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WLP Founder, Andrea Maki, has been nominated for a 2017 Eagle Rare Life Award with this story, submitted by WLP Volunteer Coordinator, Gretchen Pelsma-Talbert. The most votes will put Wild Love Preserve in the running for the Eagle Rare Life Grand Award of $50,000 to benefit Idaho Wild Horse Preservation and WLP Programs. 

"I've known Andrea Maki for 25 years and have witnessed her integrity, dedication, and commitment first-hand. Andrea doesn't waver, she's insistent on honesty and follow-through, and in today's world, it's rare to find a truly altruistic individual. She has inspired me, and countless others, to roll up our sleeves and join her in protecting and preserving wild horses in their indigenous habitats in Idaho and throughout the West.

Since 2010, Andrea's had her art career on hold as she's focused 100% of her time, energy, and resources, on creating an all-inclusive model in wild horse conservation in Idaho, after she promised some Challis wild horses she would do everything she could to help them remain wild and together in their native habitat. Following her promise, Andrea founded her nonprofit called Wild Love Preserve in 2010 and she's made countless road trips between her home in Seattle and the central Idaho high desert to the Challis wild horses. She's been saving wild horses by bringing opposing stakeholders together for the first time, and because of her efforts, not one Idaho wild horse has been shipped out of state to long-term government facilities, since the Bureau of Land Management's 2012 helicopter roundup of the Challis wild horses. 

Kindness, mutual respect, science, and education drive Wild Love Preserve's mission to protect and preserve wild horses in their native habitat and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole, with regional engagement and benefit. Wild Love Preserve engages public and private lands to address all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in central Idaho: from the 136 Challis, Idaho wild horses WLP adopted following the 2012 Challis BLM helicopter roundup, to their collaborative work on the range and their creation of a permanently protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. 

Andrea's holistic approach to the preservation of our iconic wild mustangs focuses on our collective well-being by bridging divides and bringing stakeholders together to collaboratively address total range health, sustainable ecosystems, co-existence with all wildlife, and livestock where applicable. She's pioneered a model in wild horse preservation that has garnered national attention and serves as a pilot for other wild horse regions. 

Boots-on-the-ground work, negotiations, policy change... plus she has been tirelessly fundraising for the last six plus years. Raising full project funding has been a challenge, although not surprising when blazing a new trail, establishing a new system and pilot program. In addition to not having the means to take a salary, she has leveraged all of her personal credit resources to cover WLP wild horse program expenditures, while she's simultaneously saved American taxpayers $7.5 million since 2013. No matter the odds, Andrea Maki walks her talk. “Too many people are of a moment, then they are off to the next and assume someone else will take care of it. Hypothetical discussions don’t result in change,” she says. “Change only happens with action.""

- Gretchen Pelsma-Talbert, Boise

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GreatNonprofit Review

On this #ThrowbackTuesday we want to share this GreatNonprofits Review from October 30, 2013, which speaks volumes to this day:

“I first learned of this organization in August 2010 and I have followed the progress of Wild Love Preserve. I have been impressed, at times taken aback by successes. Initially I heard rumblings from some entrenched in wild horse politics that Ms. Maki didn't know what she was doing. They wrote this organization off because it was a different approach that did not focus on fighting the political battles out front. There are some who tried to make waves, but Ms. Maki stayed true to her course, communicating and negotiating directly with stakeholders. Now I see some of these same individuals following Ms. Maki's lead. As is often the case, a different perspective culminates in change. Initially I was intrigued by Ms. Maki's ideas, however my lasting impression is seeing these ideas in action and witnessing her stamina and follow though. Ms. Maki does not waiver, she is insistent on honesty and follow through. In today's world it is not every day you find a truly altruistic individual. Wild Love Preserve is a paradigm shift.” -CJBoles45

We invite you to check out other Wild Love Preserve reviews at GreatNonprofits and to share your positive thoughts, which help us garner further support.

