By: Suzanne Roy, Executive Director, American Wild Horse Campaign “…Masters is no advocate for wildlife or wild horses…” Ben Masters made a movie about riding mustangs on a long-distance journey through the West. It’s an apt metaphor, not only for the place of the mustang in the history […]
By Vickery Eckhoff as published on The Daily Pitchfork.org Who’s overgrazing BLM lands? Subsidized livestock. BLM data shows it. The below spreadsheet converts grazing receipts reported by the BLM for private livestock grazed under the public lands grazing program, allowing a direct head-to-head comparison between the number of […]
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 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 […]
By Carol Walker as published on Down to Earth.org The nation’s wild horses are under siege by oil, gas, mining and other special interests, with total disregard for public lands The still-untamed, Wild West is part of the American fabric, which includes thousands of wild mustangs roaming free […]
Source: The Dodo by Sarah V Schweig “He has decided he is now a mighty mustang.” In a herd of wild horses, it’s the lead stallion who often drops behind the herd as they’re running, helping to guide his group safely to food and water. And so, whenever […]
By Kurt Repanshek as published on National Parks Traveler “The Secretary of Interior cannot override the (National Park Service) Organic Act conservation mandate, nor can he override the NPS regulations implementing it, which generally prohibit hunting in national parks unless specifically authorized by Congress,” A law professor who […]
Source: Western Values Project This Saturday, September 22, is National Public Lands Day, a time to celebrate the bond between people and green space in their communities. Find a National Public Lands Day event in your community >> In its 25-year history, National Public Lands Day has become the nation’s […]
Source: PEER.org Agencies Ordered to Defer to State Hunting and Fishing Practices Whenever Possible Washington, DC — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced a “commitment to defer” to state hunting and fishing practices on all lands within agency purview. His order is a stunning abdication of a more […]
By Sara Ganim, Gregory Wallace and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke held nearly 50 official meetings in May and June that, in sharp contrast to previous months, were so vaguely described on his official calendar that the public is unable tell what he was doing or […]
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