A wild horse sanctuary in Colorado has agreed to adopt 70 free-roaming Alpine horses rounded up in Arizona and sold by the U.S. Forest Service at two recent online auctions. Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group based in Prescott, Arizona, said volunteers raised $50,000 on short notice to purchase the…

Wyoming lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan resolution requesting the U.S. Congress make the slaughter of wild horses and burros legal in the United States. The meat would be available for sale in America and foreign markets. Animal welfare groups are unhappy about the move. President of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Simone Netherlands…

WILLIAMS, Ariz.—Molly Wisecarver is a firm believer in Christmas miracles—not the kind with golden wings, but four hooves, long manes, and sullen brown eyes. Nine miracles in all. And each one is a holiday blessing—a survivor and a true testament to the goodwill of people like Wisecarver who love wild horses and want to see…

A new report vividly illustrates how bureaucracy and litigation slow down prescribed burns and mechanical treatments of wildfire-prone lands by the U.S. Forest Service, with one fire management category taking an average of more than seven years to actually start following project initiation. Recent years have seen some of the biggest wildfires in the documented…