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Wild Horse Fire Brigade

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The 2026 Ranger Road Fire Proves Livestock Grazing Alone Has Failed — And Opposing Wild Horse Rewilding in Unsuitable Lands Is Recklessly Negligent

The 2026 Ranger Road Fire has reignited debate over how America manages wildfire fuels.

Not Your Ordinary Horse Ranchers

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Not Your Ordinary Horse Ranchers

Michelle Gough and William E. Simpson II are two researchers who have chosen an unusually rugged life in the wilderness to study a free-roaming herd of heritage wild horses along the California-Oregon border.

America Is Repeating Brazil’s Amazon Disaster — While Systematically Destroying the Only Animal That Could Prevent It

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America Is Repeating Brazil’s Amazon Disaster — While Systematically Destroying the Only Animal That Could Prevent It

This post argues that decades of livestock-focused land management and wildfire suppression have degraded public lands, while wild horses may offer a natural, low-cost solution for reducing fuels, restoring ecosystems, and improving resilience.

Why Wild Horse Fire Brigade Stands Alone Among Wild Horse Nonprofits

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Why Wild Horse Fire Brigade Stands Alone Among Wild Horse Nonprofits

Wild Horse Fire Brigade is advancing a different vision for conservation—one centered on preserving free-roaming, naturally breeding wild horse herds.

wild horse eating grass on a roadside

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C.S. Lewis's 1944 Lecture "The Inner Ring."

The Wild Horse Fire Brigade offers a natural solution: horses graze the grass and brush on vacant wild-lands, and manage fuels that cattle avoid and that fuel extreme fires, creating safer landscapes without costly mechanical treatments or prescribed burns that often release even more toxins.

Wild Horse Grift song - thumbnail of a Youtube video

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Wild Horse Grift

The song "Wild Horse Grift" is a powerful, truth-telling country-western style track that exposes the exploitation of America's wild horses by certain large "advocacy" nonprofits.

The Compelling Case: North American Wild Horses Survived The Ice Age In Splinter Populations And Are More “American” Than Bison, Elk, Or Deer

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The Compelling Case: North American Wild Horses Survived The Ice Age In Splinter Populations And Are More “American” Than Bison, Elk, Or Deer

While most large mammals disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene (~11,000 years ago), multiple lines of evidence now prove that splinter populations of caballine horses survived the Ice Age and persisted into the Holocene in North America.

Wildfire (and RxFire) Smoke More Toxic Than Previously Believed

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Wildfire (and RxFire) Smoke More Toxic Than Previously Believed

This is a game-changing moment for wildfire prevention and public safety.

Restoring Biodiversity - 4/7/2026

Restoring Biodiversity - 4/7/2026

Screwworm and the role of the USDA’s “tick riders." True conservation requires responsibility, not neglect. Wolves and moose at Pitchstone Waters. And more...

William Simpson: Proposal Aims to Cut Costs and Improve Wild Horse Welfare

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William Simpson: Proposal Aims to Cut Costs and Improve Wild Horse Welfare

William Simpson Proposes Wild Horse Plan to Reduce Wildfire Risk. Cutting Costs, While Saving American Lives.

There Is A Place For Native Wild Horses On Remote Public Lands In Their Natural Role Reducing Understory Vegetation And Suppressing Fire

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There Is A Place For Native Wild Horses On Remote Public Lands In Their Natural Role Reducing Understory Vegetation And Suppressing Fire

It turns out that wild horses are the best species at understory grazing in extremely rugged, predator filled, back country, fire prone, wilderness areas.

Meet The ‘Firefighting’ Donkeys of Spain

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Meet The ‘Firefighting’ Donkeys of Spain

Known as Doñana’s Firefighting Donkey Battalion, this unit is responsible for preventing wildfires in parts of Spain—all thanks to their seemingly bottomless appetites.

Gavin Newsom’s “Zone 0” Disaster: The Governor’s Latest Wildfire “Solution” Is a Deadly Farce

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Gavin Newsom’s “Zone 0” Disaster: The Governor’s Latest Wildfire “Solution” Is a Deadly Farce

California Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed one of the most arrogant, ignorant, and outright dangerous executive orders in recent memory: the so-called “Zone 0” mandate.

Report On The Ineffectiveness Of Forest Wildfire Mitigation Measures: Insights From The Bootleg Fire And Scientific Principles

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Report On The Ineffectiveness Of Forest Wildfire Mitigation Measures: Insights From The Bootleg Fire And Scientific Principles

If we truly want less wildfires and toxic smoke, we need to embrace the hard truths that are arguably being suppressed for the sake of wildfire profiteers

Updated Report on the Escalating Human and Economic Toll of Wildfire Smoke in the Western United States

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Updated Report on the Escalating Human and Economic Toll of Wildfire Smoke in the Western United States

The staggering death and financial tolls of catastrophic wildfires in the western United States is now at EPIC proportions!