News and Noteworthy

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  Just four spots remain for a special photo safari led by renowned equine photographer Tony Stromberg on Monday, March 20, starting with a light picnic lunch at 1:30 p.m. and ending at dusk. Join Tony at our 2,000-acre satellite sanctuary in San Luis Obispo County, home to 70 wild horses and 16 burros ... Read More
March 17, 2017AnnieFannie
  A deadline of April 4 has been set for public comments on the Bureau of Land Management's plan to capture and remove next fall 1,029 wild horses from Herd Management Areas in Wyoming's Checkerboard region. BLM's goal is to reach the low end of Appropriate Management Levels at the Salt Wells Creek (current ... Read More
March 17, 2017AnnieFannie
As published by Ruidoso News The task of conducting a habitat study and then managing wild horse herds in New Mexico would be costly and time-consuming, and would divert resources of the conservation arm of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department from indigenous wildlife management, according to ... Read More
March 16, 2017AnnieFannie
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March 16, 2017AnnieFannie
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  President Donald Trump’s first broad-brush budget proposal would cut the Department of the Interior budget, which includes the Bureau of Land Management, by 12%, or $1.5 billion. It notes a greater emphasis on energy production but does does not detail what areas might face larger cuts to allow such an increase. The ... Read More
March 16, 2017AnnieFannie
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  A resolution urging the federal government to reduce wild horse and burro populations by means that could include sterilization with a method of birth control not yet proven safe or by employing "lethal removal" has failed in Utah's State Senate. HCR 22, introduced by Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, called ... Read More
March 16, 2017AnnieFannie