Strategic Media Effort Sign On Letter

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Dear Recipients -

The following letter and the fact sheets at the bottom of this form will be sent out to major media outlets, calling on them to investigate and report ACCURATELY on the Bureau of Land Management's actions with regards to their livestock grazing program, conservation of public lands, and management of wild horses and burros.

If your organization is in support, please fill out the fields below to be included in the sign on letter (text below).

Due to the very urgent, short time frame, no further edits to the letter or fact sheets will be considered.

The DEADLINE to sign on is Dec. 1

Please email veckhoff@gmail.com with questions.

-----BEGIN LETTER TO EDITORS AND REPORTERS-----

December 2021

The 50th Anniversary that Taxpayers Won’t Celebrate

Dear News Provider,

The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act will turn 50 years old on December 15th.

Wild horse roundups leading up to this day are intensifying, as are government-issued press releases (and news reports) that leave out crucial government data.

These data tell a different story from what the public is told.

The groups and individuals signing this letter request that news outlets examine the data before reporting further on wild horses. Specifically:

- The Bureau of Land Management (Bureau) will spend $59 million to get wild horses off public lands. The Bureau will then pay $43 million annually to pasture the horses that it has removed. The forage those horses were surviving on will be transferred to livestock, for which the Bureau can only charge $955,800/year. Bottom line - the government will spend $59 million initially, plus $43 million annually so that it can "make" $955,800 annually from public lands grazing fees.

- Rangeland health reports show widespread damage across public land caused by livestock, not wild horses, yet wild horses are blamed and removed while the livestock remain.

Bureau press releases this year (115 to date) incorrectly state that roundups "save taxpayers money" and "protect rangelands from deterioration," and make other claims that are unsupported by the government’s own data.

Please see the attached fact sheet and call with any questions.

Vickery Eckhoff
917-765-3526
veckhoff@gmail.com
23 East 10th Street
New York, NY, 10003

-----END LETTER TO EDITORS AND REPORTERS-----

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BE SURE TO READ THE FACT SHEETS AND CLICK SUBMIT BELOW

The Fact Sheets below will be sent to editors and reporters along with the letter. Fact Sheet page 1.

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