 | April has been an intense month of hearings, briefings, and fast‑moving deadlines, but it has also been a month where your support and engagement are already shaping what happens next for wild horses and burros on the range and in the halls of power. Below is "April in brief," a glimpse at a very busy month. | | | | Courtrooms and appeals -
Carter, Buckhorn, Coppersmith – first major hearing
On Monday, April 27, the federal lawsuit over the Carter Reservoir, Buckhorn, and Coppersmith herds reaches its first major turning point, as the court hears arguments on whether the case can move forward in full or be cut back before the facts and full record are ever reviewed.
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Desatoya and Tassi–Gold Butte – a “beginner’s” window into administrative appeals
WHE now carries 14 active administrative appeals, and this new article uses Desatoya wild horses and the Tassi–Gold Butte burros to walk advocates through what administrative appeals are, why they matter, and how they can force BLM to confront science, history, and law before or alongside federal court.
Read more here. Our team is also working for Devil's Garden reviewing the administrative record and preparing the final round of briefing against the 2025 plan that threatens the future of the herd. We are compiling the needed research to effectively move our administrative appeal at Callaghan to federal civil court. We are working on the Stone Cabin case that has reached the Ninth Circuit court. We have a few other active cases but we think you get the picture. We are also helping other orgs where we are able to. Our team is fighting back with all we have to stretch our resources as far as we can in defense of our wild ones. | |  | | You can take action Budget, slaughter pipeline, and Congress -
Budget Debate, Round One Ends, Round Two Begins – keeping anti‑slaughter protections and closing loopholes: WHE has been in intense meetings with key lawmakers as Congress begins writing the FY2027 Interior Appropriations bill, pushing to restore and strengthen the long‑standing language that blocks BLM from killing healthy wild horses and burros or dumping them into the slaughter pipeline, and to defund how the current Sale Program is operating. Read more here. -
Red Desert HMAP – comments due May 4th
BLM’s Red Desert Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) is moving forward, with scoping comments due May 4, giving the public a critical chance to weigh in on how these herds and their habitat will be managed for years to come. Read more here. National motorized vehicle hearing – your voice this week Not only are we in courtrooms and deep in written briefing, the national motorized vehicle hearing for the Wild Horse and Burro Program is here this week. The Bureau of Land Management will hold its virtual, legally required public hearing on motorized vehicle use in the WHB Program on April 29, 2026, from 12–2 p.m. MT, and members of the public must register in advance to testify or submit written comments by 3 p.m. MT that day.
Read more and register HERE. | |  | In the middle of hearings, deadlines, and long days at the keyboard and on the road, it is easy to feel like everything is in crisis and nothing is stable. But every brief we file, every comment you send, every call you make to Congress, and every time you share an article builds a record, a community, and a future that are stronger than any single setback. Our team is tired, but we are not discouraged; we are grounded in the herds we know by name, in the ranges we have walked for decades, and in the knowledge that none of this work happens alone. Through May 1st, your contribution is being matched dollar‑for‑dollar up to $10,000, and every bit of support helps keep us in the field, in the courtroom, and in front of lawmakers. Thank you for standing with us as we do this work, and for staying present even when the news is heavy; your solidarity is the steady ground beneath everything we do. Onward for the wild ones... together. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wild Horse Education is a registered 501c3 with the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions are tax deductible according to the laws of the IRS. 450-2507000 | | Wild Horse Education
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