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."

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"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 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!

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.

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 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

River Boise

Awesomeness! Boise, Idaho's 94.9 FM, The River, used the Wild Love Preserve music video with a.k.a. Belle and their new single, "Mustangs", which benefits WLP and Idaho wild horse preservation, to promote the Women's History Month Live Music Celebration at The Record Exchange in Boise on March 3 at 6 pm. Big Thanks to River Boise!  

Click Here: Women's History Month Live Music Celebration at The Record Exchange

Video filmed and produced by Andrea Maki. ©Andrea Maki 2016 • Original music by a.k.a Belle.

Leap Day

It's Leap Day! Four years later, yet the First Anniversary of our pivotal meeting with the Idaho BLM at the Boise offices.

My oh my, have we covered a lot of ground since! Some serious hard work, determination and perseverance required. Jumped through countless hoops, taken countless hits, uncovered the true colors of many.

We've made history by way of our boots-on-the-ground action and stayed the course on behalf of our wild friends while bringing stakeholders previously locked in opposition, together.

Kindness, mutual respect, integrity, science and education, paramount to our mission. Since 2010, our call to action has remained steadfast: "It Takes a Village."

Thank you for walking with us!

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Radio Boise

Take a listen as the new single from a.k.a. Belle, "Mustangs," debuts on Radio Bosie, to benefit the preservation of Idaho's wild horses and work of non-profit Wild Love Preserve.

Big Love, Big Thanks to Stephanie Coyle and her radio show Mothers Ruin~89.9FM~Radio Boise!

Click here to watch the "Mustangs" music video: Mustangs 

Read Our Story in Horsetalk: Song of the Wild Horse: New Single "Mustangs" Celebrates Idaho Equines

Cavallo

Wild Love Preserve is featured in the March 2016 issue of the German Equine Magazine, CAVALLO!  

CAVALLO, March 2016, Pages 14-15.

The story includes a link to read our January story about Adee and Wild Love Preserve's Adoption Project in Horsetalk Magazine: New Year, New Life For Idaho Wild Horse Back At Home

HUGE Thank You's to Alena and CAVALLO! I can't wait to tell our Challis, Idaho wild wonders that they are featured in a fancy German Equine Magazine! How Fun!

Mustangs

Music For A Cause: a.k.a. Belle with Wild Love Preserve

Idaho's a.k.a. Belle and Wild Love Preserve have collaborated on a very special project to benefit the preservation of Idaho's wild horses with their new single "Mustangs." While the song was inspired Arthur Miller's screenplay, “The Misfits," the lyrics also resonate with the story of Wild Love Preserve.

Recently Catherine Merrick of the Boise-based indie band, a.k.a. Belle, reached out with her desire to support Wild Love Preserve's ongoing work in preserving Idaho's wild horses in their native habitat. As a singer/songwriter, Merrick has been a lover of horses since childhood, and as a youngster dreamed of rescuing wild mustangs.

In Catherine's initial contact she wrote, "We are about to release a single called "Mustangs."  Though it is primarily based on the screenplay written by Arthur Miller, "The Misfits," it is still, in essence, a song about mustangs, as well as the changing world we live in and people who are struggling with progress."

In turn, after receiving Catherine's letter and listening to her song, Andrea's natural inclination was to fuse song, lyric and visuals into a video with some 2014/15 footage from the range, and with Wild Love Preserve's 130 rescued Challis, Idaho wild horses.

Video filmed and produced by Andrea Maki. ©Andrea Maki 2016 • Original Music by a.k.a Belle.

This video collaboration organically unfolded in a manner that reflects stars aligning on behalf of our greater good.  a.k.a Belle and Wild Love Preserve are mutually delighted by all of the productive good energy and collaboration which serves to benefit Idaho wild horses remaining wild on their home turf.

“Mustangs” release date is March 4 via Bandcamp. The Record Exchange in Boise will be selling download cards and folks will be able to pick up a WLP wristband with purchase. a.k.a. Belle is donating proceeds from their new single “Mustangs” to Wild Love Preserve and are making a marked difference in Idaho wild horse preservation. Music For A Cause and Everyone Wins! 

Big Love, Big Thanks to a.k.a. Belle!

Read Story Published in The Dodo: Mustangs Song and Video to Save Wild Idaho Horses

Horsetalk Magazine: Song of the Wild Horse: New Single "Mustangs" Celebrates Idaho Equines

Text at end of Mustangs Video:

Wild Love Preserve is an American legacy project. The iconic wild mustang is pure Americana, symbolizing unbridled freedom, power, determination, and the wild west. Our wildness is essential to our whole.

Founded in 2010, by contemporary visual artist Andrea Maki, Wild Love Preserve engages public and private lands to address all facets of Idaho wild horse conservation on home turf, from our rescued 130 Challis, Idaho wild horses as result of the 2012 BLM Helicopter Roundup, to our collaborative work on the range. This includes our creation of a permanently protected wild expanse in the heart of Idaho wild horse country. 

