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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
richsladick
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
Thank you to Reps. Titus and Grijalva for their strong support of America's wild horses and burros. Click here to read Rep. Titus' full letter. As published by Nevada Current In a letter to the House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Nevada Rep. Dina Titus called for an ... Read More
January 28, 2019Cory Golden
christo and galahad
  Note: We've expanded our letter-writing campaign to include the other members of House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. With Democrats now in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives, a subcommittee with considerable power over federal management of America's wild horses and burros has a ... Read More
January 27, 2019Cory Golden