Click here to read and write a review: GreatNonprofits - Wild Love Preserve

Wild Love Sunset

"It is not what we take with us, it is what we leave behind." -Andrea Maki

Thank you for walking with us with your support. We are the stewards of your giving to Idaho wild horses and their lasting preservation on home turf and take to heart the responsibility you are entrusting in us with your gifts through Wild Love Preserve. Together we are holistically nurturing our wildness today, and for countless generations to follow.

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Representing

We want to send a big shout out of appreciation to our Vice President, Robert Maki, whose support, dedication, and boots-on-the-ground action has been unwavering over the last six years! 

Representing Wild Love Preserve: Integrity looks like this! Big Love, Big Thanks! 

Our Story Narrated

Narrated Wild Love Preserve and Idaho Wild Horse Preservation Video

Video filmed and produced by Andrea Maki. ©Andrea Maki 2016

Narration Text:

Wild Love Preserve is a Wild American Legacy Project. The iconic wild mustang is pure Americana, symbolizing unbridled freedom, power, determination, and the Wild West. Our wildness resonates deep within, and is essential to our whole. Wild Love Preserve's preservation of this American icon speaks to our greater good and collective well-being by way of bridging divides and bringing stakeholders together. Wild horses lead the way to cultivating the health and balance of our wild places as an interconnected whole, now and for future generations, with kindness, mutual respect, science and education driving our mission. 

My name is Andrea Maki, and in 2010 I founded Wild Love Preserve. I am a contemporary visual artist, and while my art career spans almost 30 years, I have been on a purposeful detour over the last six, after making a commitment to wild horses in central Idaho that I would do what I could to help them remain wild on their home turf. Little did I know at the time, that my offer to help would turn into a monumental size project. 

Wild Love Preserve engages public and private lands to address all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in Central Idaho. From our adopted 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses as result of the 2012 helicopter roundup, to our collaborative work on the range and our creation of a permanently protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. Our mission is to protect and preserve wild horses in their native habitats and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole, with regional engagement and benefit. 

Wild Love Preserve works with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), cattle ranchers, environmentalists, wildlife biologists, wild horse advocates, youth employment groups and regional communities, offering a mutually viable solution to helicopter roundups and removals. There are over 50,000 wild horses in government holding facilities, and an estimated 40,000 remaining wild on public lands in ten western states. Government roundups, removals, transport, and longterm holding cost American taxpayers over $77 million annually, while wild horses pay the ultimate price in capture, loss of freedom, family, and often, life. From the time of the 2012 Challis Roundup, Wild Love Preserve has helped to ensure no Idaho wild horses have been shipped out of state to government facilities, instead they will remain forever wild and together in central Idaho on our permanently protected wild expanse.

As a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, Wild Love Preserve is privately funded by donors and grants. At a government estimate savings to taxpayers of $50,000 per lifetime for each wild horse, our programs, on and off the range, have saved American taxpayers $7.5 million dollars since 2013. By design, we have turned Challis wild horses into an asset for the local community, region and Idaho state. Success has required bridging divides, cultivating fluid co-existence between stakeholders, new methodologies, regional engagement and benefit. 

Wild Love Preserve is reflection of our humanity. This legacy project is about all of us, and it is for all of us. Your support benefits the preservation of wild horses in their native habitats, while honoring and nurturing the health and balance of respective indigenous ecosystems. If you believe in the importance of our wild places, now and for future generations, we invite you to walk with us. Your donations help us do what we do, and together, we make a lasting difference on behalf of our greater good and collective well-being. Thank you for joining us today. 

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Wild Freedom

Our 135 thundering wilds at Wild Love Preserve... enjoying their freedom to be, because we adopted and rescued all of them following the 2012 government helicopter roundup of the Challis Herd Management Area. Help us protect and preserve wild horses on home turf. Donations of all sizes help us do the work we do, you can make a difference today. 

