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House!
Dear
FRBCH Members,
Our Voices are being heard! This is great news. Now
we need to keep after our Senators, Wayne Allard, who has come out in favor of
the bill, and Ken Salazar who has not stated a formal position (as far as I
know). If anyone knows different, please let me
know.
Let's
get this thing passed! Please forward this to everyone you know, whether
equestrians or not. Sincerely,
Julie
Chaney President Front
Range
Back Country Horsemen PO
Box
1524 Elizabeth,
CO80107 303-646-2135 www.frontrangebackcountryhorsemen.org www.bchcolorado.org www.backcountryhorse.com
Subject: American Horse Council -
"Right-to-Ride" BillPasses
House
MEMORANDUM
To:
AHC Recreation Organizations From:
American Horse Council Re:
Radanovich ?Right-to-Ride? BillPasses
House Date:
May 17,
2006 Yesterday,
the House of Representatives passed Congressman George Radanovich?s
?Right-to-Ride? bill (H.R. 586). The bill is intended to protect the use
and access of pack and saddle stock animals on public lands, wilderness areas,
national monuments, and other areas that are administered by the National Park
Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, or the Forest Service where there is a historical tradition of such
use. The
legislation would require that these federal agencies manage these lands to
preserve and facilitate the traditional and continued use and access of horses
to these areas. During
the debate on the legislation on the House floor, Congressman Radanovich (R-CA)
stated: ?Perhaps
no other activity is more synonymous with the exploration of our vast open lands
than that of the use of pack and saddle stock. Who could forget those
images of President Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir on horseback at what was to
become the Grand
Canyon and
YosemiteNational
Parks?
While some claim that this bill singles out pack and saddle use and affords it
greater consideration than other forms of recreation or commercial use, I would
argue that pack and saddle use has played a far greater historic role on our
public lands, particularly in our western states, than simply recreation.
What may be perceived by some today as recreation was once a vital part of
everyday living throughout our Nation?s history.? The
industry must now turn its attention to the Senate bill (S. 781), which has been
introduced by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID).
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