Not-so-baby Odin with mama Shane, napping together on a lovely evening on a bit of high ground in Spring Creek Basin.
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Also, check out this article/interview with Ryan Schroeder (our recently fired BLM range specialist) and Gail Binkly with local radio station KSJD: https://www.ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-local-newscasts/2025-02-27/ksjd-local-newscast-february-27-2025
From his interview:
“I wanted to serve my country and serve this resource, to be an expert on this resource, and I’m afraid for what’s to come if this position doesn’t get refilled.
“I wanted to do on-the-ground work, not be some Ph.D. in an ivory tower. I hate that. I got my Ph.D. to be able to have the skills to do this job.”
“I would really like my job back, but I worry about the Public Lands Office being able to do the right thing for the public and the community.”
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We want Ryan back in his job, too. We have a wide variety of resources here in Southwest Colorado that need to be protected – our wild horses included.
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Good interview – this is the kind of person who is being eliminated from a PUBLIC SERVICE job that now wont get done.
I have shared this on other blogs – frankly, these stories need to be put right out there in the public view!
I am so sorry – because I remember the work Mike Jensen did for the Wild Horses in this HMA & this young man would have carried it forward.
Thanks, Maggie. Their voices DO need to be heard. Fortunately, we have our new herd manager, Anton, and our range tech, Laura. We need all three of them! They have great footsteps to follow … and they need to leave their own path, too!
Awwww. Love these two cuties in nap mode. I can’t believe how BIG “baby” Odin is!
A little bit of Odin looking so big is the angle, but he IS actually a big boy. 🙂
Odin really is a big boy! His mom must be so proud!
I know we all are! 🙂