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Video filmed and produced by Andrea Maki. ©Andrea Maki 2016

Non-profit Wild Love Preserve (#27-3729450) is building an 2016-17 Operations Fund of $500,000. Donations support our monthly lease on 400 acres, winter hay, equipment, supplies, veterinary expenditures and operations. To support, make a tax-deductible donation here: DONATE

Thanks a million! Team WLP

Cameras Turned on Apache and I

Apache and I have had a special connection since the time of her adoption in December 2012 when she was being run in a round pen at the BLM wild horse facilities. With each lap she would lift her head just enough to look past the person in front of me and intently into my eyes. I was confused by her intensity because I thought she had been adopted, until an elderly horsewoman, sensing my concern, walked up and informed me otherwise. Instantly I understood and went running to the BLM trailer to adopt her, zipping right back to the round pen, prior to completing adoption paperwork, to stop her repetitious run on that cold December morning.

As a contemporary visual artist, the “concept of one” has been cornerstone to my work over the last 30 years: the fact that we are all of the same energy, simply in different packages. Directly related, in 2010 I founded non-profit Wild Love Preserve with a mission to protect and preserve wild horses in their native habitat and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole, with regional engagement and benefit. 

Located in central Idaho, Wild Love Preserve engages public and private lands to address all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in central Idaho, from the 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses we adopted following the 2012 Challis BLM Helicopter Roundup, to collaborative work on the range and our creation of a permanently protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country.

Apache will forever be my very first wild horse, and the first to be adopted as part of the Wild Love Preserve Adoption Project. Like people, wild horses have their own distinct personalities and Apache is a very sensitive girl. While some seem more adaptable to change, she was deeply impacted by the roundup and being separated from her family bonds on the range. 

At the time, I also adopted a wild paint I named Kodiak, so they would have each other as Wild Love Preserve went about our newly designed process of purchasing and adopting all of the other Challis wilds made available by the Challis BLM, ensuring their lasting wildness together in their indigenous habitat. Apache was a yearling, Kodiak a little older, and they bonded very well. 

For young Apache, Kodiak was also her protector in a older brother fashion and she relied on him for security. Consequently, when we released our 130 rescued wilds out together in 2014, Apache was at loss when Kodiak took interest in other ladies, leaving her behind. Clearly bewildered and heartbroken by Kodiak’s actions and another family separation, she wandered, not seeming to bond with other horses. My heart ached for her, I worried and lost sleep, wishing there was something I could do to help her bond with others versus wander on the outside, close in proximity for protection, but not in heart. 

It has taken time for shy Apache to recover and blossom into her own confident self, but she has arrived and it is a beautiful sight. She beams with love and shares her love, and my heart sings to see her happy and fully engaged in her family band. That said, today, June 22, cameras turned on Apache and I, and our pure love. Forever and always, we are one.

Many wonderful wilds have since followed, all respected, treasured and loved, but this is where it started.  -Andrea Maki, WLP Founder

Read story published in the BoredPanda

Read story published in New Zealand's Horsetalk Magazine

Idaho's Hagerman Horse

Fact: Species Equus is Native to the North American Continent

Proof: The Hagerman Horse of Idaho

Visit: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Hagerman Idaho

Support: Wild Love Preserve

The iconic wild mustang is pure Americana, symbolizing unbridled freedom, power, determination, and the Wild West. Our wildness resonates deep within and is essential to our whole, we would be amiss without it. Project Wild Love Preserve's preservation of this American icon speaks to our greater good and collective well-being by way of bridging divides and bringing stakeholders together in a new light.

Located in Central Idaho, the Challis Herd Management Area (HMA) is home to numerous bands of the Challis Wild Horse Herd. This unique expanse of multi-use public land encompasses 154,150 acres of high desert wilderness rich in native wildlife and habitat, outdoor recreation and connection, as well as grazing allotments for livestock. While there exists a mixed array of wild horse bloodlines and regional history, our universal evolution reveals that the North American continent is the original birthplace of equus, meaning wild horses a native species. Most notable being the Hagerman Horse of Idaho.

The Hagerman Horse is a North American species of equid from the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods, first appearing 3.5 million years ago. Hagerman fossils, discovered in 1928 by an Idaho rancher, resulting on 20 complete skeletons which can be found in museums across the country, and represent the oldest widely-accepted remains of the genus Equus. The Hagerman Horse is also recognized as the State Fossil of Idaho. Prior to the extinction of North American horses 10,000 years ago, many wild horses had drifted across the Bering Land Bridge to Eurasia, proving advantageous for man. The horse’s return to indigenous soil came with European explorers by sea. The horse has been instrumental in humankind’s survival and development, and we owe great respect, gratitude and debt to Horse.

