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Cowboys Gone Rogue: The Bureau Of Land Management's Mismanagement Of Wild Horses In Light Of Its Removal Procedures Of 'Excess' Wild Horses, Kelsey Stangebye
Cowboys Gone Rogue: The Bureau Of Land Management's Mismanagement Of Wild Horses In Light Of Its Removal Procedures Of 'Excess' Wild Horses, Kelsey Stangebye
Northern Illinois University Law Review
In 1971, Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (“the Act”), which made the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) responsible for managing and protecting the free-ranging wild horses and burros on federal public land in the western United States. As the Act permits, the BLM has been removing wild horses from the public range when the BLM determines that an overpopulation of wild horses exists. The excess wild horses are then managed by the BLM in holding facilities for an indefinite period of time. This management practice is unsustainable because the BLM spends nearly two-thirds of their annual …
Great Basin Resource Watch V. Bureau Of Land Management, Jody D. Lowenstein
Great Basin Resource Watch V. Bureau Of Land Management, Jody D. Lowenstein
Public Land & Resources Law Review
In Great Basin Resource Watch v. Bureau of Land Management, the Ninth Circuit invalidated the BLM’s environmental review, finding that the agency based its approval of a mining project on unsupported reasoning, inaccurate information, and deficient analysis. In negating the action, the court held that the BLM failed to take the hard look required by the National Environmental Policy Act.