by Craig C. Downer, Wildlife Ecologist and Author
MINDEN, NV, (Downer) – This stirring and amply illustrated, 300-page book fully justifies America’s magnificent wild horses and burros while countering the biased machinations against them. Written by an ecologist who grew up observing these animals in the West, it presents new evidence concerning their history and...
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Photo by Laura Leigh
WINNEMUCCA, NEV (BLM) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District concluded the Tri-State Calico Complex wild horse and burro gather on Monday, Jan. 9. The preliminary numbers for the animals gathered are 1,203 excess wild horses and 142 excess wild burros gathered from the HMAs, located...
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BLM to Begin Pancake Complex Wild Horse Gather
ELY, Nevada (BLM) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Battle Mountain District, Tonopah Field Office and the BLM Ely District, Egan Field Office will begin the Pancake Complex Wild Horse Gather on or about Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. The BLM will...
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To Controversial Seizures of Wild Horses
SAN FRANCISCO (WHFF) – Lawyers for plaintiff Laura Leigh, supported by the Wild Horse Freedom Federation, argued before the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, in a case that strikes at the heart of the press’ access to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conduct which...
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Story and Interview By Steven Long, Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine
New Video From Horseback’s Laura Leigh
Production note from Laura Leigh to Horseback Magazine regarding new video:
Working on another video but wanted you to note on the one from the Fourth: Tri-State Calico Complex Roundup 2012. Raw edit
note at...
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By Steven Long, Photo by Laura Leigh
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The federal Bureau of Land Management has talked a good game in recent months with its appointment of a veteran agency bureaucrat to head the division that controls U.S. wild horses and burros. During that period statements from Director Bob Abbey on down have promised...
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Help Protect the Pryor Wild Horses
BLM Now Accepting Email Comments
Photo by Terry Fitch
Dear Cloud Friends;
The Billings BLM has decided to accept emails and faxes for comments on their Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) which calls for the permanent removal of 30 young horses (ages 1-3 years) from...
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By Laura Leigh
This commentary was written and posted today on the personal website of Horseback friend and photographer Laura Leigh, a true American Hero cut from the mold of Wild Horse Annie herself.
The Editor
Note: this site is my “blog.” The information site on “Wild Horses” is http://wildhorseeducation.org
Laura
Poster art by Fortunino Matania
“War Horse,” the...
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By Steven Long
Photo by Laura Leigh
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The United States Department of Agriculture has an unusually stout influence over appointments to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board of the federal Bureau of Land Management. The giant cabinet department that serves the needs of farmers and ranchers has veto power to appointments to...
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Analysis of BLM’s “Team Review and Response” to the “Triple B” Report
This analysis includes two documents released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) titled
“Triple B Wild Horse Gather Team Review” and “Triple B Response to Recommendations.” This
analysis also includes observations of operations prior to, and post, the Triple B “gather.”
BLM “Triple B Wild...
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