Fw: RC: renegade route

["Outlaw Trail" <otdumas@laplaza.org>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Outlaw Trail <otdumas@laplaza.org>
To: BMcCrary27@aol.com <BMcCrary27@aol.com>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: RC: renegade route


>Barbara, "12 heartbeats" is a number BLM planners just picked out of the
>air.  They decided in their planning process a limit of use was needed so
>they just picked the number of 12.  For an example you and your horse equal
>2 heartbeats.  Ellen, her new husband and their dog want to ride the
>Esclante Canyon trail so they equal 3 heartbeats and if they ride horses
>then it is 5 heartbeats.
>
>The issue is first of all BLM did not conduct any process to study impact.
>Everyone knows  a group of four hikers would make a great impact five days
>on a trail in comparison to 50 riders passing through that same route in
>less than one hour.  A few horse dropping but no campfire rings, trash or
>human waste.
>
>Go to our web site and link to Heritage Industry Trail Preservation.  I
have
>our March 13th letter there and a new update I just wrote.  I also have
>written another article that will come out in May EN.  Letters have been
>quite a turning point for us.  Of the 60,000 sent to the BLM office 5 to
10%
>were from horsemen!  That is impressive considering less than 1/4% is a
>norm!  The most wonderful news was the BLM received a real wake up call.
>The Director now in charge of the Monument made a special effort to attend
>the meeting Crockett was guest speaker to tell him every letter sent by
>horsemen was read!  We were the only ones to provide input, reason, facts,
>and a heart felt plea for trail preservation.  Most letter just said for an
>example.... I am a hiker and vote for Alternative B.
>
>Thanks for your support.  I will continue to write what I can and keep
>everyone informed.  This may be about Outlaw Trail now, but should the BLM
>get away with this 12 heartbeat mandate, every public land planning process
>will automatically be assessed this limit!  We just cannot let this happen.
>
>thanks again, Sharon
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BMcCrary27@aol.com <BMcCrary27@aol.com>
>To: otdumas@laplaza.org <otdumas@laplaza.org>
>Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 9:35 AM
>Subject: Re: RC: renegade route
>
>
>>In a message dated 3/27/99 7:29:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>>otdumas@laplaza.org writes:
>>
>><< Should a mandatory "12 HEARTBEATS" succeed, >>
>>
>>Sharon, I must have missed something along the way, but to what is the "12
>>Heartbeats" refer?  I feel the anguish you must feel, because some of our
>>local trails are threatened, only to a much lesser degree.  Here, it is
the
>>hikers who want domain over certain trails, because the presence of horses
>>ruins their sense of peace and serenity, not to mention the "disgusting"
>horse
>>droppings on the trail.
>>Give me some more information and I will gladly send another letter to the
>>proper authorities.  I sent one before the convention.  Numbers count!
>>
>>Barbara McCrary
>>
>


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