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Last updated: 04/04/03
For release: Thursday, January 23, 1998
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Pat Shea today announced the reestablishment of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, which will advise the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture on the management and protection of wild horses and burros on the nation's public lands.
Shea invites the public to attend the first meeting of the board, which will take place in Reno, Nev., on Feb. 9, at the Reno Hilton, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"The board's upcoming meeting will be a step forward in the federal government's effort to improve the way we protect and manage these living legends of the Old West," Shea said. "I encourage everyone who is able to attend the Reno meeting to do so."
The board's Reno meeting, which will be attended by Director Shea and Bob Abbey, the BLM's Nevada State Director, will include a presentation by three independent fact finders who are examining the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program; a discussion of fertility control research and population modeling; and a report on the BLM's accomplishments in promoting adoptions of wild horses and burros.
On Feb. 10, the board will participate in a field trip to the Kama Mountain herd management area, northeast of Reno, to observe a wild horse gather. Fertility control measures discussed at the previous day's meeting will be demonstrated on some of the gathered horses. Members of the public who wish to participate in the field trip must provide their own transportation and check with the BLM for maps on Feb. 9 at the meeting site. Departure time for the field trip is 5 a.m., with an expected return time of 4:30 p.m.
At the meeting, members of the public will be given the opportunity to make statements to the Board starting at about 3:30 p.m. Those who would like to testify should register with the BLM by noon, Feb. 9. Depending on the number of speakers, it may be necessary to limit the length of each presentation. Speakers should address specific wild horse and burro issues related to the meeting's agenda and must submit a written copy of their testimony to the BLM at the time of the meeting. Individuals who would like to comment but are unable to attend the meeting should submit a written statement to: Director (610), Bureau of Land Management, LS-Room 406, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
Under the 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, the BLM manages 42,000 wild horses and burros that roam public lands in the West. The law mandates the protection, management, and control of wild horses and burros in a manner that ensures a healthy, viable population of free-roaming herds within the limits of available public land resources.
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