Meeting will occur October 9 – 11 in Salt Lake City, agenda posted here.
Topics include:
- Telling the truth about the carrying capacity of the land
- Restoring zeroed-out lands to wild horses and burros
- Allocating more land to the WHB program
- Increasing AMLs
- Introducing new ideas for keeping WHB on the range
- Ending ‘humane management practices’ (contraception and sterilization)
- Investigating misleading statements about WHB overpopulation
- Raising grazing fees for livestock on public lands
- Requiring labels on beef that indicate if it was produced on public lands
- Educating the public about treatment of WHB on western rangelands
- Publishing charts that show how forage is allocated on public lands
- Reviewing upcoming AUM curtailments
- Reviewing plans for restoring horses to areas impacted by fire and drought
- Waiving property taxes on lands obtained for private sanctuaries
- Omitting sales taxes on equipment and supplies purchased for sanctuaries
- Investigating ties between the BLM, USFS and livestock industry
- Exposing the media blackout regarding livestock on lands set aside for WHB
- Discussing the constitutionality of FLPMA (federal ownership of land)
- Nullifying the WHB Act
Not! None of these items are on the agenda.
