The BLMâs National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on Monday, August 25, 2014 in Riverton, Wyoming, to discuss issues relating to the management and protection of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.
A resolution to have states, not the BLM decide how many wild horses can be on a range and what to do when thereâs an overpopulation has been written by a Utah Commissioner and will be addressed by the National Association of Counties when it meets next
Legislation that would stiffen penalties for soring horses has been sitting in a House subcommittee for the past year and will die if the current Congress fails to advance and approve the bill by January 2015.
More than fifty diverse recreation and conservation groups requested the legislation after astudy last year found the Forest Service trail system is being squeezed between the demands of growing public use and shrinking budgets.
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has voted in favor of a provision that would prevent any efforts to resume slaughtering horses for human consumption on U.S. soil.
Faxes from Europe and from states as diverse as Alaska and Florida poured in, reminding Governor Herbert that Utahâs mustangs are part of the stateâs allure, and warning that Utah tourism will suffer if the state does not reverse its anti-mustang stan
Wild horse advocacy groups urged Governor Herbert to stop exaggerating the number of wild horses in Utah, stop scapegoating wild horses for range damage caused by private livestock, and drop suggestions that the state take over management of wild horses i
BLM Called Upon to Protect Range and Federally-Protected Wild Horses: Remove All Livestock During Extreme Drought.
âBLM must stop caving to the private financial interests of livestock owners whenever they complain about the protected wild horses using limited resources that are available on such lands.â.
Our clients wanted to intervene in the case to defend wild horses from the pro-ranching special interests and prevent the government from acceding to their claims that the horses must be removed from the public lands to protect the private livestock that