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Author: William E. Simpson

The English word "mustang" comes from the Mexican Spanish word mestengo, which was derived from the Spanish mesteño, meaning "stray" or "feral animal".
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Bring back the horses: Public lands bear the ecological brunt of livestock grazing

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 William E. Simpson 2761 Views 1 Comment Comment, Wild horses

Mankind and all of our technology cannot duplicate the symbiotic value that wild horses provide to plants and grasses on remote wildfire-prone wilderness landscapes.

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Laura Simpson with a wild mare named 'Rosie'... the 'love' is obvious.
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Effects of wildfire smoke claim life of wild horse heroine

June 14, 2019June 19, 2019 William E. Simpson 7761 Views 12 Comments Obituary

Laura J. Simpson put up a courageous 10-month battle fighting the effects of the Klamathon wildfire in California.

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Wildfires, forests and soils: Balancing act in restoring the ecosystem

May 25, 2019June 11, 2019 William E. Simpson 3429 Views 1 Comment Comment

The best science shows that restoring the herbivory results in cooler wildfires which can benefit forest and grassland ecosystems as well as soils.

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Are sanctuaries an acceptable solution for “excess” wild horses?

May 1, 2019June 11, 2019 William E. Simpson 4897 Views 1 Comment Wild horses

Bill Simpson feels that sanctuaries for wild horse management are at best “a band-aid”.

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Laura and a wild filly we named Lilly.
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After fires, unsung heroine of wild horses in life-threatening battle

April 8, 2019April 13, 2019 William E. Simpson 6995 Views 4 Comments Wild horses

Wildfire smoke likely cause of autoimmune mediated neurodegenerative disease that has struck down Laura Simpson.

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Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts plays Roman in The Mustang.
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“The Mustang”: Movie sheds light on equine therapy and wild horses

March 27, 2019March 30, 2019 William E. Simpson 9325 Views 9 Comments Equine therapy, Wild horses

There are certainly other more compelling (dramatic) social issues that are positively affected by equine therapy.

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Drone footage shows Lakota standing vigil over her newborn foal.
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Foal’s short life the high price of freedom for wild horses

March 11, 2019March 21, 2019 William E. Simpson 13622 Views 4 Comments Wild horses

“When I see a vibrant adult [wild horse], I truly appreciate that it has survived some very tough odds.

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Two members of the wild horse herd near the Simpson ranch in the mountains of the Oregon-California border.
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How wild horses deal with death and grief: A rare insight

July 4, 2018July 10, 2018 William E. Simpson 231081 Views 64 Comments Wild horses

“We were intruding on a hallowed ritual, each of these beautiful sentient beings were bidding Pixie goodbye.”

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Lakota enjoys a nap on Wildhorse Ranch, lying in the clay dust.
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The power of the horse: We’re only just beginning to understand

May 10, 2018May 12, 2018 William E. Simpson 18039 Views 9 Comments Equine therapy, Wild horses

Horses, especially wild horses, have many abilities that humans are just beginning to understand, document and most importantly, explain to others, writes Bill Simpson.

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Wild horses may soon have their day as BLM begins wildfire ground fuel abatement test

April 22, 2018April 26, 2018 William E. Simpson 7153 Views 3 Comments

Using wild horses to graze grasslands to help reduce wildfire risk may not be too far in the future, as the BLM starts a project using cattle.

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Latest science highlights wild horse over-population myth and mismanagement

April 13, 2018September 29, 2020 William E. Simpson 18380 Views 4 Comments Wild horses

Wildlife ecologist Craig C. Downer has just completed a study on wild horses in Oregon and their management on publicly owned land.

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Wild horses in Wyoming.
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Wild horses: Are they being managed to extinction?

February 24, 2018March 5, 2018 William E. Simpson 12943 Views 5 Comments Comment, Wild horses

For wild horses in their natural environment, it really is survival of the fittest.

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Black and his lead mare Lucy.
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The many powers of wild horses: Is it all in the genetics?

February 4, 2018February 8, 2018 William E. Simpson 17972 Views 4 Comments Comment, Equine therapy, Wild horses

Through extensive selective breeding, desired characteristics and traits were greatly amplified while other known and unknown characteristics and traits were diminished and in some cases are likely lost in the new breeds.

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BLM Firefighters at work in, Moonhill RX, Burns, Oregon. 
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Call for horse grazing pilot study to explore wildfire mitigation

February 1, 2018February 4, 2018 William E. Simpson 7474 Views 1 Comment Comment, Wild horses

A pilot study seems logical if wild horses were carefully allocated into deer-depleted areas in and around remote forest areas with difficult terrain and access issues.

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Las Cienegas in Arizona.
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Fire grazing: Why wild horses can do better than cattle in wildfire battle

January 8, 2018January 12, 2018 William E. Simpson 14229 Views 2 Comments Comment

“By altering the quantity and distribution of fuel supplies, large herbivores can shape the frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution of fires across a landscape.”

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A wild filly accept a carrot from Craig Downer at Wildhorse Ranch.
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Renowned wildlife ecologist and author endorses ‘Wild Horse Fire Brigade’

December 27, 2017January 2, 2018 William E. Simpson 13546 Views 5 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Bill Simpson gets together with Craig Downer to delve into the many issues swirling around America’s wild horses and burros.

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Black and his lead mare Lucy.
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Are horses as smart as humans?

December 25, 2017December 29, 2017 William E. Simpson 30794 Views 5 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Some scientists have said that horses have the intelligence of 12-year old humans. Imagine how they feel as they are run ragged by helicopters and other inhumane herding techniques. 

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Environmental groups “completely off-base” in protecting natural resources

December 18, 2017December 20, 2017 William E. Simpson 7087 Views 0 Comments Comment

Since the transition to the ‘green movement’s’ methods of managing public forests in the 1990s, we are in fact actually losing many millions of acres of forest annually to catastrophic wildfire.

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Firefighters at work.
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Congressman points wild horse fire control plan to BLM and US Forest Service

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 William E. Simpson 10222 Views 3 Comments

Kudos to local legislators and citizens who are seeking genuine solutions to our shared nightmare of wildfires in the US.

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Wild horses and resource management: Is government looking the other way?

November 29, 2017December 3, 2017 William E. Simpson 6805 Views 0 Comments Comment, Wild horses

Our natural resources (and very society) are now at risk by the inaction of some legislators and the willful wrongful actions of others.

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