News and Noteworthy

President Trump on Monday nominated David Bernhardt, the deputy chief of the Interior Department, to succeed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Our statement on Bernhardt's nomination: Return to Freedom is concerned by President Trump’s decision to nominate David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior. A former oil industry lobbyist who has argued in ... Read More
February 4, 2019Cory Golden
Trystan and Topaz Irene Vejar
The SAFE Act has a new bill number: H.R. 961. The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter abroad. After a filing error last week, the bill was reintroduced on Monday as H.R. 961 by Reps. Jan ... Read More
February 4, 2019Cory Golden
fifteenmilehorses
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a planned roundup, likely by helicopter, in and around the Fifteenmile Herd Management Area, located about 35 miles northwest of Worland, Wyo. No date has been set for the roundup. The BLM estimates that the population of ... Read More
February 3, 2019Cory Golden
Starting on or about Wednesday, Feb. 6, the Bureau of Land Management plans to capture and remove 575 wild horses during a two-week helicopter roundup on the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area near Carson City, Nev. The roundup had been scheduled for Jan. 7, but it was delayed during ... Read More
February 1, 2019Cory Golden
As published by Bloomberg White House officials are seriously considering former cattle rancher and Wyoming congresswoman Cynthia Lummis to serve as President Donald Trump’s next Interior secretary, according to people familiar with the deliberations. Lummis has emerged as one of the top contenders to lead the Interior Department, an $11 billion ... Read More
January 30, 2019Cory Golden
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The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter abroad. To send a message to your representative in support of the bill, H.R. 961, click here. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 30, 2019) — Federal lawmakers introduced legislation ... Read More
January 30, 2019Cory Golden