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 […]
<!—-> The BLM is asking for public comment on the Environmental Assessment to roundup the wild horses in Iron County, Utah. You can read the Environmental Assessment HERE. The BLM last did an aerial population survey about 2 years ago, where they only counted 261 adults in the entire Bible […]
By Debbie Coffey, Vice President and Director of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation. Copyright 2014. All Rights Reserved. In reading the BLM Press Release below, a few things stand out, besides the fact that we don’t see the names of Ginger Kathrens or R.T. Fitch on this […]
The BLM Washington office has informed BLM Utah State Director Juan Palma that they don’t want to be an adversary to a bunch of folks in Utah who are planning an illegal roundup of wild horses (Why not? The BLM doesn’t mind being adversarial with wild horse advocates). The BLM is jumping […]
3 Iron County (Utah) Commissioners are threatening to take the unlawful action of removing wild horses if the BLM doesn’t. Commissioner David Miller is quoted as saying “Volunteers are ready, corrals are prepared and feed has been secured in case the BLM does not act promptly.” On a BLM adoption form, the BLM stated […]
SOURCE: MAILonline A herd of majestic wild horses appear to race against each other as they gallop freely through the shallow waters of the Crystal Coast. Captured by 39-year-old photographer Brad Styron, the horses are part of an isolated herd which roams across the Shackleford Banks in North […]
SOURCE: The Week Why the Interior Department desperately needs beat reporters The federal agency’s treatment of wild horses has been scandalously poor. But you wouldn’t know it from reading the newspaper. by Andrew Cohen The wild horses need all the help they can get, too. […]
by Debbie Coffey, V.P. and Director of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved. As the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) facilitates unprecedented “uses” on public lands that use vast amounts of water from aquifers and drop the water table, Joan Guilfoyle, BLM’s […]
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