Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Congress Considers How To Deflate Nation's Helium Reserve

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:40:00 +0000

The Senate is considering legislation to prevent a global helium shortage from worsening in October. That's when one huge supply of helium in the U.S. is set to terminate. The House overwhelmingly passed its own bill last month to keep the Federal Helium Program going.

That was a relief to industries that can't get along without helium. The gas is used in MRI machines, semiconductors, aerospace equipment, lasers and of course balloons.

Perhaps the easiest way to understand the helium shortage is to talk to people like Stacie Lee Banks, who owns a flower shop in Washington, D.C.

BLM Introduces New Rules for Wild Horse Round-ups

Grace Hood — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:26:04 +0000

The Bureau of Land Management is issuing new policy directives for wild horse round-ups on federal lands in Colorado and the West.

Interior Secretary Moves To Tighten Rules Over Sale Of Wild Horses

Dave Philipps - Special To ProPublica — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:22:32 +0000

Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar says he will tighten regulations of the federal government's wild horse program, restricting the number of horses people can buy and making it easier for the government to prosecute buyers who sell mustangs to slaughter.

Buyer Of Wild Horses Under Investigation By State, Feds

Dave Phillips - Special to ProPublica — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:02:05 +0000

A southern Colorado man under investigation for his handling of protected wild horses has admitted to state regulators that he shipped animals out of Colorado in violation of brand inspection laws, officials said.

Investigating the BLM’s Wild Horse Sales Program

Grace Hood and Dave Philipps, Special to ProPublica — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:12:25 +0000

The Bureau of Land Management is under scrutiny for how it’s managing adoption and sales of wild horses—an iconic symbol of the West.