Sam Gibbons: “more than half of this Nation's wild horse population and burro population roams free over the rangelands of Nevada. But…”

“more than half of this Nation's wild horse population and burro population roams free over the rangelands of Nevada. But the State of Nevada has little or no authority over the management of these herds because wild horse and burro management rests solely with the Bureau of Land Management, mostly here in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, the BLM's management has proven to be highly ineffective and terribly destructive to both the rangeland and to these animals. Wild horses and burros are causing havoc and destruction on Nevada's rangelands through overgrazing and destruction of riparian areas. Many animals simply are starving to death because the land cannot physically sustain them. These horses and burros may not be the brightest animals on the farm, but neither is the bureaucracy here in Washington, D.C. The failure of this current management system is obvious to many Nevadans. Clearly, the current Federal bureaucracy is doing more harm than good, and a change needs to be made. Congress needs to act to pass H.R. 2874, the Wild Horse and Burro Preservation and Management Act. Madam Speaker, I yield back whatever common horse sense may remain in the BLM's management policy.”