December 18, 2019 Australia’s feral horse crisis mirrors that of the American west With an estimated 25,318 feral horses distributed across the surveyed area (more than 7,400 square kilometres) of the Australian Alps, many thousands of horses will…
May 23, 2019 Make comments now supporting BLM spayed wild mare feasibility study The BLM reports (as of March 2018) that there are over 80,000 wild horses on American rangelands. The AML is 27,000, which means that…
February 19, 2018 New study contends wild horses benefit western ecosystems Now we have further confirmation of those suspicions. Noted wildlife ecologist Craig C. Downer has just completed a lengthy and very enlightening study on the BLM…
January 26, 2018 Hammonds stripped of grazing rights while unjustly imprisoned by feds Onlookers are confused as they watch employees of federal lands – whether it is the BLM in Oregon or the US Forest Service in…
January 4, 2018 Six important facts about feral horses on the range The wild horse dilemma is a very emotional issue. Horse lovers, want to expand their habitat, and ranchers and wildlife managers want to contract…
January 23, 2017 Cattlemen worried Cascade-Siskiyou expansion will eradicate ranching in region Ranchers with grazing allotments aren’t allowed to properly maintain fences, water structures and other range improvements, diminishing the land’s suitability for grazing, Skinner said….
January 3, 2017 The legal basis for why Western ranchers own and do not rent their allotments From Preference Rights to Grazing Allotments: Why Ranchers Own their Allotments By Angus McIntosh PhD Director Natural Resource Law & Policy Research Land and…
November 21, 2016 Movement gains traction to pardon Oregon ranchers The official petition was posted on the We the People website Saturday. It has until December 19 to get 100,000 digital signatures to guarantee an official…
November 5, 2016 Colorado Ranchers use solar power to pump water for livestock Moffat County ranchers tap the sun to deliver water to animals Solar-powered water systems let livestock drink more easily and take pressure off ponds…
September 28, 2016 BLM fails to provide solutions to wild horse disaster it created “An increased wild horse and burro population wouldn’t be a bad thing, except that the out of control population growth is destroying the health…
