By Christopher Ketcham as published on The New Republic Cowboys and cows are soaking the American West dry The American West faces its fifteenth year of low rainfall, sparse snowpack, and warming temperatures in what climatologists believe is only the beginning of a climate-change-induced megadrought that may last a […]
Opinion by Craig Downer as published in the Reno Gazette Journal “There is a cover-up concerning the major factors that are deteriorating the Pine Nut Mountain ecosystem…” My statement concerns the Carson-City-BLM roundup of 575 out of 775 wild horses from the Pine Nut Mountain Herd Management Area […]
By BEN LEFEBVRE as published on Politico “Are we jumping from one MeatHead to another?” ~ R.T. President Donald Trump will nominate David Bernhardt to be the new Interior secretary. The announcement in a tweet from the president Monday ends a nearly two-month-long search for a permanent replacement […]
By Theresa Braine as published on NYDailyNews.com “It would be a felony under the PACT Act to crush, burn, drown, suffocate, impale or sexually exploit animals“ “I wonder if this would apply to wild horses and burros being used, abused and killed by the mismanagement of the BLM […]
PBS/Nature Episode 2: Chasing the Wind Click on Image to view episode Discover how humans have partnered with the horse throughout the centuries, creating more than 350 breeds found all around the world.
“Let’s wash out our collective minds and souls for a moment…” ~ R.T.
by Ginger Fedak as posted on IDAUSA.org We must speak up now to help protect the wild horses and burros of America! During the current government shutdown, the U.S. Department of the Interior quietly proposed changes to broaden its ability to block Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. […]
“Happy Day Off to all of you; hoping that you all are doing well…so for today, no words of wisdom, no introspection and no worries, just a pointer towards a most interesting program/series that is coming up on PBS/Nature…”The Story of the Horse“. We rarely promote or highlight […]
Dr. Downer has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the conservation movement MINDEN, NV,— Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Craig Carpenter Downer, Ph.D. c., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, […]
By Emilie Karrick Surrusco as published on EarthJustice.org The new acting Interior Secretary, David Bernhardt, has been described as a “walking conflict of interest.” As 2019 begins, it’s out with the old and in with the same old, same old. Scandal-ridden Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released […]
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