Press Organizations Join Wild Horse Journalist Against BLM
By Laura Leigh on September 15, 2013
(San Francisco, CA) An ongoing battle in US Federal Court to have meaningful access to document wild horses removed from public land has been joined by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the National Press Photographers Association and thirteen other news media organizations. Laura Leigh, journalist for Horseback Magazine and founder of Wild Horse Education, began the legal action almost four years ago when her access to document the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and burro program became unreasonably restrictive following her publication of material unfavorable to government actions.
“I have spent the last four years trying to tell the story of the wild horse on the range, during capture and in holding,” stated Leigh “I have been met with restrictions at every turn, even as the BLM touts its program as ‘transparent.’ This struggle to document wild horses has taken years and hundreds of thousands of miles; real transparency is long overdue.”
From the onset of this case that has gone up and down the court system and now heads back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Leigh has been represented by attorney Gordon Cowan of Reno.
“Without the First Amendment democracy fails,” stated Cowan “It is truly an honor to have so many outstanding members of the US press stand with us to defend this essential American principal.”
full article with lists of press org. http://wildhorseeducation.org/2013/09/15/press-organizations-join-wild-horse-journalist-against-blm/
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