By Charlie Booher as published on Wildlife.org “The status quo still isn’t working for our wild horses and burros, the ecology on the range, or the American taxpayers” When Congress passed the omnibus appropriations bill last month, legislators included a mandate for the Bureau of Land Management to […]
by Jayson O’Neill as published on Western Values Project Interior Inspector General’s report released on “Dinky’s” reassignments The Interior’s Inspector General released a report on Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s politically motivated efforts to reassign career civil servants at the department. The report found that there was […]
as published on USNews.com A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by conducting an emergency round-up of wild horses in eastern Oregon because the agency did not fully consider the impact of its actions. A federal judge has ruled that […]
“The remarkable beauty of one of Louisiana’s best kept secrets is threatened” Local reporter, Rickie Smith, from The Leesville Leader, has published an article about the unique herds of wild horses seen on Peason Ridge. The article, Wild Horses Embedded in Peason History highlights the uniqueness of the […]
by Jenna Bardroff as published on OneGreenPlanet.org “Wild horses play a crucial role in keeping the ecosystem of the west balanced…” Imagine walking through a trail alongside the golden grasses of an open prairie in the Western United States when all of the sudden you are stopped frozen […]
By Luciana Magalhaes as published on the WSJ.com “Plans to slaughter burros to capitalize on Chinese market for vivifying ‘ejiao’ upsets traditionalists” APODI, Brazil—The dependable donkey once did it all here in northeast Brazil, from hauling in the harvest to carrying children to remote schoolhouses. Now so many […]
by Women of Age Riding Horses.com April 6, 2018 was National Hostess Twinkies Day, a salute to the cream filled cake invented in Illinois in 1930. When we were young, Twinkies were standard store in our kitchen cupboard. When we did our homework, made our beds mom rewarded […]
by Peter Friederici as published on the Arizona Daily Sun “We have no precise words for how the wolf was known and loved or feared…” The story begins with a wolf standing by the side of the road. This isn’t the story you might think. There’s no helpless […]
By Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility “Alaska’s predator control program is clearly out of control,” Washington, DC, April 3, 2018 — The State of Alaska is scrambling to shut down hunting and trapping adjacent to Denali National Park over concerns that excessive kills may destabilize this iconic wolf […]
by John Siciliano as published on the Washington Examiner “”Putting Combs in charge of the Fish and Wildlife Service is like appointing an arsonist as the town fire marshal,” Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is appointing a top critic of endangered species protections the head of the agency charged with […]
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