A2B-Lancast«r Farming, Saturday, May 4,1985
Feds renew contract with Lewisberry horse center
i j , Nor * ~. . . .. breeding, farmwork, show, or The Lewisberry adoption center
thrast s first and only wild horse “One of the keys to finding other noncommercial purposes. is located off 1-83, about midway
and burro adoption center will homes for the animals is to make it 1
remain in Lewisberry. convenient for people to pick them
A new three-year contract has up,” Jones said. “The Lewisberry
been awarded to Lewisberry center serves a huge geographical
resident Frank 0. Goodlander, area. Satellites will help bring
who since July 1982 has operated even more adopters into the
the popular facility on behalf of the program.”
U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau The Bureau of Land
of Land Management (BLM). Management has been finding
The new contract, announced homes for wild horses and burros
April 26 by BLM Eastern States since 1973, and last fall at
Director G. Curtis Jones, Jr., Lewsiberry processed the
extends the life of the adoption program’s 50,000 th adoption,
center through mid-1968, and in- Herds of wild horses and burros
eludes an option for renewal that roam the public lands are
through the end of September 1989. protected by the Wild Free
“ Frank Goodlander and his wife Roaming Horse and Burro Act of
Doris have beenproviding ex- 1971. BLM monitors the herds and
cellent care to the animals-and their habitat, and removes excess
gracious service to adopters-for animals when overpopulation
almost three years now,” Jones threatens to damage the range,
said. “They have made many new Any U.S. citizen of legal use in
friends for the Adopt-A-Horse or his or her state is eligible to adopt
Burro Program throughout the up to four wild horses and burros
Northeast, and we expect they’ll each year. Applicants must have
make us many more.” suitable facilities and at least some
In addition to maintaining the
year-round facility on his
Lewisberry farm, each year
Goodlander will carry out as many
as four “satellite” adoptions
temporary events set up in various
locations throughout the Nor
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