Spin Doctors Hired for the Destruction of America’s Wild Horse and Burro Herds « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Spin Doctors Hired for the Destruction of America’s Wild Horse and Burro Herds « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Denver, CO (June 14, 2010)—The Cloud Foundation has learned that the San Francisco based public relations and public affairs firm, Kearns and West, with ties to big energy and offices across the country, has been hired to push the Salazar Plan for Wild Horses and Burros through Congress in Fall 2010—despite public outrage. Kearns and West has expertise in crisis management as well as accomplishing policy and regulatory goals. Their clients range from Mineral Management Services (MMS) and PG&E to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Department of Interior (DOI) has enlisted the firm using the Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) as the go between. Senior mediator of Kearns and West, J. Michael Harty will facilitate an unprecedented public workshop in Denver, Colorado at the Magnolia Hotel, 818 17th Street, on June 14^th followed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Public Advisory Board Meeting on June 15^th. Both days will be live-streamed and viewing available on www.thecloudfoundation.org. The public and members of Congress are encouraged to watch. The public will protest on June 15^th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with a press conference at noon.