Re: Horse Trails Issues

[Connie Hoge <connieh@aa.net>]

In the Discovery show - they said that we have more horses in the US than any
other time in our history!  Wouldn't you think that would give us some
"clout"?
Connie H.

connie B Berto wrote:

> Linda, thank you for your post  about trails, maintenance, and fallout
> from the Clemson Symposium.   I've been sort of waiting to read just what
> you wrote; that behind the warm fuzzies on the surface, there are real
> issues, serious issues, that could possibly close trails and staging
> areas to equestrians.
>     Your account of the filthy corrals, etc., is pretty awful.   I
> wonder, though, how many parks provide debris boxes to use for soiled
> bedding or hay?   Not to excuse the negligent campers, but I recall a
> time in a horse camp in our local state park where equestrians dutifully
> bagged all the bedding, etc., and the pile of black plastic bags got
> bigger...and bigger...some finally sun-rotted through and burst...before
> they were ever picked up by park people.
>     Your post is a wake-up call for horsepeople everywhere, and I thank
> you for putting it on Ridecamp.  Will you send it to Doyle Patrick for
> pubication in Endurance News? Cheers (;-),  Connie B.
>
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