Kicking-Up mY heels *weeKend! {WØW}

*a PROUD ~mommy~ ! KicKing-UP my heels* this WeekEnd + Monday ! …(05/18-05/20, 2013) “;{)

Nat. Geo. asked: “IF you could BE – any North American WILD animal??” – Tweet –

(( I would wanna BE: ¤ wild & Free mare, Mariah ¤ on Pryor Mountain WILD HORSE RanGe !! ))

|| Thank you*, Cloud Foundation, for my “borrowing” of YOUR photo’s *SentiMent* ! {I dunno of ANY other 1 ~ that could Answer “Nat. Geo’s Question”!? } ||

Wild horse ((& Cat *Kindsfather)) advocates say the BLM jeopardized public process

Wild horse advocates say the BLM jeopardized public process.

…& this NewsCaster…seems to Be in *Agreement *, as well! 😀 {{“nearly public-Less” MEETING…was May 29}}
Excerpt:::::

CARSON CITY, NV (KRNV & Mynews4.com) – Wild horse roundups are a controversial topic in Nevada & across the country. But at a public meeting at Bureau of Land Management office in Carson City today, that was not the only issue.
• BLM holds an annual public comment meeting at 1 of their district offices each spring. The topic at this meeting was the use of motorized vehicles & aircraft during wild horse & burro roundups. “I’m totally against that. I think it’s a horrific way to treat the horses,” said Carson City resident Rosette Moltz. Moltz showed up too late for the meeting & was not able to put her comments on the record.
• Wild horse advocates who were not able to make it – say they were not given proper notification of this public comment meeting.
“I have Google alerts and I didn’t see it. Nobody really knew about it,” said Cat Kindsfather. She was at the meeting representing Protect Mustangs, an advocacy group in California. The organization put out a letter in the past few days that read “Breaking News: Government transparency and public process jeopardized.”
• Anne Novak is Exec. Director of Protect Mustangs. She says she only found out about the meeting a few days ago, & did not have time to make arrangements to attend. “The whole country should be given adequate notice to participate in person, as well as via email,” said Novak.
• BLM put out a release May 18th, that’s just 5 business days before the meeting. The meeting was also listed on their website. But Novak says that is not good enough. She believes BLM should give 30 days notice.….
• BLM Wild horse & burro Specialist John Axtell was in charge of the meeting. Axtell says BLM is not required to give 30 days notice & this is the 1st time they have received a complaint like this. “In the past we haven’t had much interest at this office. Often people who show up are all local,” said Axtell.
• But wild horse advocates say that is not true. They brought statements from people from across the country to the meeting. “The issue is about motorized vehicles, helicopters & such, and that * applies to America’s wild horses which are all American people’s horses,” said Kindsfather.
• 0nly 4 people spoke out at today’s meeting. BLM officials say due to the low turnout they will allow people to send in their comments until June 12, 2012.…

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S*h*a*r*i*n*g S0me Comments::

♦ To whom it may concern:

Not only are the wild horses & burros victims of abuse at the hands of your agency, but, so are
we, the American people, who admire & love OUR wild horses & burros. We are anguished & tormented with the knowledge of your brutal methods. We should be able to rest easy in knowing that these animals, that are so beloved by the American people – we got an act of congress passed with unanimous consent in 1971, – are truly protected.
Instead, we continue to have to fight for their very existence –on the open range. This was settled years ago~ ∞
…but sneaky amendments unpopular with the American people have been snuck into bills without the oversight of the American people -&- √ weakened the intended 1971 protections.
These animals are beloved & cherished for a reason.
Without them our country would not be what it is today. Wars since then would have been lost, & our lives would not have been enriched. … Numerous abuses have been documented of helicopter stampedes, in which burros are pushed with skids -&- knocked to the ground … & elderly animals are run until dropping in complete exhaustion, only to be harassed some more.
Removing the ancient wisdom from these herds does great harm to them. The older equid are the reservoirs of knowledge. They know where to find water, & where to travel in the seasons for forage. The old stallions, jacks, mares, & Jennies are the ones who determine whether conditions are right for increasing their herd size … & they adhere strictly to nature’s program for propagation.
The irony is not lost on me, that:
if they were left completely alone-∞- nature would provide the balance. And, the land would thrive as a result. … Much work has been done by promoters of holistic range management proving that the “science” currently being used by the BLM, Forest Service, + Texas Parks & Wildlife Department does not work. The lands continue to desertify at an alarming rate, – yet the same practices [are] causing this rapid decline?!

