Wild Horse Problem

A collection of 20 posts

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Restoring Biodiversity — 9/29/2026

Beavers as watershed engineers, grazing judged by results, wild horses as a wildfire tool—and why successful wildlife recovery creates a new management challenge.

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

The Fires of Corruption

Is America fighting wildfires instead of preventing them? This opinion piece argues that decades of suppression-focused budgets, prescribed burning, and wild horse removals have contributed to worsening wildfire conditions, and calls for a new approach

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Restoring Biodiversity - 8/18/2026

This week we examine the ecological role of wild horses and native herbivores in managing wildfire fuels, explores why prevention must become a greater priority than suppression, and highlights fascinating stories on bees, bears, and the natural world.

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Restoring Biodiversity - 6/30/2026

Coffee waste becomes forest recovery. Goats become habitat managers. Ranchers become conservation practitioners. And more....

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

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.

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

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.

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Restoring Biodiversity - 5/19/2026

Bigger cows are not inherently better. Restoring land for cattle, wildlife, and long-term resilience. A protest ballad defending wild horses. And more..

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

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.

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

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.

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

Wildfire (and RxFire) Smoke More Toxic Than Previously Believed

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

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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...

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Restoring Biodiversity - 12/2/2025

A humane way to manage wild horses already exists. Conservation isn’t a land use — it’s a responsibility. Incredibly rare 'pack ice' killer whale filmed swimming in Antarctic snow. And more..

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

Rewilding Versus Fertility Control: A Clash of Visions For Wild Horse Management

Mounting evidence suggests fertility control’s genetic and ecological flaws make it an unsustainable solution.

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

Award for Volunteer Team’s Wild Horse Music Video

A music video created by a collective of wild horse advocates won its category at the Equus Film and Arts Festival.

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Restoring Biodiversity - 11/26/2024

An opportunity to solve the wild horse problem. Desert Bighorn, Mule Deer and Cougar in high desert mountains of far-west Texas. And more...

Wild Horse Problem

The Wild Horses of Nevada's Deserts

"We spend millions of dollars a year managing horses, but we still can’t agree on whether they belong."

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

Siskiyou News: Wildlife Conservationist Nominated for BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program

William E. Simpson II, a seasoned ethologist and conservationist, has been nominated for the position or Director of the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse & Burro Program, with the position set to open in January 2025.

Wild Horses

Horse Roundups! Can They be Stopped With 'Fertility Control'?

The debate about wild horses becomes easier when approached holistically.

"Invasion Biology"

A Few Pretty Horses: BLM, Critics Butt Heads Over Idaho Mustang Management

Horses aren’t an invasive species, they say, just a re-introduced one.

Bio-Diversity

A Wild Idea to Solve the Wild Horse Problem

Subsidizing wild horse and burro adoption would slash costs to taxpayers and be more humane to the animals. NOTE: this article was originally published to PERC.org on December 8, 209. It was written by Hannah Downey and Tate Watkins. If you can’t drag them away, can you pay