Story by the Humane Society “The USDA Wildlife Services’ inefficient and inhumane wildlife damage management program…” Wildlife Services, a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has waged war on our nation’s wildlife for more than a century. From 2004 to 2013 (the most recent year for which […]
“Warning: Ensure that you do NOT have a mouthful of liquid, or food, when you watch the antics of these equine comedians. I am certain that anyone who is, or was, a guardian of a horse or donkey will find several comical behaviors here that you have personally experienced with your four legged children. Smile, giggle and enjoy your day. May God Bless all of you who give those who cannot speak a voice. You are very, very spacial, indeed.” ~ R.T.
Press Release from The Center for Biological Diversity “Dinky Zinke is a Dodo Dud!” TUCSON, Ariz.— Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is the winner of the Center for Biological Diversity’s 2017 Rubber Dodo award. The statue is awarded each year to the person or group who has most aggressively […]
Written by Joseph Witham as published on The St George News
“…revising wild horse and burro-appropriate management levels or removing horses and burros from winter range or migration corridors if they degrade habitat…”
Opinion by Timothy Egan as published on The New York Times The emperor of the outdoors rode into town on a horse named Tonto, and soon demanded that his own special flag fly outside his headquarters whenever he was in Washington. He believes fracking is proof that “God […]
By Kamila Kudelska as published on Wyoming Public Media A federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its decision to deny Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone bison. The service initially concluded there was not enough evidence that the buffalo needed protection under […]
by Jesse Prentice-Dunn as published on WestWise Interior Secretary set to ignore overwhelming public feedback in scrapping landmark sage-grouse conservation plans In less than one year on the job, Interior Secretary Zinke has taken a wrecking ball to America’s public lands legacy. From the unprecedented step of dramatically […]
Move over Wild Horses, Burros and other native critters as private “welfare” cattle, sheep and goats are coming to destroy the forage on public lands near YOU!!! News Release WASHINGTON, DC Contact: BLM: blm_press@blm.gov Forest Service: pressoffice@fs.fed.us For immediate release Date: January 30, 2018 BLM and Forest Service […]
Release from the FieldMuseum.org Study found that human-modified landscapes shrink mammal movements by up to half Human beings take up a lot of real estate — around 50-70 percent of the Earth’s land surface. And our increasing footprint affects how mammals of all sizes, from all over the […]
Few groups have been closer and more involved in Interior Department policy and management than the National Park System Advisory Board, an appointed and nonpartisan group established 83 years ago to consult on department operations and practices.
So it came as a shock this week when nine of the board’s 12 members abruptly resigned in protest, complaining that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had disregarded their requests to meet at least once, a circumstance no other Park System Advisory Board had encountered.
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