CHWHA

In April of 2023, we attended the Save Our Wild Horses Conference. We spent a lot of time while we were in DC lobbying members of congress to help protect our TRNP wild horses under public law. We need your help to thank those members that met with us. We also need to set up meetings with them and the other congressional staff members that we left information for. We are asking that you send a version of the following letter to the congressional staff contacts we made. We will add new contact names daily until we get all 200+ added. Please check back and send your emails. IF the contact is from your own home state, please customize the letter below and let them know that. They react differently to their own constituents.

Thank you for your support and for more details about this very specific Call to Action, please see our blog post from 5/5/2023: https://chwha.org/2023/05/05/new-call-to-action-5-5-2023/

Don’t forget to change the Congressman to Senator if that is who you are sending an email to. Also, please don’t forget to sign your name at the bottom!

Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have – info@chwha.org

THANK YOU for all of your help and support! Our sample email follows.

Hello! I wanted to take a moment to thank you for taking the time to meet with Christine Kman from Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates (CHWHA) last week when she visited your office to discuss the wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I am one of the voices that Christine was representing in her meetings last week.

I hope you have had a chance to look over the information she left with you. As you are aware, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) recently announced their plans to eliminate the entire herd of 190 horses from the park. They are currently in the process of formulating a Draft Environmental Assessment, which is expected to be completed this summer.

History has shown us that even if we are able to save the horses from the parks’ most recent attempt to eliminate them, nothing stops TRNP park management from coming back and making the same attempts again. Wild horses in our national parks are NOT protected under the Wild Horse & Burro Act. This is why we feel that they should be protected under federal public law, similar to the way the wild horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore are protected under Public Law 105-229.

We do not currently have a sponsor for this bill. Please let us know if the Congressman would be interested in sponsoring or co-sponsoring legislation to help protect our wild horses in TRNP. We would be happy to work with your office to draft this legislation.

We are also asking for a moratorium on funding for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and their wild horse and burro program. We strongly oppose the use of our taxpayer dollars being spent to support the current program. We believe that the lack of transparency and accountability within the BLM in reference to their Wild Horse & Burro program warrants a confessional hearing.

I encourage your office to participate in the congressional screening of Wild Beauty in June. This documentary clearly shows the reasons why congress needs to be active in changing the way we manage our wild horse and burros.

I look forward to hearing about follow up meetings between your office and Christine Kman. The information that was left with you has been added to the CHWHA website. You can view the files here: https://chwha.org/media-info/.

Thank you again for your consideration. I look forward to hearing about the ways your office will work with us for better management of our wild horses.

Sincerely,

www.chwha.org

Congressional Contacts:

Added 5/5/2023:

Congressman Donald Payne, Jr./NJ- Kent Ring Kent.ring@mail.house.gov
Congressman Colin Allred/TX – Carlie Tianello Carlie.tianello@mail.house.gov
Congressman Josh Gottheimer/NJ – Jon Older Jonathan.older@mail.house.gov
Congressman Bob Good/VA – Peter Holland peter.holland@mail.house.gov
Congressman James Clyburn/SC – Daniel Biggins daniel.biggins@mail.house.gov Congressman David Schweikert/AZ – Mason Maestas mason.maestas@mail.house.gov
Congressman Dan Meuser/PA – Joseph Arbie joseph.arbie@mail.house.gov
Congressman Lloyd Smucker/PA – Juliana Dauchess juliana.dauchess@mail.house.gov
Congresswoman Young Kim/CA – Shine Lee shine_lee@mail.house.gov
Senator John Hoeven/ND – Eric Gustafson eric_gustafson@hoeven.senate.gov
Senator Jerry Moran/KS – Mitchell Taylor mitchell_taylor@moran.senate.gov
Senator Steve Daines/MT – Katie Devlin katie_devlin@daines.senate.gov

Added 5/6/2023

Lisa McClain/MI – Danielle Branz danielle.branz@mail.house.gov
Dean Phillips/MN – Jess Larsen jess.larsen@mail.house.gov
Jimmy Panetta/CA – Liz Jacobson liz.jacobson@mail.house.gov
Cliff Bentz/OR – Weldon Cousins weldon.cousins@mail.house.gov
Gus Bilirakis/FL – Colleen Malloy-White colleen.malloy.white@mail.house.gov
Robert Garcia/DC – Christian Kerr christian.kerr@mail.house.gov
Thomas Massie/KY – Logan Edge logan.edge@mail.house.gov

This next set of emails (much longer) are to the congressional staffers that we left information with, but did not get to meet with in person. Please note the email has changed slightly to reflect that:

Hello! I am writing to you today as a member of Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates. Our organization advocates for the wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, ND. Our organization’s president, Christine Kman stopped by your office while she was in Washington DC a few weeks ago and left a packet of information for your review. I am hoping that you have had a chance to look over the information.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) recently announced their plans to eliminate the entire herd of 190 horses from the park. They are currently in the process of formulating a Draft Environmental Assessment, which is expected to be completed this summer.

