5 Ways to Help the Fish Springs Wild Horses

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District Office plans to permanently remove 44 of the Fish Springs wild horses from their natural habitat. Proud stallions likeBlondie, Samson, andBluewill lose their families, and loving mares will be separated from their foals. The dramatic stories of life on the range, followed by an international audience, will become a thing of the past. It's heartbreaking and completely unnecessary.

The community manages this herd withfertility controlat no cost to taxpayers. The livestock permittee in the area wants the horses to stay. The horses bring tourism dollars to Gardnerville and pride to the community.

The Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates have tried to work with the localBLM. They submitted an alternative plan, which would even allow for incremental removals of small numbers of horses who can be trained and adopted locally. This plan would save taxpayers $1.5 million in holding costs while preserving this popular herd. Not only that, but workingwiththe community instead of against it would facilitate more trust in the federal government.But theBLMso far is not changing its mind.

We must keep the pressure on. Here are 5 things you can do today.

1. Download the image below and post it to the Department of theInterior's Facebook page.
2. Send this automated tweet and make your voice heard:https://wildhor.se/2J7yoU4
3. Make 3 important calls:
4. Representative Mark Amodei:(775) 686-5760Senator Catherine Cortez Masto:(775) 686-5750Senator Dean Heller:(775) 686-5770
5. You can say:"Please stop theBLMfrom removing the Fish Springs wild horses. The federal government should not ignore the wishes of the community, especially when their plan for the horses saves taxpayers $1.5 million."
6. Attend thelocal meetingonThursday, July 12, 2018from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Fish Springs Volunteer Fire Department, 2249 Fish Springs Rd., Gardnerville, NV 89410.
7. Sign our Change.org petition.NOTE: If you have already signed it, you will not be able to sign again!