♦ Miss Abby – 6/6/2012 9:59 PM

It is an utter disgrace, what is going on in this “once mighty country” -the land of “Freedom”! The fact is that our very freedom is being jeopardized in front of our eyes, and the way the government is treating our Wild Horses, our “Symbols of Freedom, reflects how little regard the administration has for the concept of FREEDOM and for it’s people. What kind of message is this★ sending to the rest of the world?
This★ America is NOT “United” any more.… It is “Divided” by GREED for MONEY. It is a travesty, that our Government is siding with & representing corporate greed, rather then the People! The horses who have been the most valiant in helping “humanity” are sacraficed once again..…this time it is in the name of GREED!
We the People, are speaking; NO HELICOPTER OR MOTORIZED, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF ROUND UPS! Allow the horses & other wild animals exist in PEACE.
It is ludicrous, what the BLM is saying, that a wild animal will just “walk peacefully” when a huge noisy machine decends upon them.… Horses are pray animals, & they will run to avoid danger. Everything the BLM is doing, is against veterinary advice; running heavily pregnant mares & 1-2 month old foals for even 1 mile will hurt them……yet the BLM “only” runs them for mere 6 miles? on rocky ground in 100+ degree, &/ or below freezing weather in snow. All one has to do is open their eyes & really look to see the panic the fear, & some times the incredible will & courage to remain free. There has been numerous tragic attempts to jump 6′ tall fences, or charge it and die with a broken neck. To see a beautiful free animal end up such tragic fate, breaks a persons heart, &- takes our “Audacity of Hope” away in these hard times!

♦ Windhorse49 – 6/4/2012 7:23 AM

BLM has no transparency, they are very crooked & have a slaughter panel, yes a pro slaughter panel of decision makers on what to do with wild horses, i think that’s pretty cut & dry of —what Ken Salazar has in mind for the wild horses.

♦ Kelly941 – 5/31/2012 5:11 PM

Do you not think those horses are not scared to death, of the helicopters, & all terrain vehicles, & comotion that it takes to do this. These horses are also injured, foals etc. How sad, all for what. BLM says they are ruining the grounds, but once they take all the horses out, they open up the watering holes so the cows can rome freely. Don’t cows leave footprints too. Anyway, this is all blood money for the government, trying to boost our dying economy. This could lead to our wild horses becoming extinct….is this what we want people. Enough is enough already. What are they going to do when they are all gone, start selling our pets!! This is really corrupt & decietful to the American people who know nothing….because they don’t want people to find out what they are up to. Not only is this very inhumane for the animals, sold to kill-buyers & then off to slaughter.
It is also being done on taxpayer’s dollars. Does this not want to make you scream? BLM, leave our wild horses & burro’s alone, they do not even belong to you. Cut the crap, lies & GREED! I’m not buying it & niether are a whole lot of other people who WILL find out your dirty little secret.

♠Nola sater – 5/31/2012 12:44 PM

Believe it or not, but helicopters are much more humane & less stressful on the horses than gathering them on horseback. Using saddle horses to catch these horses is like watching a stampede as horsemen try to control the galloping horses hellbent to get away. Those who couldn’t keep up were left behind. Saddle horses were in danger trying to keep up with the more hardy mustang running on their own turf. Now that is dangerous for horses & horsemen alike. Helicopters herd the horses at the pace THEY set until the last push into the trap. That is the only time these horses are “stampeded.” Foals & old horses can keep up & are not left behind as they were in the old days of using cowboys & saddle horses to chase them down. As for no gathers??? Every animal needs a population control. Horses have few to none depending on the region they live. They grow at 20% each year. They live in arid to semi-arid places. Grass abundant? No. Water abundant? No. They have to share these limited resources with wildlife & plants. And yes, cattle leases that have been around LONG before the Wild Horse Act. Not gathering & maintaining horse populations will result in degraded rangelands & threaten wildlife populations. Please think about the whole ecosystem & the whole picture before letting your hearts run so completely with wild horses.