Your support benefits the preservation of Idaho wild horses in their native habitat and nurtures the health and balance of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole. If you believe in the importance of our nation’s wild places, now and for future generations, we invite you to walk with us. To learn more and contribute, visit: www.wildlovepreserve.org

Music For A Cause: a.k.a. Belle and their new single “Mustangs,” 2016.

Valentine's News

Big news to share. Based on recent information released by the government, Wild Love Preserve Programs have saved American taxpayers more than double the original estimate since 2013.

Wild horses lead the way to cultivating the health and balance of our wild places as an interconnected whole. Kindness, mutual respect, science and education are paramount. In addition to saving wild lives in a lasting manner, Wild Love Preserve has saved American taxpayers $7.5 million dollars since 2013 as result of our programs on and off the range. At a savings of $50,000 per lifetime of each wild horse adopted from the government system, the 2012-13 WLP Adoption Project alone, has saved American taxpayers $6.5 million with our 130 rescued Challis, Idaho wild horses, while our collaborative work on the range has saved over $1million dollars since 2014. With your help we will save more wild lives and taxpayer dollars in 2016. Your heart action today makes the difference of a lifetime. Special Thank You!

Donations Can Be Made Online, By Check or Wire Transfer. Click Here: DONATE

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Choose Love

Friends... It's Wild Love Month!

Help Us Meet Our Goal of 50 Choose Love T-shirts Sold By February 26!

Ladies, Unisex + Kids, all sizes. Click here: https://www.booster.com/choose-wild-love

Ladies, Unisex + Kids, all sizes. Click here: https://www.booster.com/choose-wild-love

February 2012

Flashback to our second annual Wild Love Month in 2012.

"Wild Love Preserve is not but a mere project of passion, this is about two-legged humanity, accountability and our responsibility to the whole." - Andrea Maki

Wild Love Month 2016

February is Our 6th Annual Wild Love Month!

Our goal is to raise $50K this month and we hope you will help us. We rely on grants and donations to do the work we do. From our rescued 130 to those on the range, your support directly benefits the preservation of Idaho wild horses in their native habitat and nurtures the health and balance of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole. If you believe in the importance of our nation’s native wild horses and wild places, now and for future generations, be the difference you want to see in the world and walk with us today. Donations can be made online or check by mailing.

““I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.””

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Get your Choose Love T-Shirts Here: https://www.booster.com/choose-wild-love

We Are The Land

"Wild Love Preserve is about us all, a reflection of our humanity. We are the land."

"We must learn from the past, not continue to repeat our deadly, disastrous mistakes. As humans it is our responsibility to protect and care for, not continue to destroy out of fear, greed and chosen ignorance. To respect and act with understanding and compassion. Man is not superior to all else. We do not sit atop the pyramid of life holding court. We are not here to simply do as "we" see fit to fill our self-serving needs and excesses. The magic of life lies within a Sacred Circle and two-leggeds are but a mere part of the Whole. Within that Whole lies a very delicate balance which must be honored and respected." 

Andrea Maki, 2003

Big Love, Big Thanks

I want to send a BIG shout out to Stone Gossard and The Vitalogy Foundation for their continued support of Wild Love Preserve and the lasting preservation of native Idaho wild horses on home turf. In a world of naysayers, when others told me I was crazy and said it would be impossible, followed by some trying to shut me down or usurp my boots-on-the-ground hardwork as their own, Stone and Pearl Jam's Vitalogy Foundation have supported my tenacity from the onset in 2010 and have been instrumental in the history-making successes of WLP. No words can adequately express my deepest appreciation...

BIG LOVE, BIG THANKS!!  

-Andrea Maki

Big ideas and big change require big support. Please join us.

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To Be Clear

To be clear, since inception in 2010 WLP has been hard at work everyday keeping wild horses wild. Due diligence required, it is where we started and where we remain, from our 130 rescued Challis, Idaho wild horses, to those remaining on the range. We must humanely and responsibly address those removed from wild public lands, while we work collaboratively in the wild to eliminate future helicopter roundups and removals. By design, WLP's approach accounts for all facets of wild horse population on home turf. This being all the more imperative with the continued issue of horse slaughter facing us, and documented accounts of America's wild horses, protected by the 1971 Free Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act,  falling victim to this end.

There are 50,000+ wild horses in longterm holding facilities at taxpayer expense. WLP's interest remains in breaking the cycle by offering working alternatives to stop the hemorrhaging on the range, and see all wild horses in longterm holding running like the wind again. 

Our longtime track record of establishing fluid communications and co-existence among stakeholders, simply put, saves wild horse lives. No one is settling, nor would we ever be on the side of managing wild horses to extinction. To act in any way detrimental to wild horses, literally makes no sense, and in no way aligns with our intense daily commitment in the lasting preservation of wild horses on their home turf. We have, and continue to bust our back ends to implement new solutions, save wild lives and create social compatibility which benefits our greater good. In addition WLP Programs, on and off the range, have saved American taxpayers $7.5 million dollars since 2013.

Wild horses seen here are some of the wild horses WLP protected at the time of the 2012 Challis BLM Roundup by way of our boots-on-the-ground approach in opening fluid lines of communications with the BLM and regional stakeholders.

Thank you for supporting Wild Love Preserve and walking with us. 

-Andrea Maki

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