International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros
ISPMB responds to BLM’s rule change – BLM will add Conservation to one of the Multiple Uses on public lands.
Comments due on June 20th
While ISPMB applauds the BLM for adding conservation to one of the Multiple Use uses, we have concerns that are noted throughout our document.
Please feel free to use ISPMB’s response to craft your response to the BLM in your own words. We know this could take time but it is so important, especially with the grazing recommendations we have inserted.
ISPMB is so proud to announce Phase 1, the purchase of property for the development of the International Wild Horse and Burro Heritage Center, a dream of our first president, Velma Johnston, affectionately known as Wild Horse Annie.
Expanding on Annie’s dream, current president Karen Sussman envisions this place – known as the CENTER – as a much-needed healing CENTER for the earth, our Mother, and all that there is therein.
EXISTENCE
In the next week, ISPMB will make the decision if we move forward in filing in Phoenix District Court to save the Alpine horses. Your donation will help us in making our decision.
ISPMB is a 501 (c) 3 not-for profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said “no” to the study of the Heber herd! Why? (read about it in our Earth Day post)
Please call Secretary Vilsack’s office — 202-720-3631 — and POLITELY ask that he makes this unique Heber wild horse herd, a “study” herd. This is the last “untouched” herd on public lands and will transform how wild horses are managed on public lands.
Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, celebrating support for environmental protection. We have been celebrating Earth Day for as long as we have been celebrating the protection of wild horses and burros with the passage of the 1971 Act.
Yet there is a dichotomy of the word “protection” in these two important celebrations that must be understood. While Earth Day is growing and today includes 1 billion people in 193 countries, we are fighting for the lives of the “last” of America’s wild horses and burros.
The “study" of the Heber Herd can save all wild horses by transforming the management of wild horses. IT MUST BE DONE!
There’s something important I want you to understand. If we don’t stop the Forest Service from rounding up the HEBER HERD in Northern Arizona, it is game over for all wild horses.
Why do I say this?
The Heber Herd is the ONLY remaining herd in the United States that has been left alone in its natural state for more than 15 years.
In 2005, a rider was inserted into the spending Omnibus bill which began to destroy protections for wild horses and burros in our country. Senator Burns (MT-R) and Senator Dorgan (D-ND) and Senator Reid (D-N) were behind the clandestine rider. Yesterday, another insertion eliminating more protections for wild horses and burros was inserted into the Omnibus bill, which will be law until September. The Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971 PL 92-195 passed through Congress without ONE dissenting vote.
In an ongoing effort to save the Heber Wild horses that reside in the Apache & Sitgreaves National Forest, an appeal by ISPMB’s attorney, Anthony W. Merrill of Polisinelli Law Firm in Phoenix was filed on December 23rd. ISPMB and Mr. Merrill have been active in the Heber Case since 2005 winning a stay for the horses and requiring the FS to develop a Territory Plan for the wild horses.