Highway 50 fencing project beginning this month!

Very exciting news from Nevada Department of Transportation - Fencing of Highway 50 from Chavez Road through Dayton to the SR341 intersection is scheduled to begin in early January! Read the project description here:

NDOT TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY WITH FENCING ON SECTIONS OF U.S. 50

Four strand, four-foot high livestock fencing will be installed on both sides of the highway in the following areas:

• Between State Route 341 intersection to just west of River Street (near “Our Park” in west Dayton)

• Between Fortune Drive and western Occidental Drive

• Between Six Mile Canyon Road and Chaves Road

To continue residential and business access to the highway, fencing is not being placed in high-density residential and business areas. Roadway lighting will be placed on the highway at the end of each fenced section for enhanced visibility.

The fencing is aimed at reducing vehicle-animal collisions and enhancing safety for all. Between 2017 and 2019, 27 horse-related crashes were reported in areas where fencing will be placed. Across the state, horses are the species third most likely to be involved in a vehicle-animal collision, with an average of approximately 35 horse-related crashes statewide every year. Tragically, motorists who hit horses are more than twice as likely to be injured or killed than drivers who collide with a deer.

The more than eight miles of new fencing will join the nearly 24 miles of existing highway fencing on U.S. 50 between Dayton and Silver Springs. Many other highways bordering the Virginia Range wild horse populations have also been fenced, including USA Parkway and U.S 50A north of Silver Springs. In addition, NDOT has installed three wildlife under-crossings in the Virginia Range.

You can also watch a video on the project by clicking here: NDOT VIDEO

Painting for Ponies Review!

On December 7th LBL Equine Rescue held their year end fundraiser, Painting for Ponies. We want to thank VanGogh and Vino for a fun evening. And we especially want to thank all of you who attended. We are so grateful for all of you and your support. We couldn’t do what we do without you.

Join Wild Horse Preservation League’s January Monthly Meeting

Join Wild Horse Preservation League for their monthly meeting on January 26, 2022 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at the Dayton Community Center, 164 Pike Street, Dayton, Nevada. Come learn about their organization and the good things they do for the Virginia Range horses in the Dayton area and what’s coming up!

Farewell to Kiki - Run Free Beautiful Girl

Read Linda Bruno’s farewell to one of LBL’s recent rescues, Kiki. This beautiful mustang girl was brought in from another rescue who had gotten her and another pregnant mare from the Elko feedlot after being rounded up in Duck Valley.

“Once in awhile, a rescue comes to us and captures my heart, a little more than others. I spend time with them, build their trust and share a mutual love relationship with them. Then, slowly their behavior changes, you have concerns and they no longer act like themselves. They become unpredictable and dangerous to everyone around them, but not all the time, so you have the Vet out for evaluation. In April I could halter her, pick up her hooves and just love her. When the Vet came, she bared her teeth and went to bite me. She had tried to kick and bite volunteers and had charged me. Behavior that caught me off guard. She started biting the tops of her legs, literally biting and pulling and that sinking feeling of hope began to diminish. Yes, we could’ve spent thousands of dollars on tests, try to haul her to UC Davis, but she is a rescue and there are no funds for this. 

Whether it was ovarian cysts/cancer or a brain tumor, it was time to release her from her own tormenting behavior and I cried, and cried, and cried. As she relaxed, she put her head in my arms, letting me kiss her one more time as I said my good-byes. RIP sweet Kiki. I’m so very sorry we couldn’t do more. My heart is broken.”