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From: Quinn, Adda <AQUINN@epri.com>
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Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 6:00 PM
>The economic value of horse keeping will become a vital issue in the debate
>as urban areas continue to be encroached upon. If you have not seen this
>study, please read. Contact your local college and see if you can get
>someone to do the same for your county. Be sure the results of any such
>effort get to envirohors@aol.com <mailto:envirohors@aol.com> as soon as
>possible. Please pass this through your networks. Let me know asap if you
>get any takers so we can track results.
>Regards from Adda Quinn via Bob Griswold, both of EnviroHorse
>
>1. Go to HTTP://www.sonoma.edu/econ/ <HTTP://www.sonoma.edu/econ/>
>2. When the page comes up, click on The Economics Department
>3. When that page comes up, click on Research & Internship
>4. When that page comes up, click on The Economic Impact of Horse
>Riding in Sonoma County
>
>For those of you who have not heard of EnviroHorse, we are an all volunteer
>not-for-profit group that is just getting started. We represent all
aspects
>of equine interest and use from breeders, competitive riders, pleasure
trail
>rides, stable owners, to boarders. Here is the gist our first press
>release:
>
>With the beginning of a century that will bring more environmental
>challenges to the horse industry, EnviroHorse will assist in the
development
>of general and scientific data to help others respond to these challenges.
>Organized by California equine owners who are concerned about the ever
>increasing threats to the horse industry from issues related to water
>quality, trail use, horse keeping, and zoning, etc., EnviroHorse has sprung
>from discussions and thoughts into a viable organization which exists to
>provide information to equestrians in need.
>
>We have three goals:
>1. to establish and provide a clearinghouse for information on horses,
>horsekeeping, trails and equine use
>2. to facilitate filling data gaps through credible research. Research
>needs are being identifiied (send us yours!). Researchers will be located
>and requested to propose approaches that will respond to these needs. We
>will try to get free academic attention to the needs, or vested-interest
>funders where appropriate.
>3. To provide references and encourage others to advocate for and
>educate people about horse use and impacts.
>
>Currently EnviroHorse has a number of research projects under way or in
>planning addressing:
>-non-pathogenic e. coli in water and effects on people and fauna
>-nutrients in water
>-thermal issues in composting
>-non-bridge ecological stream crossings
>-syntheses of what is known on exotic seed spread by equines
>-environmental issues in horsekeeping
>-decomposition relates for horse excrement
>
>If you can assist us in any way please contact us at envirohors@aol.com
><mailto:envirohors@aol.com> or 800-255-3774x2478 or 650- 802-8654. If you
>are facing an issue that needs reseach, please tell us. If you have any
>peer-reviewed published papers, websites, or other resources that have been
>helpful or informative, let us know what they are. We have some
information
>already that may be of use to you. We have immediate need for help
>designing a web site and getting us on that line of access. All help
>appreciated. Tx aq
>