BLM estimates 9K fewer horses amid hefty management cost
Today, 9,363 fewer wild horses and burross on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management than the bureau estimated in 2023.
Today, 9,363 fewer wild horses and burross on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management than the bureau estimated in 2023.
Colvin & Son LLC and Stone Cabin Ranch LLC filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management regarding the overpopulation of wild horses on 540,000 acres.
After being notified that federal agencies have been asking public lands ranchers to sign voluntary agreements, Farm Bureau has issued a cautionary warning.
A Billings, Montana, cattle rancher who admitted defrauding the Bureau of Land Management of fees in a grazing scheme has been sentenced.
Over a dozen Republican senators penned a letter to Director Tracy Stone-Manning warning about the consequences of the new Public Lands Rule.
The Bureau of Land Management’s new rule gives conservation priorities equal weight in land use decisions as other permitted uses, including grazing.
To help address the issue of overpopulation by wild horses, the BLM has awarded two new grants of $4.7 million to get more of these horses adopted.
It appears to have been a busy week for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana after two separately charged fraudsters allegedly admitted to a Bureau of Land Management cattle grazing scheme out of Billings and a bank defrauding scheme out of Lewistown.
Wyoming legislators introduced a resolution asking the U.S. Congress to allow the slaughter of wild horses amid the destruction of overstocked rangelands.
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) recently introduced legislation to improve grazing rights for the U.S. Forest Service national grasslands permit holders. Under current Federal Land Policy and Management Act rules, ranchers with permits on national grasslands do not have the same rights as those with grazing permits on Bureau of Land Management and national forest land.