As I glass back to the right with my camera, I see not just one but two more groups approaching from my right. The first is led by a beautiful dun mare, and driven by a gorgeous red stallion. There is a baby with this group of 15, too, and a yearling as well. They quicken their pace as they see the second group running faster. The second group has 9 members, counting the foal. As they near where I stand on the path, they split into a group of 7 and 2, as a grey mare and a younger red chestnut stallion split off to cross the path behind me as the other 7 cross in front of me.
I decide to pinch myself to see if this truly was a dream. Ouch! I was really awake all the time! Seeing wild horses free on the range was a lifelong dream that was just manifested as a reality,
In the Stone Cabin HMA (herd management area) of Nevada the past, present and future become one. .. and a lifelong dream is fulfilled.
Meet Beth Lauxen, Wild Horse Education Board Secretary and Executive Director of Outreach
Beth studied at the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a focus on journalism, education, accounting and therapeutic recreation. Beth was employed for 8 years by the U.S. Department of Interior-Fish and Wildlife Service in Columbia, Missouri, as an administrative assistant, publications specialist, and program administrator for Migratory Bird Management and the U.S. Fisheries Research Center.
After retirement, she volunteered for 2 years at USFWS-Wheeler Refuge in Decatur AL. Ms. Lauxen has worked in wild horse advocacy with Ms. Laura Leigh, Wild Horse Education Founder, since 2011 as a volunteer, and joined Wild Horse Education’s executive board in 2016, working on fundraising, awareness campaigns, recruitment, and writing.