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Re: [RC] permanent marking of the BH 100...Not! - Jim HollandCindy.... Considering the Forest Service's current attitude toward equestrian use of the National Forests in the Southeast, I'm not surprised. If the current ban of horses on anything except numbered FS roads and "designated" horse trails in the SE National Forests is allow to stand, the rest of the country is next. IMHO, this is a test. The long term plan of the FS is to implement this rule nationwide. Sure hope everyone will write their congressional representatives about supporting the "Right to Ride" bill. http://www.bchw.org/lnt/main/right%20to%20ride.htm Search "Equine Right to Ride" for additional info. Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic Cindy Collins wrote: Here is the "meat" of the answer I received from Loren Poppert, Supervisory Forester Medicine Wheel/Paintrock RD <lpoppert@xxxxxxxxx> I've also attached my original request that prompted this response. I was truly shocked by the answer. Just wanted to share with those of you who support the Big Horn. I'm thinking that now I will work on doing a very thorough set of GPS coordinates for the ride and publish a little booklet with these coordinates, photos, and a detailed trail description with maps. Wonder if there is any money out there to support that project??? Thanks for listening. I've been pretty down about this. Cindy "All though we understand your challenges associated with remarking this trail each year, we are not amenable to marking this system permanently as a trail/route. Permanent marking would encourage use of this trail at other times of the year outside of the days the endurance ride occurs. This would add more miles to a trail system that we can not manage and maintain as it stands currently. Permanently marked trails need to have NEPA done on them, cultural clearance, be inventoried every five years, and have other requirements that we are not willing to take on.... The bottom line is we do not support permanent marking of this route." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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