By Monika Courtney Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine EVERGREEN, COLORADO, (Horseback) – The never ending rhetoric is getting old. Reduce cattle permittees. Give back the land to the horses that BLM has taken over the last decades, perhaps about 20 million acres ? Create unbiased AML’s not set too low for horses while favoring livestock,...
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By Steven Long, Editor, Horseback Magazine Kathleen Hayden Photo Special to Horseback Online by Deborah Hurley HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Reno lawyer who successful blew the doors wide open for media access to Bureau of Land Management “gathers” and stampedes has been closely watching an Arizona case in which an older woman, Kathleen Hayden,...
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By Steven Long Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Federal law enforcement ran afoul of a federal court ruling Sunday in an incident involving agents of the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when they detained two observers, including a videographer filming a wild horse “gather”...
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Roundup of Wild Horses to Begin Despite Risks to Tiny Foals and Pregnant Mares BLM Snubs Advocate Alternatives to a Helicopter Stampede Photo by Terry Fitch, Horseback Magazine RENO, Nev. (Cloud Foundation)—Despite extensive conversations with wild horse advocates who explained humane alternatives to a deadly helicopter stampede of tiny foals and late term mares,...
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Wild horse groups unite to protest proposed action in the Jackson Mountains Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine RENO, Nev. (Cloud Foundation) — Wild horse advocates are united in protesting the planned helicopter roundup of the entire Jackson Mountain wild horse herd at the height of foaling season. The Bureau of Land Management’s Winnemucca...
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (Horseback) – Wild horse ecologist Craig Downer was a among the first to answer the federal Bureau of Land Management challenge to comment on the use of helicopters in the wake of a virtually secret “public” meeting to discuss their use during roundups. Here is hie letter: The brutal helicopter roundups...
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Controversial Bureaucrat Announced Retirement May 10th in Interior Dept. Press Release and on Website Mustang Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine WASHINGTON, DC (Department of Interior) – Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey announced today that he will retire from public service at the end of May to rejoin his family full-time in...
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Photo by Terry Fitch CARSON CITY, NEV (BLM) – The Bureau of Land Management Nevada invites the public to submit comments as part of its annual statewide hearing on the use of helicopters and motorized vehicles in wild horse management operations. The hearing was held May 29, 2012 in Carson City, Nev. If you...
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The Hidden Meeting Iconic Horse “Cloud” Still Free on 17th Birthday, But For How Long? Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The federal Bureau of Land Management issued a press release announcing a local meeting about the most contentious issue its Wild Horse and Burro Division faces. The...
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Editor’s Note: The litigation was funded by Wild Horse Freedom Federation, www.wildhorsefreedomfederation.org FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT LAURA LEIGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 11-16088 KEN SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. D.C. No. Department of the Interior; BOB ý 3:10-cv-00597- ABBEY, Director, Bureau of Land LRH-VPC Management; RONALD WENKER, OPINION Nevada State...
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