A hearing by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources is set for March 23, according to a report by The Sierra Nevada Ally, a non-profit based in Reno.
The resolution urges Congress to provide funding for reducing wild horse and burro populations in the state to appropriate management levels.
A search for key terms yielded these results:
- Horse – 7 occurrences
- Horses – 22
- Burro – 6
- Burros – 22
- Wildlife – 7
- Drilling – 0
- Mining – 0
- Oil – 0
- Gas – 0
- Mineral – 0
- Livestock – 5
- Public lands – 6
- Multiple use – 2
- Path Forward – 1
- Fertility inhibitors – 2
- Ecological balance – 6
What might be the driving force behind the resolution? Who drafted it?
How many of these terms can you find in the original WHB Act?
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