Budget
What can Wild Horse Advocates do to truly change outcomes for Wild Horses?
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Interior has delelivered it's recommended 2025 budget to the Full Committee for consideration. Letting Congress know explicitly which provisions improve management of Wild Horses and Burros is CRITICAL to getting the BLM budget 'right sized' for 2025.
A guide to messaging Congress is here:
2025 Dept of Interior House Markup 9July24
Write, call and e-mail Congressional Representatives. Ask them to direct REDUCTIONS to the budget allocation for the BLM, Wild Horse and Burro Program in order to curtail waste. Tell them the agency budget request cites improperly prepared justifications which are just simply false. Federally Directed Spending
Working together the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, cattle ranchers, the slaughter industry, kill buyers, the executive and legislative branches of the US Federal government are removing wild horses and burros from their protected status and eliminating them from federally managed lands. Native American tribal nations, state governments and private landowners are have also adopted the agenda to drive wild equines to extension.
2025 Administration 'President's Budget'
2025 Department of Interior Budget Full .csv
2025 BLM Budget Request Greenbook
The overwhelming advantage the BLM has over the Wild Horse Advocate Community (The WHAC) put into perspective: The BLM looks at the public whining as an annoyance. For the BLM it's a game where they have an incalculable position of power. What will change the power balance based on activism? Can you define the source of the power?
Instead of calling the BLM - call your Federal House representative in Congress. The power to change outcomes for Wild Horses is with Congress. When The WHAC finds willing sponsors to write 'Programmatic Requests' there is hope for a change to the BLM Budget.
Contact the source of the power rather than the executioner. https://bit.ly/2025-1-24Feb24
The BIG problem with the 2025 budget request is the numbers don't add up.
They are requesting an additional $30 million over 2024 allocation.