Read on: Native Fact and The Hagerman Horse

Visit the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Hagerman, Idaho to experience and learn more about this spectacular and unique history in person.

Photos from the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Hagerman, Idaho

Andrea Maki Talks at Ketchum Library

If you are in Sun Valley, Ketchum or the Wood River Valley area, join us for a talk by WLP founder, Andrea Maki, about Wild Love Preserve and the preservation of Challis, Idaho wild horses on home turf. Details: Andrea Maki Talk

Where:  The Community Library in Ketchum   •   When:  June 14, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm  

“Wild Love Preserve and Idaho Wild Horse Preservation” by Andrea Maki

Event Content: Viewed as a paradigm project, Wild Love Preserve has pioneered an innovative model in wild horse preservation which has garnered national attention and serves as a pilot for other western states. Wild Love Preserve is located in Sun Valley’s backyard and engages public and private lands. Founded in 2010 by contemporary visual artist, Andrea Maki, the focus of Wild Love Preserve has been in bringing people together in a new light to collectively implement new working solutions which serve to benefit wild horses and the whole. Wild Love Preserve addresses all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in central Idaho, from the 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses they rescued as result of the 2012 Challis Helicopter Roundup, to their collaborative work on the range and creation of a permanently protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. Learn more at WildLovePreserve.org.

A Message From Little Geronimo

A message from little Geronimo: "My name is Geronimo and I'm here because Wild Love Preserve saved my mom from the Challis BLM Helicopter Roundup in 2012. Who knows where my friends and relatives would be had they not been rescued all together at that time by Wild Love Preserve. Please help us stay wild, free and forever together at home in Idaho. We need you, and maybe in the future you will come and visit us on the wild side. Every cent you donate goes to safeguarding our wildness and well-being. Thank you everybody."

Wild Love Preserve relies on Grants + Donations to do the work we do. PLEASE HELP US raise $25,000 for rescued 130 Idaho wild horses + their freedom. We still have $21,500 of $25,000 to raise ASAP. Big thanks to those who have helped us raise $3500 so far. We are past due on payments that are imperative to Idaho wild horses remaining wild and together on home turf. This funding covers remaining winter hay tabs and two months acreage lease on 400 acres for WLP's 130 adopted/rescued Challis, Idaho wild horses. We have been at work to collectively raise $25,000 in donations and wild horse sponsorships. With your help we can meet this critical goal which supports Idaho wild horse preservation on home turf.

All size donations add up and can be made on-line, via PayPal or by check and mailed. Please click here to make a difference: DONATE

Big Love, Big Thanks! Andrea, Geronimo and The WLP Band

Balancing Act Of Challis Wild Horses On CH6 News

Melissa Hackney, KPVI CH6 Nightly News

The Balancing Act of the Challis Wild Horses

News story excerpt: Andrea Maki founded Wild Love Preserve in 2010. It's a nonprofit that helps manage Idaho's wild horse population.

"We are able to address horses that are on the range and horses that have been removed from the range, right here, rather than having horses shipped out to other holding facilities in other states," explained Maki."

Click Image to Watch Newscast

Click Image to Watch Newscast

"Wild Love Preserve adopted all the horses made available after the 2012 round up in Challis and created a wild expanse for the 130 horses. By doing so, Maki has been able to save tax payers 7.5 million dollars.

"To see them be able to be who they are, with no strings attached, I just find that it's really, really important and they are so happy being who they are," said Maki. "We are able to set a precedent of creating a wild expanse right here at home."

Since the last round up, Maki has worked with the BLM to proactively manage the population using a fertility treatment to slow the herd's growth. "We implement what's called native PZP one year and that is non hormonal, bio degradable, fertility vaccine," said Maki. "So we dart the ladies in the rump and we do that once a year."

