You can help save America’s shrinking wild horse and burro populations by calling, emailing, or writing your Congressional Representative and US Senators.
Your votes and voices matter! Just 10 calls or messages in one day can make a difference. When you email, always ask for a response, and always be polite.
Advocate for Wild Horses & Burros
These officials make or influence policy.
Find your Senators and Representatives: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
President Trump: whitehouse.gov | 202-456-1111 (White House comment line)
Vice President Vance: whitehouse.gov | 202-456-1111
Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum:
exsec_exsec@ios.doi.gov | 202-208-7351(DOI Executive Secretariat)
BLM Deputy Director, Policy and Programs, Michael D. Nedd: 202-208-3801
Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins: 202 720-2791 (Office of the Secretary)
Alt: 202-720-7100 (Executive Secretariat)
Congressional Committees Overseeing
Wild Horse Policy
House Natural Resources Committee
United States House Committee on Natural Resources
Oversees public lands, the Bureau of Land Management, and implementation of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
Chair: Bruce Westerman | Phone: 202-225-2761
Committee Website: https://naturalresources.house.gov
Email contact form: https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Oversees federal land management agencies including the BLM and USFS.
Chair: Mike Lee | Phone: 202-224-4971
Committee Website: https://www.energy.senate.gov
Contact form: https://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
House Subcommittee on Federal Lands
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands
Handles legislation affecting BLM and public lands, including wild horse policy.
Chair: Tom Tiffany | Phone: 202-225-3365
POINTS TO MAKE WHEN CONTACTING
Manage Wild Horses and Burros on the range, which has a much smaller price tag for the American taxpayer
Use the fertility vaccine PZP to balance mortality and reproduction
Protect predators in Bureau of Land Management Herd Management Areas and Herd Areas
Reduce or eliminate livestock grazing on lands managed for wild horses
Understand the Real Costs of Livestock Grazing. Read BLM and USFS livestock grazing stats: Examining key data in the debate over wild horses on western public lands
Restore the millions of acres of lost wild horse and burro rangeland
Enlist volunteers to monitor, document, and help administer fertility control to herds on the range
Provide adequate shelter for all horses in holding facilities
Return wild horses in BLM Short Term Holding to repatriated Herd Management Areas and Herd Areas
Stop helicopter roundups. Use bait trapping or darting for application of PZP where needed.
Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; they contribute to the diversity of life forms in America and enrich the lives of the American people
