Re: RC: VA Trail Closure

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Go Jerry! I vote that we become the ACLU of trails. Make them dread
having to cross us!

Angie

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:14:05 -0500 hikryrdg <hikryrdg@evansville.net>
writes:
> To all: First the Equine Trail Coalition is a not for profit that 
> will be
> involved with negotiations in matters like this.  It will also be 
> very active
> in litigation with the FS, BLM and Park Service if necessary.  I 
> have been
> contact with the Region 8 forester and she has promised me that 
> there will be
> an internal investigation into the matter.  The ranger responsible 
> for the
> destruction is now out west on fire duty and when he returns we will 
> have some
> answers.  Until then I want everyone to remain calm and we will work 
> this one
> out.  This should be easy to solve compared to issues that are now
> appearing in
> California.  Greg is correct in his analysis of the political impact
> Clinton/Gore and the extreme environmentalists are having on the 
> forest
> service
> and other land managers.  If you think Eco-Al is sympathetic  to our 
> access of
> federal lands you are dead wrong.  We are in a brutal fight to 
> retain our
> cultural rights to our trails.
> But back to the problem in Virginia, the plus side is that we are 
> becoming so
> well organized in our trail efforts, we can now work on a first name 
> basis
> with
> the leadership within the Forest Service!  This is progress and we 
> have a long
> way to go.  I will have another conference call with the American 
> Horse
> Council
> this next week, discussing the plan to set in place within the AHC a 
> "trails
> committee" that will recommend legislation and lobbying efforts to 
> curtail the
> insanity now running rampant within the top leadership of the forest 
> service,
> blm and National Park System.  It is our intent to put and keep 
> horses back
> into the facilities that have traditionally have had a presence of 
> horsemen!
> And what did you do for your trails today?   Jerry Fruth
> >Greg Jones giltmead@mis.net
> >Anyone who hasn’t read the post by Sally Aungier on 7/30 Re a trail
> closing in
> VA needs to!  The closing was an atom bomb type reaction and the 
> violation
> leading to it was an excuse to do what they wanted, not a reason!
> >
> >Besides the need to help reopen this trail there are two points to 
> take home:
> >
> >1)  This is a perfect example of why we need to support Jerry 
> Fruth’s efforts
> to launch the Equine Trail Coalition so that we have a national 
> voice, and
> >2)  This is a reflection of the orientation of the people who have 
> been
> moving
> up the ladder in the USFS under the Clinton/Gore/Dombeck 
> administration.  If
> you aren’t aware of what is at stake for trail users in the 
> up-coming election
> there is still time to learn.
> >
> >Greg Jones
> >
> >
> >
> >
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