American Society of Mammologists
Wild horse advocate to speak at Monday's Democratic luncheon
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 05/19/2023 - 5:08am
Event Date:
May 22, 2023 - 1:00pm The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be biologist Craig Downer, who will explain with specificity why he strongly supports SB90, a bill which designates the wild mustang as the official state horse of the State of Nevada.
The Legislative Counsel’s digest of SB90 states: "Existing law designates numerous state emblems, including, without limitation, a state bird, state insect, state reptile, state animal, state fish and others. This bill designates the wild mustang as the official state horse of the State of Nevada."
The body of the bill reads as follows:
Biologist defender of wild horses to speak at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 04/23/2021 - 10:13am
Event Date:
April 26, 2021 - 12:00pm The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon will be biologist Craig Downer, who will explain how climate change is impacting Nevada's herds of wild horses and burros. Over the years, he has collected data from more than fifty herd management areas, and supplied the BLM and the public with valuable research based on hundreds of scientifically based ecological evaluations.
