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NEVADA STATE OFFICE NO. 2006-03

FOR RELEASE: October 13, 2005

CONTACT: Sharon Kipping (202) 452-7753 or Maxine Shane (775) 861-6586

# Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting public nominations to
fill three vacancies on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory
Board. The categories to be filled represent humane advocacy, livestock
management and wildlife management. All nomination letters should be
submitted by October 31, 2005.

The Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board advises federal managers for the
BLM (an agency of the Department of the Interior) and the Forest Service
(an agency of the Department of Agriculture) on the management,
protection, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public
lands administered by those agencies.

The nine members on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board represent a
balance of interests. Each member has knowledge or special expertise
that qualifies him or her to provide advice in the following categories:
wild horse and burro advocacy, wild horse and burro research, veterinary
medicine, natural resources management, humane advocacy, wildlife
management, livestock management, and the public-at-large. Members must
have demonstrated the ability to analyze and interpret data and
information, evaluate programs, identify problems, work with
collaboration to seek solutions, and formulate and recommend corrective
actions.

Currently two Nevadans serve on the nine-member board. Dr. Boyd
Spratling of Elko represents veterinary medicine and Larry Johnson of
Reno represents wildlife management. The wildlife management position
currently held by Johnson is one of the three positions up for renewal.
Advisory Board members serve three-year terms, on a staggered-term
basis, with one-third of the Advisory Board subject to appointment each
year.

Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to serve
on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Individuals may also
nominate themselves. In accordance with Section 7 of the Wild
Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, federal and state government employees
are not eligible to serve on the Board.

The Board meets at least two times a year and the BLM Director may call
additional meetings when necessary. Members serve without salary, but
are reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses according to government
travel regulations.

The BLM is accepting nomination letters plus resumes that include the
nominee's name, address, profession, relevant biographic data,
references, and specific category of interest. Nominations should be
sent to the National Wild Horse and Burro Program, BLM, P.O. Box 12000,
Reno, Nevada 89520-0006, Attn: Ramona Delorme. Her phone number is 775
861-6583 and the fax number is 775 861-6618.

The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act mandates the protection,
management, and control of wild horses and burros to ensure a healthy,
viable, free-roaming herd population within the limits of available
public land resources. The Act authorizes the BLM and the U.S. Forest
Service to manage wild horses and burros that roam public lands in the
West. The agencies gather excess animals and offer them to the general
public for adoption.

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