Thank you again for your consideration.

Sincerely,

www.chwha.org

Added 5/7/2023:

House members:
Brian Babin/TX – Avrie Hodges avrie.hodges@mail.house.gov
Tim Walberg/MI – Jeb Houpt jeb.houpt@mail.house.gov
Kweisi Mfume/MD – Abigail Cipparone abigail.cipparone@mail.house.gov
Steve Cohen/TN – Alexandra Schnelle alex.schnelle@mail.house.gov
Ron Estes/KS – Jason Morganti jason.morganti@mail.house.gov
Julia Brownley/CA – Nate Birnbaum nathaniel.birnbaum@mail.house.gov
Blake Moore/UT – Paul Johnson paul.johnson@mail.house.gov
John James/MI – Caroline Martin caroline.martin@mail.house.gov
Senators:
Krysten Sinema/AZ – Chris Phalen Chris_Phalen@Sinema.Senate.Gov
James Lankford/OK -Bryce Slagell Bryce_Slagell@lankford.senate.gov
Tom Cotton/AR – Braxton Wenk Braxton_wenk@cotton.senate.gov
Mitch McConnell/KY – Sarah Steinberg sarah_steinberg@mcconnell.senate.gov John Thune/SD – Ryan Donnelly ryan_donnelly@thune.senate.gov
Peter Welch/VT – Juliet Walsh juliet_walsh@welch.senate.gov
Susan Collins/ME – Molly Ryan molly_ryan@collins.senate.gov
Mike Crapo/ID – Andrew Williams andrew_williams@crapo.senate.gov
Ted Budd/NC – Cassi Phillips cassi_phillips@budd.senate.gov
Amy Klobuchar/MN – Thomas Liepold thomas_liepold@klobuchar.senate.gov
Bernie Sanders/VT – Katie Skinner katie_skinner@sanders.senate.gov

ADDED 5/8/2023:

Bruce Westerman/AR – Murray Miller murray.miller@mail.house.gov
David Scott/GA – Ruby Zimmerman ruby.zimmerman@mail.house.gov
Tom Emmer/MN – Liz Stinebaugh liz.stinebaugh@mail.house.gov
Michael Guest/MS – Anna May anna.may@mail.house.gov
Michael Guest/MS – Elizabeth Joseph elizabeth.joseph@mail.house.gov
Richard Neal/MA – Matthew Russett matthew.russett@mail.house.gov
Mike Flood/NE – Evan Dean evan.dean@mail.house.gov
Greg Stanton – Jennifer Arnold jennifer.arnold@mail.house.gov
Josh Harder/CA – Taylor Reed taylor.reed@mail.house.gov
Dan Crenshaw/TX – Amanda Shoopman amanda.shoopman@mail.house.gov Summer Lee/PA – Christopher Koya christopher.koya@mail.house.gov
Anna Eshoo/CA – Celeste Woloshyn celeste.woloshyn@mail.house.gov
Ami Bera/CA – Kelvin Lum kevin.lum@mail.house.gov
Dan Kildee/MI – Grace Banfield grace.banfield@mail.house.gov
Dan Kildee/MI – Jordan Dickinson jordan.dickinson@mail.house.gov
Carlos Gimenez/FL – Carlos Castro carlos.castro@mail.house.gov
Mike Ezell/MS – Megan Krynen megan.krynen@mail.house.gov
Julia Letlow/LA – Mary Dunlap mary.dunlap@mail.house.gov
Mary Sattler Peltola/AK – Simone Auger simone.auger@mail.house.gov
Troy Carter, Sr./LA – Nick Strother nick.strother@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/9/2023:

