With only three days' notice, the Bureau of Land Management announced on Friday it will begin an "emergency" removal about 250 wild horses from the Pancake Herd Management Area in Nevada using bait and water traps.
The 855,000-acre herd management areas has a current population of about 2,160 wild horses ... Read More
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As published by High Country News
A linchpin environmental law is now being scrutinized by the Trump administration and could be targeted for reforms. The National Environmental Policy Act, commonly referred to as NEPA, dictates the environmental planning process for federal agencies. Any changes to the NEPA process could have ... Read More
As published by The Record-Courier
About 70 horses living in the Fish Springs area of Nevada are going to be trapped and trailered off by federal officials in mid-July, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
Spokeswoman Lisa Ross said a helicopter gather for more horses is ... Read More
WILD HORSES
The House and Senate Appropriations Committee have passed their own versions of Interior Appropriations bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. Once these bills are approved by the full House and Senate, they are sent to a Conference Committee which consists of members from the Senate and House ... Read More
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
— Helen Keller
Dear Friend of RTF,
Caring for hundreds of displaced wild horses and burros here at Return to Freedom for the past 20 years has taught us many things. One of the most important ... Read More
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Return to Freedom welcomed Abraham Gibson, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, to our webinar series to give his talk, “Beasts of Burden: A History of Burros in the American West,” on June 26, 2018.
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