Director Stone-Manning,

We expect the agency to become proactive and protect our wild horses and their vital range lands from the damage done by profit driven interests. The cows need to come off before a single wild horse is removed "due to drought". 

When we inquire at a district level to gain information on how the agency is protecting wild horses from drought on a case-by-case basis we are sent a public affairs message from the Washington office. This is inhibiting our ability to advocate and engage to protect our interest. In order to accurately and appropriately address our concerns to protect our legally cognizable interest, we must have access to site specific information that is currently being inhibited. 

We, the undersigned, request that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) create a Drought focused web portal that lists the actions each district is taking to protect the range, wildlife, wild horses and burros from the drought.

Please specifically address:

• All actions taken since IM-2013-094 was issued that restrict livestock.
• Any Environmental Assessments proposed to protect the district from drought.
• Any water hauls, fence removals, and water improvements to help distribute populations of wild horses throughout their HMAs. 

We expect the agency to become proactive and protect our wild horses and their vital range lands from the damage done by profit driven interests. The cows need to come off before a single wild horse is removed "due to drought". 

Thank you.