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Re: [RC] Appeal of Horse Restrictions to Designated Trails in Southern NF - Jo Ann KnightWhat is sad is that some are trying to make it look like horses do such damage compared to people, and yet the horse is loosing numbers, if I recall correctly, and can't be as big a problem as people and motorized recreational contraptions, and I am using the word I want to use here! In one of our parks near me here in California, they "improed the trail". Now these are multi use trails for people and horses and bicyclist (bicycles are ok). Horse and rider are to step to side of trail to allow foot traffic and bicycles to go by. That is well and fine. The previous trails in most areas were nice and wide or the footing off trail was safe. Now comes the improved trail folks, whoopie, better footing for the foot traffic, narrower trail so you don't get lost right. It used to be possible to pass each other without anyone getting off the trail, in some areas. Not now. Much of the area off trail appears to be just soil, wrong! IT is rocks fist sized rocks, or bigger, piled along each side of trail then covered with dirt. My companion and I were riding our horses there for the first time since the improvement (this was back in 1997 or 98, and we walked our horses right into this soft dirt coverd layer of rocks and it was not good footing at all and it was a couple feet wide on either side I think. Wide enough that you can't just step over it to get to the real firm safe footing! Well, the point is, it seems some Parks and Recreation people all over this nation want to do away with allowing horsemen to go anywhere in them thar hills! Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Jim Holland Subject: [RC] Appeal of Horse Restrictions to Designated Trails in Southern NF On April 29th, 2004 the Back Country Horsemen of East Tennessee and Back Country Horsemen of America filed an appeal of the Forest Service Plans for the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee and the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests in Georgia... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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