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Administration 



This program shall be part of the Division of Shoshone Nation Natural Resources. 



The Shoshone Nation will contract with Kahnee, Inc. to develop, institute, and 

 manage the above proaram. Kahnee, Inc. (KI) shall maintain a full year 



managenent team of persons who will also recruit and train support staff for 



each heard area as it is established. These wranglers will be primarily drawn 

 from the scattered Shoshone ccmunities ttiroughout Nevada or frcm prison and D(JI 

 units where outdoor, cowooy work is an appropriate alternative to jail time. 



CSee Appendix for proposed staffing pattern). 



Results/Benefits 



It IS envisioned that by establishing and maintaining small, healthy herds that 

 t.he key issues of this controversy will be addressed. 



The American public will be served in its desire to protect and sustain bands of 

 wild horses. These bands, however, will not be subjected to the slow death they 

 currently suffer through inbreeding, lack of forage and water, and malicious 

 attacks by vandals. The species itself will be strengthened and better able to 

 enjoy survival in natural surroundings. 



The cattlanen, the sheepherder, and now the military (an expanding user of the 

 Nevada rangeland) will also be served by this management plan. Horse herds, by 

 virtue of assured water and feed sources, will not need to invade other grazing 

 areas for survival. Should a herd stray frcm its designated territory, anyone so 

 impacted will have a permanent, "ready-to-go" crew, familiar with both the 

 terrain and the herd, that can humanely move than back to where they should be. 



The Nevada public will be served with an additional education center and a 

 positive approach to a problem that has stymied and drained time and energy fron 

 all sectors. The problems of canpeting land use, of changing public values, and 

 of shifting economic forces are not unique to Nevada, yet the wild horse 

 management issue is specifically in its area, needing local resolution, not 

 application designs frcm Metro areas that do not experience this unique 

 cccnbination of factors. 



The Shoshone Nation, in meeting its responsibility to future generations by 

 prccnoting and practicing conservation and stewardship of the natural resources of 

 Its territory, will also be stimulating avenues of employment for its people, 

 creating another tourism asset for the region, and demonstrating a cost effective 

 method of resource management. 



And sonewhere, looking into a vast landscape unfettered with architectural 

 creations, a small child will be inspired watching a mustang reach for the wind. 



