As published by The Washington Post
The White House wants to cut the Interior Department budget by about 12 percent as the Trump administration shifts the agency’s focus toward promoting fossil fuel drilling and extraction on public lands and in federal waters.
The budget proposal released Tuesday would reduce Interior’s ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
As published by The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington — President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 fiscal budget slashes an Interior Department fund overseeing conservation lands, including national monuments, by 23 percent, a move that environmental groups say will harm protection of treasured landscapes.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said "there's enough money ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday resumed an "emergency" bait-and-trap roundup of wild horses from private land near the Antelope Valley Herd Management Area.
BLM captured 15 studs, three mares and two foals on Monday, bringing the total captured to 91 (43 studs, 33 mares, 15 foals). One wild horse has ... Read More
As published by High Country News
BACKSTORY
In 1994, then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt gave Westerners a new way to make meaningful recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management on issues ranging from grazing and mining to outdoor recreation. These 10-to-15-member Resource Advisory Councils included stakeholders representing a variety of interests, ... Read More
Sutter named to Horse Stars Hall of Fame from Return to Freedom on Vimeo.
Read more about Sutter and his Hall of Fame induction.
As published by The Horse
The Bureau of Land Management Nevada’s Elko District, Wells Field Office has temporarily halted the emergency wild horse gather that started May 8 to evaluate whether or not to continue.
“We’re going to take a one to two week break and observe the ... Read More