Congressional Bills H.R. 4323 and H.R. 6938 Signed Into Law
Congress has officially passed, and the President has signed into law, H.R. 4323 and H.R. 6938, collectively known as the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026. This legislation provides consolidated funding for federal agencies within the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
Ninth Circuit approves Nevada horse corral amid claims of inhumane treatment
Ninth Circuit approves Nevada horse corral amid claims of inhumane treatment
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower-court decision allowing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to continue operating and funding the Winnemucca Off-Range Corral near Winnemucca/Paradise Valley, Nevada,
How training programs within the BLM structure would benifit the adopters, the horses and the taxpayers.
The Northern Nevada Correctional Facility is one of the most successful Wild Horse gentling and adoption programs in the country. The NNCC Wild Horse program will survive through FY2026 with reduced funding and reliance from onetime funding through the state of Nevada. The facility will be maintained but no long term protection despite the proven sucess in reduction of costs for long term hold facilities and saving wild horses lives and improving the chances for those inmates that train the horses a higher sucess rate when leaving the prision system.