♦ Wallingj – 5/31/2012 12:02 PM ::

Sometimes I just do not know where to begin, will what I say make a difference, will those so called open for comment meetings make a difference to the wild horses (BLM)…..Does it matter what we have to say, the tax payer as it seems the BLM do just what they want anyway and when videos are taken and show burros and horses being hit with the skids or when a beautiful stallion that was just running free 10 minutes ago is now dead because he broke his neck in that chute they chased him into, does it matter what I say, does anyone other then people that care deeply for the horrible way in which these Mustangs are being treated care. Now I know that not all BLM employees are desensitized but it is fairly obvious for those that are watching what is happening see it, see the injustice, what exactly is it that allows people to not step in and say this is just not the way we treat our Wild Horses. Watching the last BLM meeting live stream and hearing the BLM saying that what they have done by gathering 47,000 is not working, now they say that, now that it could be possible to open up Slaughter Plants once again, now they say that…The Best interest is what they have in mind for these Mustang’s, then why is this inhumane treatment of them continuing, it is their way or no way, our comments mean nothing to them and the corruption continues to run rampant and here we are once again, trying to help the Mustangs and the abuse continues. So sad when those foals were forced to run and their hoofs were still soft and their hoofs just wore off to nothing, now isn’t that something that would make you or anyone sit up and say, this is abuse to a little foal, just trying to keep up with his Mamma and band while being chased by this object in the sky, would it not make you cringe?

♦jeannie – 5/31/2012 6:16 AM 1 Vote

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: Solutions: Ecotourism ** Mar 22, 2012 (saved pg)

–> yes,  ~dear BLM, there Exist : real people … having real √solutions!  ∞
Solutions:
Ecotourism: *Viewing wild Horses & Burros in their *natural state

Ecotourism:  By *State* [link: http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/solutions/ecotourism_by_state.html ]
As 1 of our British supporters remarked: “1 day I’d like to come visit & *see Mustangs running wild* where they’re meant to.”
America’s wild Horses are *universally recognized* & cherished as American *icons. [link
http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/world.html ]
Yet, our wild Herds are a mostly-untapped* ecotourism resource*. [link http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/resources/economicResource.html ]

Horse lovers, wildlife enthusiasts, as well as those with an interest in history of the Old West, should be given the opportunity to
*enjoy wild Horse excursions* year-round.
In addition to non-intrusive observation of wild Horse behavior & Herd dynamics, “in-the-wild management” itself could become part of a unique experience for visitors to (HMAs) *Herd Management Areas.
In this manner, the American wild Horse could establish itself as an economic resource ON the Western Range & better its chances of *long-term survival.

Today, wild Horses & Burros can be found primarily on government-designated Herd Management Areas in *Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming*, but also in *Maryland, North Carolina, Hawaii, + even in the Bahamas*.

While *Eastern states* have embraced their wild Herds as an *economic resource, –in the West, whose *spirit its wild Herds truly embody,
the Bureau of Land Management has *failed to acknowledge the wild Horse as having ~any Value on the Range.
So, when U opt to spend your summer vacation trekking to western states to view wild Horses in their *natural habitat, u support the *Horses’ value on Public Lands.

•We have compiled a state-by-state *list of Resources for those interested in *observing wild Horses in their natural environment. With a bit of luck, U will be able to witness Horses in their truly *natural state, travelling in small Bands made up of a Stallion + his harem of Mares, or
in Bachelor-bands of young stallions.
•Please be *respectful of Horses as u view them & always *remember that these are *wild animals.
•Stay on marked roadways, avoid water holes & leave all gates as u find them.
•Remember, it is
*illegal to Chase, Harass, or Harm wild Horses or Burros, or to let your *dogs chase them.
This is particularly impt *during foaling* season.
•Be sure to bring pair of binoculars & telephoto lens 4 camera so u don’t disturb the animals by getting too close.

