Nominations open for wild horse and burro board

The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public nominations to fill three positions – which are set to expire on January 8, 2012 – on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Nominations are for a term of three years and are needed to represent the following categories of interest: wild horse and burro advocacy, veterinary medicine (equine science), and general public interest (with special knowledge of wild horses and burros, wildlife, animal husbandry, or natural resource management). The Board advises the BLM, an agency of the Interior Department, and the Forest Service, an agen...