Well, in Council, ID SW area, there is abundant water flows and it
does go down hill into the Weiser Rivers (many forks to this river & the
East Fork was through our ranch) then into the Snake River. Never in 10+
years of riding in Council, ID did I ever see a wild horse or heard of anyone
else seeing wild horses. I used to pack salt with Jack Watson every summer
and my daughter Charlene & Amy Dyer rode a lot at the OX ranch owned by
the Dyers which spreads between Council and the Snake River and no wild horses
there either.
Why do I feel I have to justify my life experiences with you Heidi? I
don't have the time to write a book about Cattle ranching and BLM permits and
costs....I was just giving an outline of some of it. I used to be a
small cattle rancher back in those days..... No matter what the subject
is...here you, Kat, Joe & Truman come, knowledge of all subjects....it
makes people paranoid to respond to any subject on this list. That's why
there are 20 people talking and 1,000 people reading only....
Tammy Robinson Trail-Rite Products 18171 Lost Creek
Road Saugus, CA 91390 661/513-9269 office 661/713-3912
cell 661/513-9206 fax www.trail-rite.com
In a message dated 7/20/2008 8:51:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I would hardly call natural waterways "abundant" on Idaho
rangelands--although there are small creeks here and there, Idaho rangelands
are high desert, and many of the creeks are dry later in the summer.
There are springs which can be utilized, but some of them are seasonal as
well. In many areas, water must be carefully stewarded in order to be
used--by cattle OR by wildlife!
Also, although you may have had liver flukes near the Snake River at
Council, they are not a common problem in most of Idaho, due to the desert
conditions, and having pathogens passed downstream is not much of a problem,
since most places don't have water that flows to anywhere else.
