A wild mustang charging across an open plain is a symbol of the untamed majesty of nature. But the predators chasing these horses are anything but natural - they are in fact the Trump administration.
by Traci Eatherton for Tri-State Livestock News
While Biden has overturned a number of previous administrations’ policies, his plans for managing the 1971 Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act (The Act) are still up in the air. But environmentalist groups are leading the charge, hoping the new administration will boot the grazing competition on any public lands.
More than 70 groups have sent a letter to the Biden Administration’s new Interior Secretary, asking that all livestock grazing allotments that overlap designated herd management areas (HMAs) be canceled. The letter, dated April 9, claims that the removal of the cattle will “promote rapid progress toward” establishing a “Thriving Natural Ecological Balance” for all species occupying federal rangelands.