An Open Letter and Comment form Grandma Gregg “True to form, the BLM is attempting to hoodwink the American public and justify their efforts to rip wild horses from their rightful land by conveniently “forgetting” to mention in their Bible Springs Complex Environmental Assessment that wild horses have […]
The International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros (ISPMB), has just completed a 15 year observation and study of four wild horse herds, and the data indicates that the White Sands herd did not double in size until the 14th year. (The Bureau of Land Management claims […]
Source: Habitat for Horses This is the third and final part of The Canadian Battle for the Wild Horses as presented by Virginia Fisher. Their story echoes our very own battle with the BLM over the rights of our “wildies” to the land. The other parts of this […]
by Debbie Coffey Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved. While many taxpaying Americans think that it’s ludicrous for the BLM to round up even 1 of the few remaining wild horses and burros off of PUBLIC lands, the Iron County Commissioners (Utah) have their panties in a twist because the BLM is […]
After reading an article from the Ely Times in Nevada (below), it seems that rancher Mike Stremler, who has been a mountain lion bounty hunter and the Chairman of the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioner’s Feral Horse Committee is at it again. Stremler wants the BLM to pay ranchers with water rights […]
When the BLM issues Environmental Assessments or Drought plans to round up wild horses because there’s not enough water or forage, or ranchers complain about the 20 gallons of water per day that a wild horse may drink, be sure to check out the oil and gas leases […]
By Brian Maffly| The Salt Lake Tribune Federally Subsidized Cow Farmers Claim more Rights than Public Wild Horses The federal Bureau of Land Management will likely clear most if not all the wild horses from a West Desert block of state land in July as part of a […]
The BLM’s failure to protect wild horses from extinction seems to be part of its failure to manage public lands. Read the GAO report below to find out more about how BLM’s failures create potential risks for water contamination and other environmental safety issues. (Be sure to ask for all reports on each […]
“The BLM has definitely done a great smear campaign on our wild horses.” stated Rachel Fazio, advocate attorney, “To be honest reading this opinion it is as if we never wrote any briefs or researched any law – and never mind the actual facts- it is as if we weren’t even involved in the litigation at all. Half of our claims they didn’t even deal with, they didn’t address the prohibition on “capture, harassment, branding and death” – they just focused on the removal language; they got out from under the Principally language by at the 11th hour claiming that the Twin Peaks HMA wasn’t a range, even though the Act does not permit the creation of an HMA, only the creation of a range, and that Dahl v. Clark actually found that designation of an HMA was done pursuant to the range provision of the Act (ie HMA= range) – and of course the wink and a nod on the long-term holding; its on private lands.”
OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~ president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “You have just GOT to be kidding Me!!!” Year after year we have sat before the BLM bigwigs and their puppet, special interest advisory board and offered quantified and qualified suggestions and recommendations for solutions and assistance […]
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