Contact: Tom Gorey, BLM Public Affairs (202-912-7420) Questions
and Answers on Secretary Salazar’s Proposals to Create a
Sustainable National Wild Horse and Burro Program (Note: Click
here for a downloadable PDF version of this document and click
here for a downloadable PDF copy of the Secretary Salazar to
Senator Reid letter) Question: What is Secretary Salazar
announcing today (October 7, 2009) regarding the national wild
horse and burro program? Answer: Secretary of the Interior Ken
Salazar is proposing a national solution to restore the health
of America’s wild horse herds and the rangelands that support
them by creating a cost-efficient, sustainable management
program. Question: What problems do the Secretary’s proposals
address? Answer: In four decades under the Bureau of Land
Management’s protection, wild horses that were once fast
disappearing from the American scene are now experiencing rapid
growth. Wild horses and burros have virtually no natural
predators and their herd sizes can double about ever