Please visit chwha.org for more information and action items you can take to help the wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Go here to see the Slideshow Presentation and Webinar we did in partnership with CHWHA and this page is full of vital information and links you need to make your Public Comments on the NPS's Livestock Plan for the park
Go here to see the Slideshow Presentation and Webinar we did in partnership with CHWHA and this page is full of vital information and links you need to make your Public Comments on the NPS's Livestock Plan for the park
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#butimjustonepersonsaid300millionpeople
It is up to us, the public, to make change, it always has been. Every letter sent does matter. 300 letters is great, 3,000 even better, 30,000 a resounding roar. Below I posted about the TRNP wild horses asking everyone to write a letter to the TRNP Supervisor and to the NPS Director. This Mustang Life is also asking for letters: www.wildlandswildhorses.com/save-trnp Please make your voices heard and take a few minutes to write a letter, we are the only ones who can save our wild horses. |
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The National Park Service has put out a Livestock Plan for the wild horses found inside Theodore Roosevelt National Park and their plan is to potentially get rid of the entire herd forever.
From the NPS website: "Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the few national parks where visitors can observe free-roaming horses. Their presence represents Theodore Roosevelt’s experiences here during the open-range ranching era. By the late 1800s European settlement of the plains had reached the Dakotas." and "In 1970, a change of park policy recognized the horse as part of the historical setting."
But now the Park Service wants to either limit the herd to just 35-60 wild horses, or remove them entirely. You can read the Livestock Plan here, read the three Alternative Options, then go here to make your comments.
From the newsletter: "Comments that provide relevant and new information with sufficient detail are most useful. Comments that will be considered are those that present information that can be used when developing alternatives, present reasonable alternatives, or present information that can be used when the NPS considers impacts of alternatives.
Comments that cannot be considered include comments for or against an action without any reasoning, comments that only agree or disagree with NPS policy, comments without justification or supporting data, comments that take the form of vague, open-ended questions, and form letters."
In addition, especially if you have gone to the park for the purpose of photographing the wild horses, please send a typed or handwritten letter to the two addresses in the graphic. Tell them how many times you have visited the park, that you plan to return to the park, and how much money you spent to take trips to the park for the purpose of seeing the wild horses in person. Tell them how much having the wild horses in the park mean to you and that you want to the horses there for this and future generations to enjoy. Share a special experience you had with the wild horses in the park, include some photographs if you can. Tell them the wild horses bring extra beauty to the park.
Please share the graphic and ask others, including photographers, to send in letters too. You can find the graphic available to download here.
It is up to us to put the additional pressure on the Park to convince them to keep the wild horses there for all to enjoy. The deadline to make comments on the Livestock Plan is January 31 so make sure to submit your comments as soon as possible. Please make your voice heard today!
From the NPS website: "Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the few national parks where visitors can observe free-roaming horses. Their presence represents Theodore Roosevelt’s experiences here during the open-range ranching era. By the late 1800s European settlement of the plains had reached the Dakotas." and "In 1970, a change of park policy recognized the horse as part of the historical setting."
But now the Park Service wants to either limit the herd to just 35-60 wild horses, or remove them entirely. You can read the Livestock Plan here, read the three Alternative Options, then go here to make your comments.
From the newsletter: "Comments that provide relevant and new information with sufficient detail are most useful. Comments that will be considered are those that present information that can be used when developing alternatives, present reasonable alternatives, or present information that can be used when the NPS considers impacts of alternatives.
Comments that cannot be considered include comments for or against an action without any reasoning, comments that only agree or disagree with NPS policy, comments without justification or supporting data, comments that take the form of vague, open-ended questions, and form letters."
In addition, especially if you have gone to the park for the purpose of photographing the wild horses, please send a typed or handwritten letter to the two addresses in the graphic. Tell them how many times you have visited the park, that you plan to return to the park, and how much money you spent to take trips to the park for the purpose of seeing the wild horses in person. Tell them how much having the wild horses in the park mean to you and that you want to the horses there for this and future generations to enjoy. Share a special experience you had with the wild horses in the park, include some photographs if you can. Tell them the wild horses bring extra beauty to the park.
Please share the graphic and ask others, including photographers, to send in letters too. You can find the graphic available to download here.
It is up to us to put the additional pressure on the Park to convince them to keep the wild horses there for all to enjoy. The deadline to make comments on the Livestock Plan is January 31 so make sure to submit your comments as soon as possible. Please make your voice heard today!