BLM Invites Public to Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting

The Bureau of Land Management

NEWS

Bureau of Land Management Director Tom Fry invites the public to attend the September Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Board advises the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture on the management and protection of wild horses and burros on the nation's public lands.

The Board will meet Sept. 19-20 at the Hitching Post Inn at 1700 West Lincoln Way, Cheyenne, Wyo. On Sept. 19, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.; on Sept. 20, at 8 a.m. and end at noon.

"At the July 2000 meeting the new Board reviewed the current state of BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program, as well as the previous Board's recommendations, to decide how they would move forward," Fry said. "In Cheyenne the Board will concentrate on BLM's approach to program management and pending program proposals."

The Board's Cheyenne meeting agenda will include discussions about the BLM's program and burro strategic plans, standardization of the adoption process, long-term management strategy, the population viability forum report and an update on drought/emergency gathers.

At the meeting, the public may address the Board starting at 4:00 p.m. on Sept. 19. Individuals making a statement should register either prior to the meeting by calling 775 861-6583 or by signing the registration form at the meeting site by noon, Sept. 19. Speakers should address specific wild horse and burro issues related to the meeting's agenda and submit a written copy of their statement to the BLM at the meeting. Individuals who would like to comment but are unable to attend the meeting should submit a written statement by Sept. 27 to: Bureau of Land Management, National Wild Horse and Burro Program, WO-260, Attention Ramona Delorme, 1340 Financial Way, Reno, NV 89502-7147.

The BLM manages more land – 264 million surface acres – than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The Bureau, which has a budget of $1.4 billion and a workforce of about 8,700 employees, also administers 700 million acres of on-shore, sub-surface minerals throughout the nation. The BLM preserves open space by managing the public lands for multiple uses, including outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, and mining, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources found on the public lands. Under the 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, the BLM manages 46,000 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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