Post by icehorse on Jun 21, 2008 11:23:29 GMT -5
The Sheldon mustangs are some of the biggest and most beautiful mustangs.
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Action Alert: Hundreds of wild horses at Sheldon Refuge
desperately need your voice now!
Please speak up for wild horses with a quick email today!
The wild horses and burros at the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge are again in peril of being rounded up and removed! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is preparing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Sheldon Refuge which will set new policies for how they manage the wildlife on more than a half a million acres of high desert habitat in northwestern Nevada.
Despite the public's love for wild horses, their aesthetic beauty and history on the Western landscape, the FWS has historically shown little interest in allowing them to remain wild on the public land they manage. This agency is likely poised to remove most if not all of these majestic wild equines if the public doesn't act fast. Right now there is an open comment period for concerned citizens to weigh in on this issue, and FWS is mandated to consider your input when making these decisions.
Time is running short—the deadline for comments is June 30—so please take action today! Hundreds of wild horses are counting on you to take a few minutes from your busy schedule to speak up for them by writing a quick email. Even if you have commented in the past, those previous comments will NOT be considered in this CCP process, so you must write again.
Below are some points you might want to include. A short, polite comment is all that is needed, but please put into your own words.
- Please consider these comments for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan on the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
- Viable populations of wild horses and burros should be allowed to live free and wild at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
- The wild horses and burros, who have shared this area with the antelope, sheep, and other wildlife since before the Refuge was established, are an integral part of the landscape.
- These wild equines are living legends with great historical significance, a slice of Americana, and represent an iconic image of the Western United States.
- Please evaluate the use of immunocontraception or other non-removal management methods.
- If any round-ups do occur, only the most humane techniques should be used—excluding helicopters—and only experienced contractors employed after thorough criminal background checks to ensure the public trust is not violated.
- Until the CCP process is completed, I am opposed to any wild horse and burro round-ups.
Comments sent by email are preferred, but letters and faxes are also welcome. Remember, the deadline is June 30, so act today!
Email your comments to: SheldonCCP@fws.gov
Mailed comments should be directed to:
Paul Steblein, Project Leader
Sheldon Hart-Mountain Complex National Wildlife Refuge Complex
P.O. Box 111
Lakeview, OR 97630
Fax comments to: (541) 947-4414
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Action Alert: Hundreds of wild horses at Sheldon Refuge
desperately need your voice now!
Please speak up for wild horses with a quick email today!
The wild horses and burros at the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge are again in peril of being rounded up and removed! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is preparing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Sheldon Refuge which will set new policies for how they manage the wildlife on more than a half a million acres of high desert habitat in northwestern Nevada.
Despite the public's love for wild horses, their aesthetic beauty and history on the Western landscape, the FWS has historically shown little interest in allowing them to remain wild on the public land they manage. This agency is likely poised to remove most if not all of these majestic wild equines if the public doesn't act fast. Right now there is an open comment period for concerned citizens to weigh in on this issue, and FWS is mandated to consider your input when making these decisions.
Time is running short—the deadline for comments is June 30—so please take action today! Hundreds of wild horses are counting on you to take a few minutes from your busy schedule to speak up for them by writing a quick email. Even if you have commented in the past, those previous comments will NOT be considered in this CCP process, so you must write again.
Below are some points you might want to include. A short, polite comment is all that is needed, but please put into your own words.
- Please consider these comments for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan on the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
- Viable populations of wild horses and burros should be allowed to live free and wild at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
- The wild horses and burros, who have shared this area with the antelope, sheep, and other wildlife since before the Refuge was established, are an integral part of the landscape.
- These wild equines are living legends with great historical significance, a slice of Americana, and represent an iconic image of the Western United States.
- Please evaluate the use of immunocontraception or other non-removal management methods.
- If any round-ups do occur, only the most humane techniques should be used—excluding helicopters—and only experienced contractors employed after thorough criminal background checks to ensure the public trust is not violated.
- Until the CCP process is completed, I am opposed to any wild horse and burro round-ups.
Comments sent by email are preferred, but letters and faxes are also welcome. Remember, the deadline is June 30, so act today!
Email your comments to: SheldonCCP@fws.gov
Mailed comments should be directed to:
Paul Steblein, Project Leader
Sheldon Hart-Mountain Complex National Wildlife Refuge Complex
P.O. Box 111
Lakeview, OR 97630
Fax comments to: (541) 947-4414
