As we take our first steps into 2022, the direction of advocacy for wild horses and burros in the coming year is starting to take shape. What advocacy looks like in 2022 […]
January Events: Hit The Ground Running
Jackson Mountain (before the roundup, comment period)
On September 15, the BLM begins the 2021 emergency roundup at the Jackson Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) in Nevada. The HMA consists of 283,775 acres (276,634 acres of BLM land and […]
Commenting on a Roundup (Calico EA)
Sample comments for Calico, scroll to bottom of the page. What is a comment period? When people ask that question most often it references the “public comment” period associated with a roundup […]
WHE Comments to the Advisory Board (10/20)
Wild Horse Education members addressed the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board last week. We want to thank all of you that took the time to speak. We did listen to […]
National Academy of Sciences (time for a new report)
Congress has been continually adding additional funding to accelerate the “BLM 2020 plan.” Removals are at historically high rates causing a race to approve more holding facilities, many of them off-limits to […]
NAS Review (Action)
Congress has been continually adding additional funding to accelerate the “BLM 2020 plan.” They are getting ready to do it again without ever requiring any independent review of how your money is […]
Calico Complex Comments Open: Removals, Sterilization, Experiments (repeat EAs)
The BLM has released a draft Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the Calico Complex: Black Rock Range, Calico Mountains, Granite Range, McGee Mountain and Warm Springs Canyon. This proposed roundup/sterilize plan is the latest […]
Sage Grouse Planning (the battleground for 2022)
On November 19, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its intent to review the management plan for the Greater Sage Grouse and sagebrush habitat. BLM will examine new scientific information to assess future […]
Roundup Season Begins (Buffalo Hills)
Helicopter roundup season begins again July 1. Buffalo Hill HMA will be the first hit on a schedule that targets 8072 for permanent removal through the end of the fiscal year (October […]
Little Owyhee (release and more)
The Little Owyhee Herd Management Area (HMA) is the largest of the 5 HMAs of the Owyhee Complex. Spanning over 719 square miles (460,227 acres) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has […]
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