Read more Bureau of Land Management stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32288/bureau-of-land-management.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:32:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71222/feds-to-sterilize-wild-mustangs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTens of thousands of wild horses are to be sterilized and shifted from range land in the West to preserves in the Midwest and East under plans announced yesterday. The move will help manage the unsustainable numbers of horses and burros roaming free in Western states without having to resort...http://www.newser.com/story/71222/feds-to-sterilize-wild-mustangs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 6:19:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up to...http://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 3:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48915/bush-policies-will-blow-through-natl-parks-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagViews of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times . And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes...http://www.newser.com/story/48915/bush-policies-will-blow-through-natl-parks-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 13:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42967/wild-horses-drag-pickens-cash-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 2,000 wild horses of the American West were in danger of euthanasia—until billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ wife, Madeleine, stepped in and offered to adopt them and 28,000 of their closest friends, the Washington Post reports. The Bureau of Land Management holds the animals in pens, rounding...http://www.newser.com/story/42967/wild-horses-drag-pickens-cash-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 11:16:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32892/battle-rages-over-culling-mustang-herd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the debate over how to deal with America's wild mustang herds, both sides claim to have the animals' best interests at heart. Federal agency officials tasked with protecting the horses say the most humane—and economical—course is to euthanize some so the rest don't starve. But activists see...http://www.newser.com/story/32892/battle-rages-over-culling-mustang-herd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jul 2008 8:27:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31413/govt-is-mucking-up-mustangs-fate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe cash-strapped Bureau of Land Management is considering culling the wild horse population in the West, and at least one equine advocate is not pleased, Newsweek reports. In an interview, expert and author Deanne Stillman calls the plan to reduce the population of 30,000 wild and 33,000 corralled...http://www.newser.com/story/31413/govt-is-mucking-up-mustangs-fate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Jul 2008 13:54:14 CDT