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Wild horse gathers to continue in ‘public interest’
The Bureau of Land Management will continue to gather more than 2,000 wild horses from the Pancake Complex in Nevada after a federal court decision. The federal judge determined that...
Foundation for America’s Public Lands launched
The U.S. Department of the Interior launched a new, independent foundation that will work with the Bureau of Land Management as well as public and private partners to help improve...
BLM to increase wild horse gathers in coming year
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will increase the numbers of wild horses and burros that it removes from the western United States during Fiscal Year 2022, in response to...
BLM releases wild horse research plan
The Bureau of Land Management released a research plan that aims to chart a new course for wild horse and burro management, using scientific advances to control the feral populations...
BLM removing wild horses across West
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is in the process of removing over 700 wild horses from the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area and adjacent property in northwest Colorado...
JWM: Cougars prey on feral horses in the Great Basin
GPS tracking collars on cougars have revealed that the predators extensively prey on the burgeoning feral horse populations in the Great Basin. “We found that both male and female [cougars]...
TWS and AFS support research units in spending bill
As the U.S. House Appropriations Committee considered the appropriations bill for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior, The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society sent...
Wild horses’ wells can benefit other species
The ecological impacts of wild horses and burro usually make for bad news. Scientifically considered feral animals, they are known for damaging the plants and soil of arid ecosystems and...
TWS urges increased Interior wildlife program funding
The Wildlife Society is recommending the Department of the Interior’s should increase funding for agency programs that support wildlife professionals and their work to conserve wildlife species and habitats in...
TWS comments on USFS Rangeland Management Directives
Livestock grazing on national grasslands and forests can affect wildlife populations and habitats across the nation, The Wildlife Society stressed in a comment on the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed changes...