Watch Melissa Hackney's Newscast Here: The Balancing Act of the Challis Wild Horses

Left Hand, Meet Right Hand

Left Hand... meet Right Hand. Recent press about the BLM's broken system and $1 Billion crisis reflects, yet again, this is a human relations issue and wild horses pay the price. This is unacceptable. We do have solutions and have walked our talk to prove they work. In Idaho, Wild Love Preserve's model addresses all facets of wild horse population on home turf and it works. Yes, 6 years down the line, integrity out front, we DO have working solutions and we have been proving it for years. We could be saving so many more if we had the project funding we've been at work to raise since 2010. Meanwhile, WLP has saved taxpayers $7.5 million since 2013. If you stand for wild horse preservation then take action, help us save lives and make a difference! This is a "we" project and we can change the system if folks would step up to help. Donate to WLP and walk with us on behalf of our wild whole.  -AM

Listen to Andrea Maki interview with Beth Markley on Radio Boise from April 20 and read story in New Zealand's Horsetalk:   “Wild Horse Andrea” Walks the Walk for Idaho’s Challis Mustangs

Your support makes the difference. Special thanks for donating today: WLP Giving List

WLP Founder on Radio Boise

Aired on April 20, 2016 - Wild Love Preserve Founder, Andrea Maki, interviewed by Beth Markley on Elemental Idaho on Radio Boise. Listen Here: http://bit.ly/Maki-ElementalIdaho

After making a commitment to help some Challis wild horses in April 2010, Andrea Maki has quietly and diligently made countless road trips over the last six years, driving back and forth between her home in Seattle and the Central Idaho High Desert to the Challis Wild Horses. A 14-hour drive one way, and at her expense, because she says, “this really matters, and I believe in integrity and follow-through.”

Founded in April 2010 by contemporary visual artist, Andrea Maki, the focus of Wild Love Preserve has been in bringing people together in a new light to collectively develop and implement new working solutions which serve to benefit wild horses and the whole. Wild Love Preserve (WLP) addresses all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in central Idaho, from the 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses WLP rescued as result of the 2012 Challis Helicopter Roundup, to their collaborative work on the range and creation of a protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. WLP’s preservation of this American icon speaks to our greater good and collective well-being by bridging divides and bringing stakeholders together to collaboratively address total range health, sustainable ecosystems, co-existence with all wildlife, and livestock where applicable. Kindness, mutual respect, science, and education drive WLP’s mission.

Since 2010, 100% of Maki’s life, talents and resources have been dedicated to her non-profit, Wild Love Preserve and the lasting protections of our wild places. She has tirelessly fundraised for six years, however full project funding has continued to fall short, and not necessarily surprising when one is blazing a new trail, establishing a new system and pilot program. In addition to not having the means to take a salary for six years, she has leveraged her personal resources and loans to the tune of a $650,000 debt to cover WLP wild horse program expenditures, while simultaneously saving American taxpayers $7.5 million since 2013. 

No matter the odds, Andrea Maki has walked her talk and created a two-part model in wild horse preservation on home turf in Idaho. “Too many people are of a moment, then they are off to the next and assume someone else will take care of it. Hypothetical discussions don’t result in change,” she says. “Change only happens with action.” No matter the challenge, the naysayers, lack of funding or follow through from others, Maki has stayed the course on behalf of creating a new model in wild horse conservation that engages all stakeholders, nurtures respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole, and benefits the community. Now that is commitment. If you would like to make a difference, support Wild Love Preserve with a contribution today at WildLovePreserve.org.

Read full story in New Zealand's Horsetalk Magazine: http://bit.ly/1q7YLiX

Click Here To Watch Wild Love Preserve Videos By Andrea Maki

Straight Shooter

Straight Shooter: Wild Love Preserve Founder, Andrea Maki

After making a commitment to help some Challis wild horses in April 2010, Andrea Maki has quietly and diligently made countless road trips over the last six years, driving back and forth between her home near Seattle and the Central Idaho High Desert to the Challis Wild Horses. A 14-hour drive one way, and at her expense, because, she says, “this really matters, and I believe in integrity and follow through.”