Dale Strong/AL – Sophia Warner sophia.warner@mail.house.gov
Kevin McCarthy/CA – Kyle Lombardi Kyle.lombardi@mail.house.gov
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/NY – Grayson Flood grayson.flood@mail.house.gov
Andy Biggs/AZ – Zach Barnes zach.barnes@mail.house.gov
Brian Fitzpatrick/PA – Matthew Clarkin matthew.clarkin@mail.house.gov
Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick/FL – Adam Safran adam.safran@mail.house.gov
Ronny Jackson/TX – Stetson Bryson stetson.bryson@mail.house.gov
James Clyburn/SC – Matthew Ellison matthew.ellison@mail.house.gov
Jodey Arrington/House Budget Committee – Ethan Hill ethan.hill@mail.house.gov Randy Weber/TX – Rune Moore rune.moore@mail.house.gov
Randy Weber/TX – Arthur Speck III arthur.speck@mail.house.gov
Virgina Foxx/NC – Jason Harvey jason.harvey@mail.house.gov
Brad Wenstrup/OH – Luke Graeter luke.graeter@mail.house.gov
Mark Takano/CA – Benjamin Hong Starr benjamin.hongstarr@mail.house.gov
Scott Desjarlais/TN – Hannah Russell hannah.russell@mail.house.gov
Steve Scalise/LA – Jonathan Hefner jonathan.hefner@mail.house.gov

Please also add one more senator:
Ron Wyden/OR – Sydney Beasley sydney.beasley@wyden.senate.gov

ADDED 5/10/2023

Robert Latta/OH – Emily Hebein emily.hebein@mail.house.gov
Lois Frankel/FL – Jaqlyn Alderete jaqlyn.alderete@mail.house.gov
Brad Sherman/CA – Cory Maks cory.maksCA@mail.house.gov
Joyce Beatty/OH – Nicholas Semanko nicholas.semanko@mail.house.gov
Gregory Meeks/NY – Jamie Andrews jamie.andrews2@mail.house.gov
Henry Cuellar/TX – Patrick O’Connor patrick.oconnor@mail.house.gov
Jeff Duncan/SC – Will Lane will.lane@mail.house.gov
Roger Williams/TX – Sam Luna sam.luna3@mail.house.gov
Doug Lamborn/CO – Taylor Tougaw taylor.tougaw@mail.house.gov
Juan Vargas/CA – Ally Castaneda ally.castaneda@mail.house.gov
Mario Diaz-Balart/FL – Gisselle Reynolds gisselle.reynolds@mail.house.gov
James McGovern/MA – John Swords john.swords@mail.house.gov
Jamaal Bowman/NY – Rajiv Sicora rajiv.sicora@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/11/2023

Neal Dunn/FL – Beatrice Valenti beatrice.valenti@mail.house.gov
Chris Pappas/NH – Savannah Rogers savannah.rogers@mail.house.gov
Bonnie Watson Coleman/NJ – Meg Barnes meg.barnes@mail.house.gov
Guy Reschenthaler/PA – David D’Antonio david.dantonio@mail.house.gov
Lizzie Fletcher/TX – Kevin Koo kevin.koo@mail.house.gov
Rudy Yakym/IN – Mike Dankler mike.dankler@mail.house.gov
Rudy Yakym/IN – Michael Kraan michael.kraan@mail.house.gov
Susie Lee/NV – Aneil Gill aneil.gill@mail.house.gov
Burgess Owens/UT – Kalyn Swihart kalyn.swihart@mail.house.gov
Mike Bost/IL – Lacey Bowersox lacey.bowersox@mail.house.gov
Nicole Malliotakis/NY – Michael DeFilippis michael.defilippis@mail.house.gov
Rick Allen/GA – Cam Shepherd cam.shepherd@mail.house.gov
John Moolenaar/MI – Jake Kochmansky jake.kochmansky@mail.house.gov
Kathy Mannino/NC – Clarissa O’Quinn clarissa.o’quinn@mail.house.gov
C Scott Franklin/FL – Gabrielle Fazekas gabrielle.fazekas@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/13/2023:

Henry “Hank” Johnson/GA – Antwoin Monach antwoin.monach@mail.house.gov
Trent Kelly/MS – Semaj Redd semaj.redd@mail.house.gov
Drew Ferguson/GA Sam Kuebler – sam.kuebler@mail.house.gov
Tony Gonzales/TX – Josh McGuire josh.mcguire@mail.house.gov
Lucy McBath/GA – Matthew Golden – matthew.golden@mail.house.gov
Carlos Gimenez/FL – Elliott Shin elliott.shin@mail.house.gov
Diana Harshbarger/TN – Joe Gollinger joe.gollinger@mail.house.gov
Brian Babin/TX – Avery Littrell avery.littrell@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/15/2023:

