Multiple species of plants and animals call the area home. On most visits to Stone Cabin or Saulsbury you can see pronghorn and jack rabbits. Mule deer, bighorn sheep, bobcat, kit fox and long tailed weasels have been documented by WHE.
Wild horses spend much of their time on the benches, using the flat open spaces to warm up, take a nap or dash through to get water in hot weather when the upland catchments run dry.
Finding a herd standing at the foot of a mountain, turned toward the sunset, is a spectacular sight at Stone Cabin.
Livestock use is present in Stone Cabin and her, much smaller, sister HMAs. When combining all three HMAs, calculating liv estock AUM's (use) in a year long (12 month) calculation, cows outnumber wild horses by more than 10-1 (with one area representing 100-1).
This area has made the news in recent months as multiple parcels went for an oil and gas sale lease.
Legal actions are pending in court claiming multiple violations of law by allowing the sale to move forward.
The cases are pending.
Photo: Laura Leigh
photos: Laura Leigh
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