SandBoxBlogs: Summit County Citizens Voice "West: BLM eyes ecosanctuary plans for wild horses"

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What wonderful news this is.

Bob Berwyn:
"SUMMIT COUNTY — The long-running controversy over the fate of the West’s wild horses may be at least partially resolved in the coming years, as the Bureau of Land Management moves toward partnering with private stakeholders to create a 530,000-acre eco-sanctuary in northeastern Nevada.

The BLM said this week it will start an environmental study of the proposal submitted by the Saving America’s Mustangs Foundation and Madeline Pickens. The study will take about two years. Subsequently, the agency will decide whether to move ahead with the plans....." (Read more?  Click title)

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SandBoxBlogs: KREX News 5 "BLM Approves $300,000 for Wild Horse Rangelands"

Cori Coffin:
"Bureau of Land Management officials approved nearly $300,000 for 12 projects aimed at improving western rangeland.

The areas officials are focusing on are lands where wild horses and burros roam...."
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SandBox Comments: Durango Telegraph "Breaking the herd mentality"

Malia Durbano:
"Local filmmaker Mara LeGrand was looking forward to a much-needed break. She had just finished her most recent film, “Heart & Soil,” a documentary about local agriculture, when, as fate would have it, a friend got her interested in a new cause: America’s wild horses.

The result was “Wild Horses in Winds of Change,” an award-winning short documentary about the extermination facing these icons of the American West. Both heart breaking and heart-warming, the 30-minute saga is designed to bring awareness to the destiny that is being thrust upon these horses. It will have its local screening Friday night as part of a wild horses benefit at the Durango Arts Center...."

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