Please keep in mind that most of these are remote, untouched areas.
*Prior to setting out on a wild Horse *viewing trip, make sure to contact local BLM field office 4 current *updates on *Herd movements, fire restrictions, road conditions, maps, + other pertinent information.

Click here 2 *learn abt each *state’s wild Horse & burro viewing. [link] http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/solutions/ecotourism_by_state.html

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Reproduction authorized solely 4 “educational purposes”, provided
www.wildhorsepreservation.org “credited as *source”
©2004-2010 AMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN.

http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/solutions/ecotourism.html

via BlackBerry .

Finally, finally!!…(uh)..wait,..was/is Anybody LISTENING??

Finally finally!! SOMEONE is LISTENING! […(uh)…was/is Anybody LISTENING??…(apparently ~Not?!?]
This Out-of-Control ROGUE Government AGENCY …WILL -Be forced to FOLLOW the LAW!!!!…. eventually...
BLM** & Dept of Interior* can’t continue to Be “totally Unchecked”& WITHOUT Checks/Balances forever ***
(as Laura said), THIS IS *BIG* Folks!

=== ¤ Best “Valentine” I’ve Ever ¤ Received !! ;D ===

finally!!…(uh)…WAS/Is Anybody LISTENING??

wild, Free-Running Horse @Home in Challis Herd, Idaho (for now) –alas! [not for Long…]

wild “freckles” Wind-drinker runs Free in Idaho home… [photo: Andrea Maki]

1 stunning, majestic Free-roaming Wild Horse is “running-with-the-Wind 4 Joy”, @ Home in Challis, Idaho herd! …(alas! -not for long..) soon, he’ll be running-for-his-Life! as OUR Gov’t -will be:
chasing, terrifying, penning, beating, maiming, shipping, Then killing or imprisoning him…ForEver! (just 4 Living there)…
BLM plans to nearly *Exterminate ~this Last herd~ from the state*of ID !
[ –>do u truly Want 2 allow this? ]
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/b16d80346618d3ce64e8e9877/files/CAndreaMaki_Wild_Red.jpg

post~~never forget that Life–IS a Miracle~~

This case, by the HEROES of our time, w/b quoted…whenever “the Public’s Right 2 KNOW”–is ~doubted! Saving the 1st Amendment!

BEST ‘VALENTINE” Ever!!! ..quoting the Author of Our Constitution!…the Judge said, “a popular Government, withOut popular information, OR the means of Acquiring it…is but a Prologue to a Face OR a Tragedy, or perhaps Both…to Provide this 1st Amendment. PROTECTION, the Supreme. Ct has LONG Recognized…a qualified Right of ACCESS for the Press and for the Public — to Observe Government. ACTIVITIES!’ (WOW…Wow! –This* Case — will Be quoted, in 1000’s to come!—whenever / wheresoever the “Public’s Right to Know” OR the PRESS * has ‘reason to Question”…if/what our Government “is Hiding’…behind its Closed-Doors!) –> YOU, Laura & Gordon will Be their HEROES!

Scientific and Scholarly MISCONDUCT*{claim filed Against BLM!}*Intentional Exclusion* of LIVESTOCK-Grazing* as “Disturbance Factor” from *Rapid Ecoregional Assessments!

News! #Complaint of *Scientific and Scholarly MISCONDUCT* –{filed Against BLM!}
*Intentional Exclusion* of LIVESTOCK Grazing* as a “Disturbance Factor” from *Rapid_Ecoregional_Assessments BY Bureau of Land Management !

�Complainant: Filed BY Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER),
nonprofit svc org representing Public employees, including *Scientists working within Dept of Interior* (DOI), generally, + within U.S. Bureau of Land Management* (BLM), specifically.

