Our Power, Our Planet: Progress does not happen in silence. It happens when people show up. Earth Day 2026 carries a clear message: Our Power, Our Planet, Progress does not happen in silence. […]
Earth Day 2026: Progress does not happen in silence
United for the Wild: Honoring Our Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week 2026, observed April 19–25, offers a moment to recognize something we simply could not do without: the people behind the work. At Wild Horse Education, volunteers come from every […]
Behind Closed Gates: 2026 Burro Bait Trapping, Missing Numbers, and Missing Oversight
Bait trapping for wild burros is being sold as “low-stress” and “humane,” but the 2026 operations at Bullfrog, Lake Pleasant, and Black Mountain show how dangerous it is to run these programs […]
Budget Debate, Round One: Jeopardy of the Slaughter Pipeline (and things that get pushed aside)
Team members at WHE have had an intense few days, meeting with key lawmakers to secure concrete commitments for targeted language changes that will tighten the baseline we need to fight back […]
Push For Formalized Enforceable Welfare Standards (Our Wild Ones Need YOUR Voice)
Wild Horse Education Pushes for Enforceable Welfare Standards as Congress Finalizes FY2027 Budget Priorities For over a decade, Wild Horse Education (WHE) has been at the vanguard of the fight to make […]
Red Desert HMAP Scoping comments due May 4
Red Desert Scoping: DOI-BLM-WY-R050-2026-0012-EA | Comment Deadline: May 4, 2026 Submit at: https://eplanning.blm.gov (search: DOI-BLM-WY-R050-2026-0012-EA) Scroll to bottom for simplified talking points. Read the article for basic takeaways from our teams first […]
2026 Motorized Vehicle Hearing for the WHB Program Date Set (you can speak)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a virtual hearing on the use of motorized vehicles in the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program The meeting is scheduled for April 29, […]
Spring Mountain (and other bait traps)
From March 1 through June 30, BLM has a prohibition against using a helicopter to capture wild horses due to foaling “season.” BLM claims there is no foaling season for burros. There […]
From the Roundup Welfare Team
The first roundup schedule for Fiscal Year 2027—announced six months into the fiscal year—accelerates removals to target 14,830 wild horses and burros for capture, 14,378 for removal and, after reaching AML range, returning […]
Appropriations Requests (beyond the “click and send”)
The newly released Fiscal Year 2026 roundup schedule accelerates to capture nearly 15,000 wild horses and burros across the western U.S., the “sale program” reaches record numbers rapidly sliding wild horses and […]
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