Wild Horse & Burro Proud Adopter Photos - Bureau of Land Management California

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
California

Proud Adopter Photographs

	These horses were trained at the Colorado Inmate Program for the U.S. Border Patrol. This mounted unit patrols the border between Washington and Canada. Riders left to right: Bill Borches, Senior Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, Metalline Falls, WA; Cody West, Colorado Horse Inmate Program Staff; Mick Mattson, Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program Staff; Wade Draper, Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program Staff; and Joe McCraw Senior Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, Coleville, WA Horses left to right: Brutus from Devils Garden, CA; Buck from Devil's Garden, CA; Josey from Twin Peaks, CA; Joker from Twin Peaks, CA and Swamp Donkey from Devil's Garden, CA
	Emmy is a 2 year old filly from the Nut Mountain HMA in northeastern Nevada. Adopted by Dixie LaFountain.
	Peaches and Cream are mother and daughter from the Johnnie HMA in Southern Nevada. Their adopter, Carol Belmore, uses these girls to pull her wagons.
	Ruby, a 2000 mare from the Twin Peaks HMA in northeastern California, practices in harness. Adopted by Mike Kerson.
	Modoc, a gelding from the Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory in north central California, gets some lessons at a clinic. Ridden by his adopter, Michele DeCamp.
	Andy Stephens trained Gracie, a 3 year old mare from the Twin Peaks HMA in northern California, for the 2008 Western States Mustang Challenge in Sacramento.
	Piney was a nuisance horse from the Pine Nut HMA in western Nevada. Born in 2007, he is now a happy pony showing off for his adopter Nancy Kerson.
	Jill Owens competes in dressage with Gypsy, a mare from the Trinity Range HMA in Nevada.
	Donna Kelly and Cactus Rose, (nee Tina Turner), compete in competitive trail rides. Donna adopted Cactus Rose at the Western States Mustang Challenge, 2008.