If you can stomach another perfect example of “regulatory capture,” you can watch the Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board meeting – stacked with appointed board members favoring livestock grazing interests (not the interests of wild horses & burros on public lands).
The Board meeting will be held virtually using Zoom video conferencing technology and will be
live-streamed at BLM.gov/live.
AGENDA
Wednesday, September 23
Session 1 – 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
•Welcome, Remarks and Housekeeping
•Approval of October 2019 Meeting Minutes
•BLM and USFS Responses to Board Recommendations from October 2019 Board Meeting
BREAK – 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MDT
Session 2 – 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. MDT
•Summary of the Wild Horse and Burro Report to Congress (Fact Sheet attached)
•Advisory Board Discussion
BREAK – 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. MDT
Session 3 – 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. MDT
•Public Comment Period (1)
BREAK –2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. MDT
Session 4 – 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT
•Advisory Board Fertility Control Work Group Discussion
•Adjournment
Thursday, September 24
Session 5 – 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. MDT
•Advisory Board Range Conditions/Improvements Work Group Discussion
•Advisory Board Humane Treatment Work Group Discussion
BREAK – 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MDT
Session 6 – 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MDT
•Public Comment Period (2)
Session 7 – 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. MDT
•Advisory Board Burro Management Work Group Discussion
•Advisory Board Discussion and Draft Recommendations
BREAK – 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. MDT
Session 8 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
•Public Comment Period (3)
Session 9 – 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT
•Advisory Board Discussion and Finalize Recommendations (Board Vote)
•Adjournment
Meeting Materials
- Meeting Agenda
- Draft minutes from October 29-31 meeting
- Report to Congress
- Report to Congress Fact Sheet
- USFS Wild Horse and Burro Program Fact Sheet
- BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program FY19 Highlights
- Tentative FY2020 Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule as of Sept. 2, 2020
- BLM Research Summary
- FY2020 Wild Horse and Burro HA/HMA Statistics
- BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program Off-Range Branch Update
- Wild Horse and Burro Facility Report for August, 2020
- Adoption Incentive Program Evaluation Report
- 50th Anniversary Commemoration Concept Paper
- Wild Horse and Burro Program Expenditures
To view past video records of meetings that took place between 2011 and the present, visit @BLMNational YouTube
Per the BLM’s News Release, for more information about the meeting, please contact Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro Program Coordinator, at (602) 906-5543 or at dboothe@blm.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may reach Ms. Boothe during normal business hours by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
Categories: Wild Burros, Wild Horses/Mustangs
When will the “tide turn!!” Board members who truly care about the care of our Wild Horses/burros.
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I am sorry to say that the evil against our wild horses and burros will not end until the guilty fraudulent government employees are behind bars for their participation in the criminal deception intended to and resulting in financial and personal gain.
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“missed” seeing this – truthfully, as frustrated & angry as I am about the current political crap – dont think I can take listening to people whose only goal is getting rid of our native wild horses – who wont even LISTEN to what caring & knowledgeable people are trying to tell them. Actually, its just more of the same. As GG says – regulatory capture – GUILTY FRAUDULENT GOVERNMENT!! Got my hair cut today so dont have enough to yank on for the moment!
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As usual the BLM & advisory board are here to get rid of the Americans Wild Horses. The cattlemen’s lobby & backdoor arrangements are what’s driving all this. They keep getting more land for their animals so they get rid of the horses. It’s all very cut & dry. Gov. goes along, they want mining, fracking, pipe lines & every other kind of crap on Public Lands. It’s all the biggest rip off ever & the horses are paying with their lives. People don’t care Congress sure as hell doesn’t care & the BLM is sure doing their job aren’t they. I guess everyone missed the part where these are Federally Protected Horses & Burros. It must be some other Federal Gov.
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