundup in the summer of 2024 and the herd was vastly reduced so livestock could use the water sources and forage.

The Conant Creek HMA in WY. I witnessed these horses come in and cool off in the water, but they would not drink from it (see photo below of the calf peeing in this same waterhole). The horses then went 40' away and drank from a much smaller waterhole that the cattle were not peeing in.

A calf peeing in a waterhole in the Conant Creek HMA, WY. Wild horses will not drink from contaminated water sources.

The Muskrat Basin HMA in WY. You can see how deep the cows hooves have gone into the ground and how polluted the water looks. I can tell the water and surrounding area smelled absolutely terrible because of the cattle.

Cattle have no business being in the American southwest desert areas. The livestock here have absolutely decimated the land and destroyed the ecosystem including the biological sensitive soil crusts. The cow manure shown has no benefit to the land and only destroys it.

The Cedar Mountain HMA, September 2022. This photo I took shows downed fencing that was put up for livestock. This fencing is a hazard for all the wildlife, wild horses, and cattle.

I took this photo in the Four Mile HMA in Utah. Those are all cow pies you see. A watering trough was nearby and the cattle had decimated the land and grasses by staying near the trough. I did witness 4 wild horses come in, take a quick drink, then leave again.

This is a photo from the Four Mile HMA in Utah that was adjacent to the photo above.

I took this photo east of the Chloride Canyon HMA in Utah. This land has been overgrazed by livestock. We witnessed a giant mower nearby mowing down the native Sage brush which decimates the ecosystem and hurts wildlife such as birds, small mammals, and more.

Inside the Chloride Canyon HMA in Utah. This area has been devastated by livestock use. I saw no wild horses or even signs of wild horses in the area (i.e. manure or horse trails)

The Conger HMA in Utah. Livestock have decimated the land and have no business being in this desert type environment.

More of the livestock devastation in the Conger HMA in Utah.

The western side of the Dishpan Butte HMA in Wyoming. These cattle have been fenced into the lake area, keeping wild horses out.

Livestock in the Fifteenmile HMA in Wyoming have devastated this stream bed.

The Little Colorado HMA in Wyoming. This piece of land is grazed by thousands of sheep and was covered in sheep droppings. You can see the grasses have been eaten down entirely.

The North Hills HMA in western UT. I spoke to the rancher who owns these cattle and he was getting ready to bring in his sheep herd. The cows pictured here were still dropping calves. The rancher said he had seen just 25 wild horses in the area.

A closer look at the North Hills HMA in UT where the rancher had 100 cows dropping calves and was bringing in his herd of sheep. You can see all of the grasses in between the Sage brush is gone, eaten and trampled by the cows.

The Muskrat Basin HMA in WY. Look at how much ground a single cow has covered in manure. Cow manure does not break down like horse manure does. Cow manure dries hard and everything underneath of it dies. Wild horse manure is moister, carries seeds that were undigested, is beneficial to insects, the grasses grow from the manure and you can easily break up horse manure with your hands.

Another photo of livestock decimating the deserts in the American southwest in Utah. Cow pies strewn about and the delicate soil crust that insects and reptiles in the area rely on have been destroyed.