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Jack,

My name is Steve. I am a fertility control darter for Nevada’s Virginia Range program, and a roundup observer for the American Wild Horse Campaign. As AWHC told you this morning, thousands of Nevada’s wild horses will be chased by government helicopters and rounded up in the coming days .

I often trek out to the far corners of the West to bear witness to the intense scenes unfolding as the sound of the helicopter cuts through normally serene desert landscapes. Hundreds to thousands of wild horses are relentlessly driven from freedom to confinement in a heartbreaking display of cruelty.

My boots-on-the-ground role as a roundup observer is rooted in the core of our mission and is fueled by AWHC’s Observation Fund, which is powered by supporters like you. By having me and our team of field representatives on the ground observing the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) cruel helicopter roundups, we can ensure any inhumane treatment does not go undocumented and unaddressed

Your support of AWHC’s Observation Fund helps send observers, like me, into the field to hold the BLM accountable and build a case for substantial reform in Congress. Here’s an example of how your support has an impact on our work to document roundups.

➡ $75 [[link removed]] covers the cost of an emergency roadside kit. We carry these in case we run into an emergency – which has happened before in these remote areas without cell phone service.
➡ $100 [[link removed]] covers daily fuel costs to drive to these highly remote public lands where the BLM conducts its roundups.
➡ $200 [[link removed]] covers two nights in a motel for us as sometimes we stay days to weeks in the field as the roundups continue.
➡ $1,000 [[link removed]] covers the cost of vehicle repairs and off-road tire replacements that are necessary to reach the remote BLM observation points.

Oftentimes, we AWHC representatives are the ONLY members of the public on site to document these federal operations and hold the BLM accountable. We are your eyes and ears, and the photographs and videos we capture are the public's window into the reality faced by our wild horses and burros in these remote regions of the West.

Jack, the AWHC team and our roundup observers are working in overdrive to hold the BLM accountable. We documented nearly every roundup last fiscal year and we need to hit our $200,000 end-of-year fundraising goal before Sunday at midnight to continue this work in 2024. With helicopters descending into roundups in rural Nevada right now, the wild horses need your help more than ever. Can you chip in to help AWHC continue sending observers like me out in the field ? [[link removed]]

$75 → Emergency Roadside Kits [[link removed]]

$100 → Fill Our Fuel Tanks [[link removed]]

$200 → Motel Rooms [[link removed]]

$1,000 → Vehicle Repairs [[link removed]]

Thank you,

Steve Paige
Field Representative

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Photo by: Ian C. Bates for the New York Times.



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P.O. Box 1733
Davis, CA 95617
United States