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The BLM recently opened a public comment period on the management of the Adobe Town, Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek, Little Colorado, and White Mountain herd management areas. Here’s a link to the agency’s call for comments: https://eplanning.blm.gov
Please write a letter to let the BLM know that you value large, sustainable herds of mustangs. Here’s our best advice:
The due date for comments is December 20th, 2019. Please direct your thoughts to:
U.S. Mail:
Jay D’Ewart
BLM High Desert District/Rock Springs Field Office
280 Hwy 191 North
Rock Springs, WY 82901-3447
Email: blm_wy_rsfo_wildhorse_hmas@blm.gov
Phone: 307-352-0331
The BLM recently opened a public comment period on the management of the Adobe Town, Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek, Little Colorado, and White Mountain herd management areas. Here’s a link to the agency’s call for comments: https://eplanning.blm.gov
Please write a letter to let the BLM know that you value large, sustainable herds of mustangs. Here’s our best advice:
- Make your letter personal. Tell the BLM who you are, and if you’ve ever visited the wild horses in Wyoming, be sure to say so. Even if you plan to visit—if it’s on your bucket list—you can say that, too.
- Urge the use of PZP fertility control. We believe that PZP represents a safe, humane, and affordable alternative to the roundup and removal of wild horses from public land--and in particular--PZP serves as a favorable alternative to the surgical “spay” or “neutering” of wild mustangs.
- Encourage the protection of natural predators. If we leave nature to take its course, mountain lions reduce and control the wild horse population. Encourage the BLM to work with the Department of Agriculture and the state’s Game and Fish department to ensure that we protect an ample of number of mountain lions in the horse herd management areas of Wyoming.
- Suggest the rehoming or relocation of wild horses to currently closed-out herd areas. In Wyoming, and other western states, wild horses have been removed from regions originally protected by the federal Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act. One key to ensuring that mustangs enjoy access to plentiful forage is the reestablishment of their range.
- Reminder: tourism is the second largest industry in Wyoming—second only to the energy sector. Today, wild horse photography and tourism stand poised to revitalize rural communities, currently struggling to hang on in the wake of a volatile energy market.
The due date for comments is December 20th, 2019. Please direct your thoughts to:
U.S. Mail:
Jay D’Ewart
BLM High Desert District/Rock Springs Field Office
280 Hwy 191 North
Rock Springs, WY 82901-3447
Email: blm_wy_rsfo_wildhorse_hmas@blm.gov
Phone: 307-352-0331