Bureau of Land Management press release
Sacramento, CA – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a hearing about the use of aircraft and motor vehicles in wild horse and burro management on public lands Monday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Place Sacramento/Roseville, 220 Conference ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
As published by The Town Talk
An animal welfare group has filed a lawsuit against Fort Polk and its commanding general, arguing plans to remove more than 700 horses from Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center violate National Environmental Policy and National Historic Preservation acts.
Pegasus Equine Guardian Association, represented by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, filed ... Read More
President-elect Donald Trump has announced as his nominee to lead the Department of the Interior Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. The freshman congressman’s poor voting record on animal-welfare and environmental issues and his routine support of energy interest raise concerns for Return to Freedom.
Zinke, who grew up ... Read More
As published by Deseret News
Salt Lake City — Kane County is among six rural counties in the West asking a federal court to rip up a new Bureau of Land Management planning rule they say diminishes their voice on crafting land use plans.
The lawsuit, ... Read More
As published by Ruidoso News
The judge in the Alto wild horse case has extended the temporary restraining order that bars the state Livestock Board from selling or separating the dozen mares and foals they seized in August.
The extension has little practical effect, since the Board long since shipped ... Read More
As published by Craig Daily Press
Mild weather in November allowed wild horses to gain weight and the Bureau of Land Management to start a bait trap operation to remove 50 young horses in Sand Wash Basin.
The BLM continues to gather wild horses at Sand Wash Basin in order ... Read More