Re: [RC] re: Bryce and wilderness - Truman Prevatt
Pushing for legislation is a good idea. However, based on a the small
number of people involved and based on the history of the AHC and the
BCHA effort to get the Right to Ride legislation through Congress - I
believe if we want to ride on Wilderness we need to look for formats
where we can do that.
For those that don't know the BCHA has been working with the AHC to
push what some call the "Right to Ride" - "Preservation of Equine
Heritage on Public Lands Act" through Congress. This would impact all
horsemen who ride on federal public land - not just endurance riders.
http://www.horsecouncil.org/pressreleases/2007_Preserving_Equine_Heritage.php
The bill has made it though committee in the House but has not yet been
above to get out of committee in the Senate. The reason is the Senate
committee views it as a "special interest" legislation and will not
consider it unless the scope is broadened to include other interest.
The AHC is still working the issue but it is unclear how successful
they will be.
Based on this effort I see pushing such legislation to remove the
exception for very small special interest - the AERC in the big scheme
of things is a very small group - has as much chance in Congress as a
snow ball has in lasting four days outside in August in Florida.
In any case if such a process started today and the AERC did eventually
prevail most of us would be long dead before it happened.
If we want to ride in Wilderness land - best bet I see is to work
within the system and develop a format that would allow that. It may
not be an endurance ride as we define it today. However, if enough
members see it as something the AERC should support - then it should be
pursued.
Truman
Joe Long wrote:
That's a problem. But we are not the only group disaffected by the
arrogance of the Sierra Club and its allies who want to close vast
tracts of public land to everyone but themselves.
It took an act of Congress to get the Tevis grandfathered through
Granite Chief. I'd like the AERC to seek a specific exemption for
endurance rides through our Congressmen.
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“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct
him to
hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think
differently.”Friedrich Nietzsche
