Causes: Animals, Environment, Land Resources Conservation, Wildlife Preservation & Protection, Wildlife Sanctuaries

Mission: Founded in 2010 by contemporary artist and photographer Andrea Maki, kindness, mutual respect, conflict resolution, accountability, science, and education drive the Wild Love Preserve’s mission to protect and preserve western wild horses in their native environments and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems in a collaborative, responsible and sustainable manner with regional engagement and benefit. Wild horses lead our way to cultivating the health and balance of our wild places as an interconnected whole.

Results:
• Wild Love Preserve is a legacy project that incorporates our innovative wild horse conservation model, conflict resolution, education platform, youth programs, comprehensive range health fixed on sustainability, & public engagement. Since 2013, Wild Love programs on & off the range have saved taxpayers over $8.5 million & created new forms of revenue for the regional community. Our creation of Wild Love's permanently protected Idaho wildlife preserve is central to our work & will nurture lasting wildness as an interconnected whole through our diverse partnerships.
• In April 2020 we celebrated Wild Love Preserve’s 10th anniversary. When Andrea Maki founded Wild Love in 2010, she set about creating a new & inclusive means of wild horse management on home turf by bringing stakeholders from all sides together in a new light. She imagined if she could turn the Challis wild horses into an asset for the community, region, & state, everyone would win, & ideally help other wild horse regions. Subsequently, new trails were blazed in & through teamwork that have gone on to have a substantial influence in other western states & nationally. By 2013, Wild Love Preserve was being recognized as a paradigm project.
• Initially, many said it would not be possible to bring diverse sides to the table, however Maki believes common ground can always be found when we choose to rise above drawn lines. Hence, kindness, mutual respect, conflict resolution, accountability, science, & education continue to drive Wild Love's mission to protect & preserve western wild horses in their native habitats & nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole by bridging divides.
• Over the last decade, Wild Love has built positive working relationships & partnerships with the Idaho Bureau of Land Management, ranchers, environmentalists, scientists, wildlife biologists, wild horse advocates, youth employment groups & regional communities.
• In November of 2019, the Idaho BLM conducted the first helicopter roundup of the Challis wild horses in 7 years, versus every 2-3 years. This extended window of time between roundups is the result of Wild Love's collaborative work with the BLM & Challis wild horses leading up to & following the BLM's 2012 Challis roundup & success in slowing population growth with the fertility vaccine Native PZP-1YR.
• Wild Love also exists to ensure Idaho wild horses that are removed from public lands have an opportunity to remain wild on their native turf. In July of 2020, we adopted & purchased the first group of 24 wild horses from the 2019 Challis roundup needing placement, bringing our number of permanent residents to 165.As per our mission, Wild Love adopts & purchases those Challis-Idaho wild horses that do not find homes through other BLM adoption programs, & as we did following the 2012 Challis roundup. Once with us, they live forever wild & together on their terms in Idaho at Wild Love Preserve.

Target demographics: western wild horses, respective indigenous ecosystems, community, youth programs, stakeholders and taxpayers.

Direct beneficiaries per year: The wild horses of Idaho and nationally, the regional commuity, taxpayers, and stakeholders from all sides.

Geographic areas served: Idaho, Oregon, Nationwide

Programs: Wild Horse Conservation-Idaho + Oregon; Permanently Protected Wildlife Preserve; Responsible + Sustainable Wild Horse Population Management; Conflict Resolution: WLP Adoption Project; Education + Awareness; Community Involvement; Idaho Youth Education and Employment; Science and Research Studies; Taxpayer Savings; Public Engagement.