�COMPLAINT Summary: BLM is conducting a �series of Rapid-Ecoregional-Assessments�
(REAs) to *establish Baseline condition* and *future Vulnerability of resources of
�Conservation Concern� vis-�-vis regionally *important Ecological and Environmental
*disturbance factors*.
�BLM intends to *conduct REAs* for “all Ecoregions which contain Land and Resources” under *BLM administration.
�These REAs are ~Intended to~ understand *ecological Conditions and *trends of Resources of
conservation Concern, such as fish and Wildlife Habitats, Species of concern, Soils, Water @regional level as *affected by Natural + Human “disturbance factors”*, such as: wildfire, invasive species, *Development (incl. #Energy-development activity),
*Climate change*, and other *CAUSAL Factors* of regional importance.
�These REAs are intended to:
*establish both *Baseline ecological Condition* data + *Predict future Vulnerabilities*,
�To PROVIDE *science-based information for
�Use in *future Resource-Planning* and *Decision-making within an �adaptive Management”-framework,
{including WILD HORSE Management/Mismanagement of HMAs, HAs, +hidden Holding facilities!!!}.

�LIVESTOCK Grazing ‘as a Causal_Agent’ was- *EXCLUDED from Further-Consideration*!! in ALL 6 Ecoregions*,
+ all ~proposed *Management �questions* Relevant to Condition Assessments� were *stricken-from-the-record*. !
�Intentional EXCLUSION of *Livestock-GRAZING*-as a Causal-Factor FROM the REAs* will *slant Resultant findings AND *Interpretations of Causes* responsible for status and… {read more link!}

Click to access 11_30_11_Scientific_Misconduct_Complaint.pdf

Breaking News: BLM Issues Report on Inhumane Wild Horse Roundup Allegations

Pure in-your-face Deceit by Exec-branch Rogue AGENCY truly IS *Incredible, *Out-of-Control,, *dispairing, and *SCARY!! for us All!
IF a Federal Court *Judge, *Congressional Demands, & *official Report from Appointed “Experts” cannot Reign in- rogue Gov’t Agency??–> you’d better Believe that
it’s not Only legally-‘protected’ horses, burros, & range-lands that are IN TROUBLE now!!
It IS also You! & Me! & every “Right” you Think you have—that are in grave jeopardy., too !!

Breaking News: BLM Issues Report on Inhumane Wild Horse Roundup Allegations.

Hoping that Laura will be Nominated for an Emmy or Excellence in Investigative newscasting Award

Please read about this Insanity ??

http://artandhorseslauraleigh.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/kiger-day-1/

Not All “Judas” Horses Have Four Legs (via Straight from the Horse’s Heart)

We NEED George KNAPP again !!…………right NOW
to cover the *Escalating Plight of the Wild Horses, the *current COURT-cases/ Law-suits,,,,,,which may Decide the Fate of –either the Wild Horses OR of the corrupt BLM*….the impending *deadly Roundups & Eradication of Herds !!!!!
He can Do it —- like No one else !
Calling on George Knapp, in Nevada ??? Calling on George Knapp !

(In My Humble Opinion) by R.T. Fitch ~ Executive Director, HfH Advisory Council Diarrhea of the Mouth Claims Another Victim Our recent flurry of rational, planned and effective legal assaults, along with others,  upon the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) defunct Wild Horse & … Read More

via Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Hello world! what could U possibly Mean by Written Law?

