We are halfway through the legislative year with our representatives back in session since June 12. As usual, many measures were introduced, but very few impactful items related to public-land access actually passed. The main highlights of the first half of the session were the passage of a new budget with public-land friendly allocations, as well as the adoption of a House Concurrent Memorial (introduced by a real estate broker) calling for the sale of public land to solve Arizona’s housing ...

The following opinion article by Arizona BHA Legislative Director Jason Ceola follows the BHA's Policy Position on the need for science-based sustainably managed populations feral horse and burros. A copy of BHA's position statement on this issue can be found here (2020 North American Policy Statement: U.S. Feral Horse and Burro Management). We do not suggest that these horses be completely removed from the landscape, but that they be actively managed so their populations remain at a level ...