Re: Environmentalists

[LazyJArabs@aol.com]

i totally agree with you there. it's just that MOST of the reasons we are
losing our "rights" to ride in most places is because of the environmental
damage irresponsible riders are doing (not just endurance). not everyone has
weed-free hay/feed and the runoff from a major rain event on a site which is
compacted and covered in manure can be very detrimental to the creeks and
groundwater. i think our reputations might be improved if we took our messes
with us. i do it for that exact reason (that and my compost at home always has
room for more).

liz
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Subj:	 Re:  Environmentalists
Date:	9/28/98 12:05:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:	CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com
To:	ridecamp@endurance.net

Subj:	Re: Enviornmentalists
Date:	09/28/98
To:	LazyJArabs@aol.com

In a message dated 98-09-28 14:05:12 EDT, you write:

<< this is not environmentally sensitive. BCH leave no trace says put your
manure
 back in the trailer and take it with you. >>

Whether or not scattering hay and manure is environmentally sensitive depends
entirely on where you are.  In heavily used areas, this would be a problem.
In some of our areas with dusty volcanic pumice that are in great need of
biological components to build healthy soil, scattering hay and manure is
TREMENDOUSLY helpful.  The problem is the mindset (whether it is in the
bureaucracy or elsewhere) that somehow one centrally-generated set of rules
should apply to all situations.  What we need is to each have a better
understanding of how nature works so that we can individually decide which
action fits which circumstances.

Heidi