Forest Service Proposes “New” Management for an Oregon Herd That Copycats BLM Mismanagement

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is proposing a new management plan for wild horses living in the Murderer’s Creek area in eastern Oregon. Unbelievably, despite the Bureau of Land Management’s long-standing failure of managing wild horses, USFS is now planning to copy BLM’s failed management practices. USFS is proposing to create a plan that: We …

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Wild Horses Need a Real Plan – Not More of the Same

Native species American wild horses have been the source of income for many so-called wild horse nonprofits who have accomplished very little over the past 30 years. The situation on the ground with wild horses is intolerable and is the indisputable evidence that supports the foregoing statement, and anyone who argues it’s an ‘unfair statement’, …

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Idaho’s Few Remaining Wild Horses Are under Attack

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho (Owyhee Field Office) plans to reduce wild horse numbers in the Black Mountain, Hardtrigger, and Sands Basin Herd Management Areas to low numbers of just 30 horses in the Black Mountain HMA, 33 horses in the Sands Basin HMA, and 66 horses in the Hardtrigger HMA. This disastrous …

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Contact Your Congressperson to Support Bill to Ban Helicopter Roundups

Sick and old wild horses and burros are terrorized, injured, and killed in helicopter roundups. They are chased in extreme heat in the summer and below freezing temperatures in winter. They are driven countless miles — no one knows for sure how many, because no one monitors the helicopters. Heavily pregnant mares are sometimes pursued …

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Selloff in Livestock Industry Presents New Challenges for Remaining American Wild Horses

YREKA, CA, US, March 23, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — A growing selloff of entire herds of livestock spells big trouble for American wild horses and wild horse advocates. It’s critically important to understand that in America today, there are basically two kinds of livestock producers based upon how they fatten their livestock for the market. The first …

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Be Ready to ACT for the Pryor Horses

The Billings BLM office has posted their Environmental Assessment and proposed actions for the Pryor horses, and the public comment period is now open. You may access the 88-page EA and the other appendix and supplemental documents here: EplanningUi (blm.gov). The most current documents are in the 30-day Comment Period on Preliminary EA section. We …

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California Nonprofit Offers Nature Based Solution for Catastrophic Wildfires That Sequesters Carbon

YREKA, CA, US, March 8, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Wild Horse Fire Brigade (WHFB) is a California based all volunteer 501c3 nonprofit public benefit corporation that has developed a novel “nature based” solution that will help prevent catastrophic wildfire, and at the same time help save and protect America’s wild horses. This innovative plan also reduces …

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American Wild Horses Are Understudied, Results in Grossly Overlooked Ecological Benefits

YREKA, CA, US, March 6, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — North American wild horses evolved on the North American continent about 1.8 million years ago. Recent scientific research shows that the populations of North American wild horses did decline significantly around the time of the last Ice Age; however, they did not go extinct. In fact, we …

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New Tool That Models the Future for Wild Horses on Public Lands Is Questionable

YREKA, CA, US, March 3, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — A recent joint press release by The U.S. Geological Survey (‘USGS’) and the Bureau of Land Management (‘BLM’) announced the public release of a new modeling software called ‘PopEquus’ designed to predict the potential outcomes of using various non-lethal methods to manage and protect wild horses roaming …

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Wild Horse Fire Brigade Video Collection on YouTube Now

Wild Horse Fire Brigade, an all-volunteer 501-c-3 nonprofit organization, is pleased to present our growing collection of unique videos about free-roaming American wild horses living in the wilderness at Wild Horse Ranch, the remote mountain research station for our Org. Living in a remote off-grid mountain wilderness is not easy by means. There are many …

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