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NEWS ABOUT: Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management stories: 6 news summaries

 Feds to Sterilize Wild Mustangs 

Thousands of wild horses to be shifted east to reduce strain on federal land

Oct 8, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of wild horses are to be sterilized and shifted from range land in the West to preserves in the Midwest and East under plans announced yesterday. The move will help manage the unsustainable numbers of horses and burros roaming free in Western states without having to resort... More »

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Department of the Interior • horse • Ken Salazar • Bureau of Land Management • mustang • wild horse

(Newser) - The Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up... More »

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endangered species • California • Fort Irwin • US military • wildlife • US Army • Mojave Desert • Bureau of Land Management • tortoise

Bush Policies Will Blow Through Nat'l Parks for Years

Putting commerce over conservation, White House stifled scientists' protests

Jan 25, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Views of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes... More »

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Bush administration • conservation • Department of the Interior • natural resources • oil drilling • national park • National Park Service • Bureau of Land Management

Wild Horses Drag Pickens' Cash Away

T. Boone's wife adopts 30,000 mustangs, blocking euthanasia

Nov 18, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 2,000 wild horses of the American West were in danger of euthanasia—until billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ wife, Madeleine, stepped in and offered to adopt them and 28,000 of their closest friends, the Washington Post reports. The Bureau of Land Management holds the animals in pens, rounding... More »

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cattle • adoption • horse • T. Boone Pickens • animal • Bureau of Land Management

 Battle Rages
 Over Culling
 Mustang Herd 

Proposed euthanasia of growing wild horse population sparks debate

Jul 20, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the debate over how to deal with America's wild mustang herds, both sides claim to have the animals' best interests at heart. Federal agency officials tasked with protecting the horses say the most humane—and economical—course is to euthanize some so the rest don't starve. But activists see... More »

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drought • euthanasia • animal rights • wildlife • Bureau of Land Management • mustang

OPINION

 Gov't Is Mucking Up
 Mustang's Fate 

Cash-strapped BLM wants to cull herd, 'a protected symbol of freedom'

Jul 2, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cash-strapped Bureau of Land Management is considering culling the wild horse population in the West, and at least one equine advocate is not pleased, Newsweek reports. In an interview, expert and author Deanne Stillman calls the plan to reduce the population of 30,000 wild and 33,000... More »

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euthanasia • horse • wildlife • western United States • Bureau of Land Management • stewardship • mustang

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