Week 12

This week's blog(s) will be a little different from earlier posts. I have gotten a request to focus on the R.O.A.M (Restore Our American Mustangs) act, to see what the details of it actually says/calls for, what it really means, and pros and cons. To do this, I am going to have to do some research, and I can't do all of the research and the summarizing and posting all in one or two nights, so I'm breaking it up a little bit. Tonight I am doing research, and I'm doing the research at some of the links posted below. But, since tonight is Tuesday night and thus blog night, I feel that I should update the blog with something. And guess what? If you read the last 5 sentences or so, you are officially updated! I will be back soon with more information on R.O.A.M. If you would like to get a head start on the information, go ahead and go to the links below:) [the first is the one that seems to be shorter and more to the point, so a good way to get good & quick facts.]

http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/1/hr1018

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s1579is.txt.pdf

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.01579:

Thanks for reading!

Week 10!

Alrighty! My blog posts seem to have become a Tuesday thing.

First off, the YEP(youth employment program). I still haven't had time to work on my powerpoint, but I'll be doing some today and throughout this week. I put a few photos in my journal, and other than that not much!

Second, a mustang-related topic sort of thing. This is not my idea, I heard about it from a friend of my dad who is a large animal vet. She, Christina, basically said that the opinion of alot of vets is instead of rounding up thousands of horses or just letting them roam all over the place unmonitored, we should give them birth control. This could be done by putting it in hay and then dropping it to them to eat or other ways like that. The idea would be, obviously, to control the population so they wouldn't need to be rounded up. Anyways, just food for thought. I think it's a pretty cool idea.

And last but not least, news/opportunities to make a difference.

Fence going up around Montana's Custer National Forest to keep mustangs out (news)

http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Fence.going.up.2.1895526.html

Article about Extreme Mustang Makeover

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/39321/

Petition to stop summer roundups

http://environment.change.org/petitions/view/stop_the_summer_roundups_of_americas_mustangs_burros