Andrea Maki’s commitment to wild horse preservation and collective change has been unwavering. While outcomes have not been everything she has strived for, resulting compromises are a continued work in progress and have brought great benefit and safety to the Challis wild horses in Idaho. Between 2010 and 2012, Maki diligently worked to curtail the Idaho BLM’s (Bureau of Land Management) October 2012 helicopter roundup and removals of Idaho wild horses on the Challis Herd Management Area (HMA). Her unique approach has been multi-faceted, with a goal of uniting stakeholders to share public lands and implement a new means of collaborative population management that is both humane and cost-effective. 

While she did not fully succeed at stopping the 2012 helicopter roundup, she was present for the events and the Idaho BLM kept their word by leaving two specific bands of Challis wild horses untouched, to instead be part of a new WLP/BLM pilot program. In addition, her non-profit, Wild Love Preserve, adopted all the removed Challis wild horses the BLM made available, so not one Idaho wild horse was shipped out of state to longterm holding at taxpayer expense, but instead, through private funding have remained together and wild. This is the second largest adoption in BLM history, but first of its kind in intent. Andrea Maki has taken a proactive approach in collaboratively maintaining Challis Herd population numbers following the 2012 Challis BLM Roundup by accounting for all facets of population, on and off the range, on home turf in Idaho. Efforts include working with stakeholders and the Idaho BLM to remotely dart wild mares with Native PZP-1YR in the field as developed by Dr. Jay F. Kirkpatrick. In 2012, thanks to grants in part from the ASPCA, five Wild Love Preserve volunteers attended training and received required certification at the Science and Conservation Center in Billings, MT.

In 2014 the WLP/BLM pilot Native PZP-1YR fertility control program began with five wild Challis mares on the Challis HMA. Due diligence required, collaborative efforts expanded to dart 35 wild Challis mares in 2015, and in 2016 the entire Challis Herd. There are approximately 225 wild horses in the Challis Herd and the goal is to treat wild Challis mares annually. Wild Love Preserve’s objective is to humanely manage and maintain population and herd viability in a sustainable manner, terminating the need for future BLM helicopter roundups and removals in this region. Wild Love Preserve’s collaborative conservation efforts speak to total range health, and require wild horse monitoring in conjunction with all wildlife species and private livestock where applicable. Research, documentation, and transparency are essential for ecological balance of the whole and nurturing a lasting legacy in wildness.

People told her it couldn't be done, but in 2010 Andrea founded Wild Love Preserve, and has been bringing people together in a new light to collectively develop and implement new working solutions which serve to benefit wild horses and the whole. Wild Love Preserve addresses all facets of regional wild horse conservation on home turf in central Idaho, from the 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses they rescued as result of the 2012 Challis Helicopter Roundup, to their collaborative work on the range and creation of a protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. WLP’s preservation of this American icon speaks to our greater good and collective well-being by bridging divides and bringing stakeholders together to collaboratively address total range health, sustainable ecosystems, co-existence with all wildlife, and livestock where applicable. Kindness, mutual respect, science and education drive WLP’s mission.

Since 2010, 100% of Maki’s life, talents and resources have been dedicated to her non-profit, Wild Love Preserve and the lasting protections of our wild places. She has tirelessly fundraised for six years, however full-project funding has continued to be the challenge, and not necessarily surprising when one is blazing a new trail, establishing a new system and pilot program. In addition to not having the means to take a salary for six years, she has leveraged her personal credit resources and loans to the tune of a $650,000 to cover WLP wild horse program expenditures, while simultaneously saving American taxpayers $7.5 million since 2013. 

No matter the odds, Andrea Maki has walked her talk and created a two-part model in wild horse preservation on home turf in Idaho. “Too many people are of a moment, then they are off to the next and assume someone else will take care of it. Hypothetical discussions don’t result in change,” she says. “Change only happens with action.” No matter the challenge, the naysayers, lack of funding or follow through from others, Maki has stayed the course on behalf of creating a new model in wild horse conservation that engages all stakeholders, nurtures respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole, and benefits the community. Unwavering commitment.

