In the long overdue reform to the BLM program, we urgently must reverse the current course and keep calling for a moratorium on all round ups, until accurate, independent population numbers and range conditions are assessed and a solid, humane long-term solution is formalized, restoring the protections of the 1971 Act.
BLM must reopen certain public lands to mustangs and burros, thus decreasing the numbers in captivity and the cost thereof. Return them to all available acres of public land designated primarily for their use by the 1971 Act. If such lands are not available, equivalent lands must be found as the BLM manages 245 million acres in the West. Eco-sanctuaries can be created to restore them in the wild, with predators present as nature meant, thus offering eco-tourism for the public and education for youth and tourists.BLM must support federal grazing permit buybacks to reduce the harmful livestock overgrazing by cattle and reanalyze TRUE appropriate management levels.