Our wild horses in Nevada are under attack from the
Nevada Association of Counties, the Farm Bureau
Federation and The Grass March
More Information:
A “Must Read” List to
Understand the Range
War in Nevada
1. Who Is the “Grass March”
A whose who of the people behind the
March to control YOUR public land.
http://wildhorseeducation.org/
2014/09/28/who-is-the-grass-march/
2. PEER Letter in Support of BLM
Battle Mountain District Manager
Doug Furtado
Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility have written a letter in
support of BLM Battle Mountain
actions and against the Grass March.
http://www.peer.org/assets/docs/
blm/9_25_14_Furtado_support_ltr.pdf
SHOWDOWN Nevada
There is literally a showdown brewing
over public land management in the state of
Nevada.
Wild horses have become an unfortunate
target of private livestock interests as they
deal with the drought and the potential listing
of the sage grouse as an endangered species.
This is all happening as beef prices are at an
all time high according to Beef USA (an
industry publication).
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
is tasked with managing YOUR public land for
the benefit of “multiple use” and is not
supposed to cater to the wishes of one
interest. In most districts we have seen minimal
effort to curtail the destructive use of public
land by domestic livestock during a severe
drought that magnifies the damage done by
domestic livestock.
However there has been one exception.
In the BLM Battle Mountain district we have
seen drought restrictions go into effect to
protect the range since 2012. Wild horse
advocates should become familiar with the
Diamond Complex. The restrictions that took
place in 2012 began the retaliatory legal
action by the Nevada Association of Counties
(NACO) to remove and destroy wild horses.
We have “Intervenor status” to speak
out for our wild horses in that case but there
is so much more!
Setting the Stage
Have you ever walked into a movie that
is more than half way through and got drawn
in by the characters but really don’t know
what is happening? You kinda know who you
are rooting for but don’t know all the context.
Right now we are getting questions in
our inbox from seasoned wild horse
advocates on the Nevada situation, so don’t
think you are alone. The audience for our
website is varied. So to “keep it simple,” we
are going to stick with the movie analogy. At
WHE it is our goal to try to keep you
informed so that at crucial junctures you can
inform others and take appropriate actions.
Sometimes what we write becomes a literal
novel when you piece it together and people
do not have time in their lives to read all the
previous chapters.
Most writers are familiar with terms like
“story arc” or “character arc.” In the case of
the “Nevada Showdown