Blake Moore/UT – Olivia Kirk olivia.kirk@mail.house.gov
John Rose/TN – Jason Kroitor jason.kroitor@mail.house.gov
Sam Graves/MO – Henry Kane henry.kane@mail.house.gov
Wiley Nickel/NC – Rachel Kline rachel.kline@mail.house.gov
Jamie Raskin/MD – Rachel Marshall rachel.marshall@mail.house.gov
Michelle Steel/CA – Ken Clifford ken.clifford@mail.house.gov
Jared Moskowitz/FL – Harshitha Teppala harshitha.teppala@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/16/2023:

Joaquin Castro/TX – Eyole Mbongo eyole.mbongo@mail.house.gov
Elissa Slotkin/MI -Korey Calloway korey.calloway@mail.house.gov
Sara Jacobs/CA – Jordan Nasif jordan.nasif@mail.house.gov
Henry Hank Johnson – Jocilyn Gilbert jocilyn.gilbert@mail.house.gov
Wiley Nickel/NC – Quinn O’Connor quinn.oconnor@mail.house.gov
Tracey Mann/KS – Abby Goins abby.goins@mail.house.gov
Ro Khanna/CA – Kevin Fox kevin.fox@mail.house.gov
Chip Roy/TX – Jonah Wendt jonah.wendt@mail.house.gov
Chip Roy/TX – Leah Petree leah.petree@mail.house.gov
Mark Amodei/NV – Ken Brooke ken.brooke@mail.house.gov
Debbie Dingell/MI – Kevin Rambosk kevin.rambosk@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/17/2023:

William Timmons/SC – Fred Davis fred.davis@mail.house.gov
Mario Diaz-Balart/FL – Elizabeth Dos Santos elizabeth.dossantos@mail.house.gov Carol Miller/WV – Addison Porter addison.porter@mail.house.gov
Mike Thompson/CA – Jack Siepmann jack.siepmann@mail.house.gov
Thomas Kean Jr./NJ – Christopher Hall christopher.hall@mail.house.gov
Bradley Schneider/IL – Ethan Gunnlaugsson ethan.gunnlaugsson@mail.house.gov Pete Aguilar/CA – Sarah Osuna sarah.osuna@mail.house.gov
Debbie Wasserman Schultz/FL – Adam Jardine adam.jardine@mail.house.gov Debbie Dingell/MI – Molly Burns molly.burns@mail.house.gov
Abdrea Salinas/OR – John Pappas john.pappas@mail.house.gov
Gary Palmer/AL – Chris Bayles chris.bayles@mail.house.gov
Shontel Brown/OH – Courtney Miller courtney.miller@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/18/2023:

Robert Aderholt/AL – Leah Stephenson leah.stephenson@mail.house.gov
Michael Waltz/FL – Emma Scheidt emma.scheidt@mail.house.gov
Eric Swalwell/CA – Sarah Shapiro sarah.shapiro@mail.house.gov
Chris Stewart/UT – Celeste Maloy celeste.maloy@mail.house.gov
Thomas Tiffany/WI – Henry Allen henry.allen@mail.house.gov
Pete Stauber/MN – Andrew Morley andrew.morley@mail.house.gov
Andrew Clyde/GA – Chase Starr chase.starr@mail.house.gov
Gerald Connolly/VA – Lauren Covington lauren.covington@mail.house.gov
Llyod Doggett/TX – Heather Olson Beal heather.olson.beal@mail.house.gov
Nanette Diaz Barragan/CA – Matt Dernoga Matt.Dernoga@mail.house.gov
John Sarbanes/MD – Leila Duman leila.duman@mail.house.gov
Adam Schiff/CA – Dahvi Cohen dahvi.cohen@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/19/2023:

Robin Kelly/IL – William Dwyer william.dwyer@mail.house.gov
Adriano Espaillat/NY – Nia Thomas nia.thomas@mail.house.gov
Nydia Velazquez/NY – Rumer Alleyne-LeGendre rumer.legendre@mail.house.gov John Curtis/UT – Grace Bellone grace.bellone@mail.house.gov
Christopher Smith/NJ – Tyler Ladzinski tyler.ladzinski@mail.house.gov
Katherine Clark/MA – Casey Davison casey.davison@mail.house.gov
Dina Titus/NV – Dean Johnson dean.johnson@mail.house.gov
David Valadao/CA – Clayton Smith clayton.smith@mail.house.gov
David Rouzer/NC – Abigail Michos abigail.michos@mail.house.gov
Lou Correa/CA – Elizabeth Barrie elizabeth.barrie@mail.house.gov
David Joyce/OH – Lydia Denis lydia.denis@mail.house.gov
Michael McCaul/TX – Eric Kim eric.kim@mail.house.gov
Raja Krishnamoorthi/IL – Ashley Lund ashley.lund@mail.house.gov
Sheila Jackson Lee/TX – Amy Arceo amy.arceo@mail.house.gov
Kay Granger/TX – Ryan Hamilton ryan.hamilton@mail.house.gov
Cori Bush/MO – Kiara Davis kiara.davis@mail.house.gov
Bill Foster/IL – Edwin Kindler edwin.kindler@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/20/2023:

Larry Bucshon/IN – Jacquline Anderson jacquline.anderson@mail.house.gov
Mike Simpson/ID – Reilly Lamp reilly.lamp@mail.house.gov
Sheila Jackson Lee/TX – Lillie Coney lillie.coney@mail.house.gov
Raul Tonko/NY – Clara Tibbetts clara.tibbetts@mail.house.gov
Jim Baird/IN – Tanner Brown tanner.brown@mail.house.gov
Robert “Bobby” Scott – Sophia Dycaico sophia.dycaico@mail.house.gov
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan/Northern Marina Islands – Herb Yamada herb.yamada@mail.house.gov
Bill Huizenga/MI – Alec Daman alec.daman@mail.house.gov
Norma Torres/CA – Daniella Sanchez daniella.sanchez@mail.house.gov
Blaine Luetkemeyer/MO – Meghan Schmidtlein meghan.schmidtlein@mail.house.gov
Alex Mooney/WV – Alex Mazzeo alex.mazzeo@mail.house.gov
David Cicilline/RI – Leo Confalone leo.confalone@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/22/2023:

Gwen Moore/WI – Anna Whitwam anna.whitwam@mail.house.gov
Tom McClintock/CA – Kelsey Gaudette kelsey.gaudette@mail.house.gov
Frederica Wilson/FL – Derron Bennett derron.bennett@mail.house.gov
Adam Smith/WA – Connor Stubbs connor.stubbs@mail.house.gov
Adam Smith/WA – Sam Gottlieb sam.gottlieb@mail.house.gov
Brian Higgins/NY – Colin Maczka colin.maczka@mail.house.gov
Mike Rogers/AL – Logan Whelchel logan.whelchel@mail.house.gov
Suzan DelBene/WA – Shanta Katipamula shanta.katipamula@mail.house.gov Suzanne Bonamici/OR – Morgan McCue morgan.mccue@mail.house.gov
Kathy Castor/FL – Evan Brooks evan.brooks@mail.house.gov
Jim Costa/CA – Jack West jack.west@mail.house.gov
Bill Johnson/OH – Connor Murphy connor.murphy@mail.house.gov

ADDED 5/23/2023:

Bill Johnson/OH – Nikki Pfadt nikki.pfadt@mail.house.gov
Jeff Duncan/SC – Jordan Sorenson jeff.duncan@mail.house.gov
Matt Gaetz/FL – Jim Beley jim.beley@mail.house.gov
John Garamendi/CA – Abigail Leonard abigail.leonard@mail.house.gov
Mike Quigley/IL – Jessica Merritt jessica.merritt@mail.house.gov
Salud Carbahal/CA – Ruth Vazquez ruth.vazquez@mail.house.gov
Greg Pence/IN – Andrew Furman andrew.furman@mail.house.gov
Seth Moulton/MA – Brenna Goss brenna.goss@mail.house.gov
Seth Moulton/MA – Tyler Allard tyler.allard@mail.house.gov
Morgan Luttrell/TX – Jackson Suarez jackson.suarez@mail.house.gov
Gregory Murphy/CA – Jack Beckis jack.beckis@mail.house.gov
Doug LaMalfa/CA – Sage Milestone sage.milestone@mail.house.gov
Jeff Jackson/NC – Brian Duckworth brian.duckworth@mail.house.gov
Jason Crow/CO – Peter Trapp peter.trapp@mail.house.gov
Glenn Thompson/PA – Brian Arata brian.arata@mail.house.gov
Hillary Scholten/MI – Esther Lagerwey Bundens esther.lagerwey@mail.house.gov