I’m sorry, but I just Can NOT Understand!–several phrases [and Intents]!: (1)to accomplish this they are to be �CONSIDERED IN� in the Area where presently FOUND, as integral part of natural system of the public lands…
Matt said, �Considered in area where presently found� = key part, AND
(2) #Interpreted 2 mean: managers supposed to CONSIDER these areas FOR horses, but that does �NOT mean they are REQUIRED 2 use� ENTIRE area for Horses. Many wild horse Areas have “HERD AREAS” = much LARGER than Herd-#Management-Areas that horses actually Live in (PRYOR’s has a LITTLE bit of HMA out of HA)!! #!*WHY* ??
(3) �PM-WHR = combination of agency + private rangelands AUTHORIZED FOR USE by wild horses.—!-Not to be CONFUSED with Wild Horse RANGE which =special Designation which only BLM-portion of PM-WHR has status. [???]
(4) �Forest Service� Planning documents for the Pryor’s ONLY ALLOW for management of “HORSES in Area Q” up there… !
� –OK, IF �Herd AREAS� = �the Areas where Horses WERE found 1971″, then #WHY are Wild Horses NOT #Authorized to Use# ANY and ALL of such Areas??
� �WHY would a HMA or RANGE ever EXCLUDE any of such �legally-Entitled land area�?? (and PM Horses may USE ONLY a LITTLE bit of their HA)?!! –this just makes absolutely *No Sense to me!!?�
The so-called �managers� of this Law-given Land were chosen to be the BLM; so
��WHY/HOW could any Mgr. only �consider�, but �Not ALLOW� protected wild Horses to HAVE ACCESS to every Inch of that land, which IS legally-set aside FOR them?? HOW do they �consider� any Personal Opinion— as ABOVE the Federal Law??
� �same– for the FOREST Svc� (other Employees of tax-payers!); #I don’t CARE if# the FS or NPS have �subsequently Planned�, for any Reason, to give wild Horses ACCESS to ONLY a tiny portion called ‘Area Q’ up there!! WHY are they also ABOVE the Law??
� When the 1971 law was enacted; Every bush, rock, soil space, hiking trail, road, water source, or ‘initials carved into a tree’:::that WERE WITHIN the HERD Area where HORSES were Found! >>was legally Designated *Primarily* FOR their *Use*! (and Only *secondarily* FOR any other purpose)! So, I do NOT understand
�WHY it would be Differently interpreted� for Land area that was *historically* or *subsequently* said to �belong� to a (especially a *PUBLIC-owned*/*entitled* Area), like *Forest Service*, or TO a *Park Service*, or TO a local *Neighborhood Watch area*, or Public *garden space*..!! the LAW stated: -That specific- land/soil/water area WAS to BE managed FOR wild horses!
And IF I or You �had already, OR later, Planned-to-Use� Any of it (land, tree, rock) for some other purpose of our Own, –then We SHOULD Not and Would Not be allowed to DO so!–If �such other plan Use� would EXCLUDE, in any way, Concurrent and Primary USE by the wild horses!!
i.e. We would be �S-#-out-of-luck� 🙂 ? and Expected to come up with a Different Plan..?!
�so�WHY would the *Forest Service* (& similarly in other areas, like a named *National REFUGE area*), or even *Aunt Bea�s Quilting Club* NOT be REQUIRED to comply with the law?? It should just be �too bad� for their *other plans*, as well?!
�and�even though *subsequent laws* talk about Allowing for �Multiple-USEs�; such �Extra dreamed-up Uses�.. should also NOT be allowed to *Change the Primary* Use ??! If they can *non-intrusively Co-Exist* with the Horses� USE�thats fine! IF Not�come up with a different Plan!�
[I am assuming here, *the Intent* of Multiple-Uses was mainly FOR/so Public citizens could also Use such land…like for hiking, camping, skiing, singing, meditation, swimming…etc]�-but such Use could Not include �Owning or Destroying or PERMANENTLY Changing� that area FOR oneself, at the EXPENSE of *the Primary USE-rs* (Wild Horses/Burros)?!
�Please explain�WHY this is not Correct ??
�[last question, i swear]: Exactly and Precisely, *WHAT ARE these �multiple uses� planned* for the Pryor Mountain HORSE AREA??, and for *the HMA*??, or for *the National Park*??, and
the *Custer National Forest* ???
WHAT exactly DO they *wish to USE this land FOR*�that *necessitates Excluding legally-protected ACCESS* to the Wild Horses there ???
��truly sorry if I�m just too dense to Read & �Understand the Intent of U.S. Law�? (having earned a doctorate degree�one might conclude that I �Should be able to logically understand Laws� as written?) �Maybe *Every One ELSE GETS it*!? & I�m just an idiot citizen�but, I DON�T THINK SO! ??

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