Barbara,
I agree with you... However, the common trails that hikers, mountainbikers
and we riders use are so precious - and falling in numbers. I have no
problem with kicking some poop off a trail in order to continue to please
others around me and have less animosity towards horses.
There are many a landowner here in the Northeast that just say no to horses..
People ride with soft trail conditions (spring & after rainfall) and rut up
hiking/biking trails that these people who own the land use for their own
purposes and not necessarily horseback riding....
I believe that we should be respectful of others and if they don't want the
poop in the trail.. Kick it out - - or stop using the trail..
Times have changed - and we must accommodate land owners or suffer...
Debbie