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Re: [RC] Infiltrating the bureaucracy - rdcarrie LOL...she's right. <G> We're already out there...and as Sheila said, doing our best to do our jobs *and* enlighten those we work with regarding horses and their needs and actual vs. perceived impacts.
Dawn in East Texas (Forest Service wildlife biologist...sharing the office with a team roper and 2 pleasure riders) -----Original Message----- From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:14:22 GMT Subject: [RC] Infiltrating the bureaucracy Please Reply to: Sheila Larsen Sheila_Larsen@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== You have NO idea how many horse folks are in government.LOL There are lots, for several years in this office alone, we had three endurance riders, two dressage riders, one team penner and several pleasure horse owners. Although they are no longer in the office, they are still in government, several in the position of making resource decisions. However, sometimes it places us in difficult positions, trying to balance our love for horses/trail riding and protecting the resource we may be responsible for (oh and balancing the politics that go along with those decisions). It is true though that we are in a unique position of bringing equine knowledge to the discussion table. I try very hard to educate horse people about impacts horses may have to the environment and non-horse people that horses are not necessarily the environmental disaster they perceive them to be. I will let other people judge whether or not I have been successful. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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