If you would like to help and make a difference, your support can be made here: Donate

April 20, 2016 - Wild Love Preserve Founder, Andrea Maki, interviewed by Beth Markley on Elemental Idaho on Radio Boise. Listen Here: http://bit.ly/Maki-ElementalIdaho

Wild Love T-shirts

Even if you can't make it to our Wild Freedom 2016 events in Boise for a Help A Horse Day this April 23 and 24, you can participate with heart action! We just launched a special Booster campaign as part of our event. Get a Wild Love T-shirt and help us bring it home for Idaho Wild Horses this #HelpAHorseDay! Gals and guys, all sizes, 20 bucks! Happening Here: http://bit.ly/wlp-freedom-tee

Event details and participants here: Wild Freedom 2016 and Help A Horse Day

Our A-Team Volunteers

Our A-Team! We had a fantastic and productive day with WLP Volunteers and our WLP wilds on Saturday, March 26 - including our partners at YEP (Idaho Youth Employment Program).

WLP Volunteers: Bonnie and Steven Garman, Bob and Pat Pasley, Steve and Jan Adams.

WLP Volunteers: Bonnie and Steven Garman, Bob and Pat Pasley, Steve and Jan Adams.

WLP Volunteer Jan Adams with a precious, sleeping beauty.

WLP Volunteer Jan Adams with a precious, sleeping beauty.

Without doubt the highlight of my (Andrea) 25 year old jacket's life is this moment with our 5 day old baby Mickey!

Without doubt the highlight of my (Andrea) 25 year old jacket's life is this moment with our 5 day old baby Mickey!

WLP Veterinarian, Rod Evans, in action.

WLP Veterinarian, Rod Evans, in action.

Big Love, Big Thanks for all the help, good energy, compassion, kindness and love!

Appreciation abounds, Andrea and WLP

Wild Love Preserve founder and president, Andrea Maki, with our 5 day old baby Mickey.

Wild Love Preserve founder and president, Andrea Maki, with our 5 day old baby Mickey.

Mind The Gap

A recent story in the Idaho Mountain Express out of Idaho has created quite a stir for failing to mention the instrumental work of Wild Love Preserve with the Challis wild horses in their article. WLP has been receiving messages from WLP donors, volunteers and partners expressing their dismay and disbelief regarding this short-changed coverage. Since 2010 WLP has been bringing stakeholders together in a historical manner and building a community of support and vested interests on behalf of the lasting preservation of the Challis wild horses and curtailing future helicopter roundups and removals with our collaborative approach. While some are clearly pleased by this oversight, it is unfortunate that local coverage would drop the ball to such degree and understandable that donors are asking questions and many hardworking supporters are upset.

Non-profit Wild Love Preserve has been at work since 2010. In 2012, thanks in part to an ASPCA grant, five Wild Love Preserve volunteers trained at The Science and Conservation Center, and began working collaboratively with the Idaho Bureau of Land Management on the Challis Herd Management Area utilizing Native PZP-1YR, following the 2012 Challis Roundup. Our collaborative pilot program began with five wild Challis mares on the range, expanded to treat 35 in 2015, and in 2016 we look to address the entire Challis Herd. Wild Love Preserve’s goal remains steadfast in ending helicopter roundups and removals, to instead implement humane and sustainable means in managing population in a lasting manner with community engagement and benefit. WLP programs, on and off the range, have saved taxpayers $7.5 million since 2013.

Different, but related, here is this story from May 2014 in the Challis Messenger's Central Idaho Guide: http://bit.ly/Challis-Mes2014

Wild Love Preserve Founder, Andrea Maki, with new Idaho BLM sign, Challis Herd Management Area, June 2014.

Wild Love Preserve Founder, Andrea Maki, with new Idaho BLM sign, Challis Herd Management Area, June 2014.

Wild Love Preserve has brought stakeholders from all sides of wild horse issue together to work collaboratively.

Wild Love Preserve has brought stakeholders from all sides of wild horse issue together to work collaboratively.

Idaho BLM Announcement of Partnership with Wild Love Preserve as a "Paradigm Project", September 2014

Idaho BLM Announcement of Partnership with Wild Love Preserve as a "Paradigm Project", September 2014