Group seeks Pickens' wife's help to save rangeland

November 29, 2008 By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , Associated Press Writer Group seeks Pickens' wife's help to save rangeland (AP)

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In this photo released by the Bureau of Land Management, wild horses are seen on the at the Pryor Mountain National Wild Horse Range in south-central Montana in this July 16, 2004 file photo. Madeleine Pickens recently announced plans to create a refuge for wild horses. She came up with the idea after hearing that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management was considering euthanizing some of the animals to control the herds and protect the range. WildEarth Guardians wants to take Pickens' plan further by proposing a solution the group believes would resolve public land grazing conflicts that have resulted in the horses needing a home. (AP Photo/Bureau of Land Management, Ann Boucher)

(AP) -- Conservationists are looking to the wife of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens to help push for federal reforms that they say will help thousands of wild horses and save rangeland in the West.

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GrayMouser - Nov 30, 2008
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Since horses are not native to North America, they'd all be gone if we removed all the invasive species.
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Excalibur - Dec 01, 2008
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As would humans.
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Velanarris - Dec 05, 2008
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As would humans.

Not true.

Humans were not introduced through artificial means. Horses were.

Either way, the whole "invasive species" term is rather foolishly applied in most cases.
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