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I just finished scanning this text.  It is really well written, you can read it 
by following the links below.  Enjoy!
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--- On Mon, 7/21/08, appalucie@xxxxxxx <appalucie@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: appalucie@xxxxxxx <appalucie@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fwd: Planning and Designing Outdoor Recreation Facilities for Horses
> To: appalucie@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 7:52 PM
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
>
> n case some of you are interested...
> Nancy Feakes, Recreation Manager
> ark Twain National Forest
> 73-364-4621 x472
> ---- Forwarded by Nancy Feakes/R9/USDAFS on 06/11/2008
> 11:01 AM -----
> ----- Forwarded by Margaret Lincoln/R9/USDAFS on 06/09/2008
> 04:05 PM -----
> ---- Forwarded by Kathie Snodgrass/WO/USDAFS on 06/06/2008
> 01:19 PM -----
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>        Subject 
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> Planning and Designing 
>                                       Outdoor Recreation
> Facilities for   
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>      Planning and Designing Outdoor Recreation Facil
> ities for Horses
>           By Sunni Bradshaw
>       Horse use has a long tradition on national forests,
> particularly
>      forests with lots of backcountry. Today, more and more
> riders enjoy
>      facilities closer to cities and towns. Information
> about planning,
>      designing, and managing these facilities has not been
> readily
>      available. The comprehensive “Equestrian Design
> Guidebook for Trails,
>      Trailheads, and Campgrounds”  can help land
> managers, landscape
>      architects, and others create successful outdoor
> recreation programs
>      and facilities for horses and their riders. The
> emphasis is on highly
>      developed facilities and programs such as those found
> in urban,
>      rural, and some wildland areas. The Federal Highway
> Administration
>      funded production of this guidebook.
>      The tech tip describing this guidebook can be viewed
> at:
>      http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/08232332/
>      Persons outside the Forest Service computer network
> can view the
>      guidebook itself at:
>     
> http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/php/library_card.php?p_num=0723%202816
>      (Username: t-d, Password: t-d)
>
>      New Horse Trails Book Available for Forest Service
> Employees
>      By Sunni Bradshaw
>      Another book sponsored by the Federal Highway
> Administration,
>      “Recreational Horse Trails for Rural and WIldland
> Areas: Design,
>      Construction, and Maintenance,” explains the
> ecological context for
>
>      planning, designing, and building backcountry horse
> trails and
>      facilities that are compatible with soils, watersheds,
> and
>      ecosystems.  The tech tip describing this book in more
> detail is
>      available at:
>      http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/08232320
>      Can purchase the book from Clemson University’s Web
> site:
>      http://www.clemson.edu/forestres/
>      Electronic copies of MTDC’s documents are available
> on the Internet
>      at:
>      http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/
>      (Username: t-d, Password: t-d)



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