Committee to Promote New Mexico’s

Wild Horse Parks

May 04, 2010

                                                    

Committee MembersNew Mexico Horse Council

Baca Colonial Spanish Horse ConservancyHorses of America official

Lynne Pomeranz Wild Horse WorkshopMonero Mustangs Sanctuary

Placitas MustangsRandall Prouty Ranch

Wild Horse Observers Association

Equine Eco TourismKey Recommendations

1. Eco Website - Key Languages– Scandanavian, German, French, Japanese

2. Advertise Existing Attractions– Monero Mustangs Sanctuary– Colonial Spanish Breed Conservancies– Federal Wild Horse Territories (3) in NM– Wild Horse Photo Workshops - Pomeranz

Equine Eco TourismKey Recommendations

3. NM – The Wild Horse DestinationAdd Events– Colonial Spanish Celebration Show– Indian Pony Event – Pueblo/Fair GrndsAdd Preserves– Placitas Preserve Year Round – Chama Preserve Summer– McKinley Preserve Winter

4. All Equine Attractions - Single map.

New Mexico Horse Council

• Mission: To do any and all things in furtherance of the interest of horses and horsemen in New Mexico

• Supports Governor Richardson's proposal for a Wild Horse Preserve

• Promotes Eco-Tourism through use of our equine heritage

• Endorses the WHOA Eco-Tourism Plan • Interested in helping create a Celebration of the

Spanish Horse to showcase breeds originating on the Iberian Peninsula

Monero Mustang Sanctuary

• Private Sanctuary Providing for Homeless Wild Horses - Chama Area

• Eco-Tourists visit from France, Japan, Canada, Australia, US

• Chama Hotels sponsor horses for the customers they bring.

• Capacity – 150, Current – 75

• Herd Management – 99% PZP Immuno Contraception.

Lynne PomeranzWild Horse Workshops

• Utilizing the Placitas Wild Horses, Monero Mustang Sanctuary

• International Customers - year round• Book on Pryor Mountain Horses• Published New Mexico Magazine• Published in Spain• Placitas Horses Key for accessibility• Placitas Horses key for inclement

weather

Placitas Mustangs Placitas Community Eco-Tourism

• Wild Life Mural - Placitas Entry - Local Artists• Wild Life Corridor Mapping - Citizen Scientists • Poet/Activists – Poetry Events – Book of

Poems for the Placitas Horses Gary Bower• Musicians – CD Song About the Placitas

Horses • Saving the Placitas Mustangs - Book

Incorporating Locals Photography • Award Winning Wild Horse Photography• Docents – $60K worth of fencing, 4 miles

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Randall Prouty Ranch

• Goals• Reasons• Expansion 300 - 400 horses• Self Sustaining• 1300 acres• Herd Management PZP immuno Contraception• Herds live naturally• Fish and Game Lands next to Monero Mustangs