Source: Return to Freedom BLM intends to remove about 652 wild horses from the 475,460-acre Warm Springs Herd Management Area… The Bureau of Land Management has captured 226 wild horses and six burros and eight animals have died during the first three days of a helicopter roundup preceding […]
by George Wuerthner as published on The Wildlife News “There is probably no activity that does more damage to our public lands, and in particular, degrades our wilderness areas, than livestock production…” Livestock grazing occurs on some 260 million acres of federal lands, including lands administered by the […]
By Charlotte Roe and Joanna Grossman | as published in The Denver Post The agency’s new plan to sell off horses like hotcakes effectively consigns these animals to the slaughter pipeline Tearing foals from their mothers and running them to death in stampedes. Exposing pregnant mares to an […]
by Jennifer Brown of the Colorado Sun “The Feds have gone totally off the tracks in their effort to eradicate native wild horses and burros from their rightful range. The subversion of federal law goes unchecked.” ~ R.T. Animosity between mustang lovers and the BLM is escalating after […]
Source: Alberta’s Free Roaming Horses Society Alberta’s Free Roaming Horses Society and have just begun legal action against the Alberta Provincial Government for, what appears to be, a violation of their Statutes and Regulations with regards to capturing and removing the wild horses from Public Lands. They have been […]
Source: wildhoofbeats.com At the Temporary End of the Red Desert Complex, Wild Mars and Foals are at Rock Springs Corrals, Which are Still Closed to the Public by Carol J. Walker, Dir. of Field Documentation, Wild Horse Freedom Federation The Red Desert Complex Roundup in Wyoming from August […]
Source: desmogblog Shale drilling and fracking often occurs in areas already suffering from water stress. Credit: Duke University. By Sharon Kelly Between 2011 and 2016, fracked oil and gas wells in the U.S. pumped out record-breaking amounts of wastewater, which is laced with toxic and radioactive materials, a new Duke University study concludes. The amount of […]
by Chad Shmukler – as published on HatchMag.com It’s now clearer than ever that opening Americans’ public lands to coal, oil, gas and mineral extraction was the plan all along “It really is about multiple use and multiple use is grazing, timber management, recreation, being able to use […]
Aaron WeissMedia Director | Center for Western Priorities | Twitter: @aweiss Ryan Zinke’s claims of ignorance are undermined by his own emails Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is attempting to deflect attention from the growing scandal around a development deal involving him, his wife Lola, and David Lesar, the chairman […]
By George Wuerthner as published on OregonLive.com “The Hammonds are anything but “responsible ranchers” or victims of government “overreach.” They are criminals who have repeatedly violated the law and have frequently avoided paying the penalties.” President Trump pardoned Dwight Hammond and his son Steve, the ranchers who sparked […]
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