Carol Walker

In the last month, I have visited and photographed the horses of Sand Wash Basin on two trips.  I had the wonderful experience of having Nancy Roberts go with me on one day on each trip, and she is the advocate who has spent the most time out in the herd area with the horses, …

  On April 29, Mica and I went to a Trail Obstacle Clinic at Jody Marken and Marty Marten’s beautiful place in Berthoud Colorado. Last year, Rich Scott had done a demo with Mica as a yearling going through the obstacles for the first time, but this time I was handling Mica by myself. Beth …

The first Wild Horse Festival will be held at the Sante Fe Equestrian Center in Sante Fe, New Mexico on May 19 and 20th, 2012. Proceeds will benefit Monero Mustang Sanctuary and Spirit of the Wild Horse.  Speakers will include Ginger Kathrens, Carol Walker and Craig Downer. There will be mustangs available to meet and …

On April 4, the BLM released their Decision Record, which outlines their plan for removal of 40 – 50 young Pryor Mountain wild horses this summer.  The original plan in the Environmental Assessment  issued in December 2011 was to remove only 30 young horses 1-3 years old. There will not be helicopters used in this …

On April 28, 2012 at Medicine Horse in Boulder, Colorado will be  Mustang Awareness Day from 10 -4.  There will be a variety of presentations, including a talk by Carol Walker, author of Wild Hoofbeats: America’s Vanishing Wild Horses and there will be many other speakers, authors, demonstrations, therapy, riding and much more.    Adults $5.00, …

Unedited Press Release from the Bureau of Land Management   Release Date: 03/28/12 Contacts: Heather Emmons , 775-861-6594 BLM Seeks Bids for New Type of Contracts for Wild Horse and Burro Management As part of its responsibility to manage and protect wild horses and burros, the Bureau of Land Management, in collaboration with the USDA …

I am writing to you today to ask that you call in on March 1 because Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has made a second pro-slaughter appointment to the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.  I am concerned for our 40,000 wild horses who are in short and long term holding – we …

In the most implausible spin yet, the BLM has produced a video about the long term holding facilities where most of the 40,000 wild horses removed from our public lands are housed.  The video of healthy horses running through pastures of tall green grass certainly sets an idyllic scene, until you listen to what comes …

Winter in Colorado often means snow, although it does not usually stick around for long on the Front Range, so when we had snow, I got bundled up and headed out to the pasture to photograph the boys.  Even though I have 2 sheds they can shelter under, the three boys prefer to spend their …

The Rocky Mountain Horse Expo will be March 9 – 11, 2012 at the National Western in Denver. Carol Walker will be presenting on “Wild Horses: Disappearing From Our Western Landscape” on all three days – Friday and Saturday at 4- 5 pm and on Sunday at 9 am. She will be presenting a slideshow …