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Sunday, August 03, 2014
BLM Cowed into Eliminating Wyoming's Checkerboard Horses
WHO: The Bureau of Land Management WHEN: August 20, 2014 WHERE: Wyoming Checkerboard lands WHY: request from Rock Springs Grazing Association of Wyoming What are Checkerboard lands?Though Congress mandated the protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros “in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public land,” BLM declared millions of acres “unsuitable for management."
The largest percentage of these
“unmanageable” lands – 7,522,00 acres according to BLM’s most recent (2011)
statistics – were dubbed checkerboard lands. This meant that private and public
lands shared boundaries that BLM found “infeasible” to manage. (read more here: BLM Myths & Facts)
Checkerboard lands may also include treaty lands which
have not yet been transferred to Native American tribal holdings.
A lawsuit filed by Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation for Wild Horse Freedom Federation seeks to halt this roundup.
 Labels: BLM, BLM round ups, Carol Walker, cattle, checkerboard lands, natural resources, public lands, Rock Springs Grazing Association, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, wild horses, Wyoming Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 12:06 AM 0 comments  
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