Winnemucca, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca Field Office has begun an emergency gather to remove 270-275 horses from the Fox & Lake Herd Management Area (HMA).

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WASHINGTON -Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced an additional $200 million will be made available through the 2008 Farm Bill to help farmers and ranchers nationwide to solve natural resource problems through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- As if horse owners don’t have enough to think about, with increasing prices for feed, fuel, products and services, fly season in full swing, and continuing challenges with land use and access to trails, they can add awareness of hoary alyssum, a weed that is poisonous to horses, to their list of concerns.

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — “What Your Horse Wants You to Know about Pasture Management,” a workshop for horse owners with small acreages, is Wednesday, July 30, in Casper.

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AMES, Iowa -- A decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow livestock grazing on land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as a result of this year’s flooding provides additional management options for some farm operators, according to an Iowa State University Extension forage agronomist.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that he is releasing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in counties recently designated as Presidential Disaster Areas because of flooding.

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The American Horse Council’s 2008 Van Ness award, named for the late Marjorie Van Ness, and sponsored by Middlesex Horse Show, New Jersey Horse Council, and Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey was presented to Mr. Eldon Reyer of New Mexico at the AHC’s National Issues Forum on Tuesday June 17in Washington, D.C.

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The Bureau of Land Management is facing a number of difficult challenges in the National Wild Horse and Burro Program. Our goal in the West is to manage healthy, free-roaming herds on healthy rangelands; however, it is becoming increasingly difficult to do so.

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Reno, Nev.—Ten consecutive years of drought, overpopulations of wild horses in some herd areas and poor forage conditions are setting up emergency gather situations in at least three herd areas within the next 30 to 60 days.

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As part of its responsibility to manage, protect, and control wild horses and burros, the Bureau of Land Management is soliciting bids for one or more new pasture facilities located anywhere in the continental United States.

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The Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) is pleased to announce that American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is supporting our mission of saving land for horses by becoming an Equestrian Partner, joining an exclusive list of national organizations who have become members.

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The BLM Billings Field Office is asking the public to review and comment on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (PMWHR) Draft Herd Management Area Plan and Preliminary Environmental Assessment.

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Lexington, Kentucky – The Equestrian Design Guidebook for Trails, Trailheads, and Campgrounds, written by Jan Hancock in conjunction with U.S. Forest Service, has been released by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

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URBANA, Ill. - Registration is now open for a University of Illinois Extension multi-species grazing conference to be offered at three locations in July. The conference will be offered July 24 in Milan, July 26 in Lincoln, and July 31 in Marion.

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The Equestrian Land Conservation Resource has released the 2008 edition of the Guide to Equestrian-Friendly Conservation Easements.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Each year, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture offers many opportunities for Kentuckians to come onto its research farms and learn about current research. On June 12, the college will offer a peek into equine, forage and crop research efforts during a field day at UK’s Spindletop Research Farm in Lexington.

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The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on Monday, June 30, 2008, in Reno, Nevada, to discuss issues relating to the management, protection, and control of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.

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Washington, D.C.  - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that USDA has authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be available for hay and forage after the primary nesting season ends for grass-nesting birds.

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) today released "Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (SAP 4.3): The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States.

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America’s Horse - Equestrian Land Conservation Resources welcomed three new members to the board of directors at its annual meeting.

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