Re: RC: ripped up shoe.

[Nancy DuPont <Htrails@earthlink.net>]

Good points!

At 11:20 PM 6/16/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Heidi, you are pretty shrewd -- my answer was partly in jest, partly in
>seriousness.  As you said, it's sad, in fact abysmal, when trail users
>(equestrians in particular) have to worry about the reaction to their
>concerns  --"Can't fix it for a while, but since you complained,  trail
>closed to horses."   It's sad when people don't think things through  --
>alluded to by Patty's reply -- "Darn!    How careless of me to shave that
>corner/tree trunk/stump/fencepost/whatever so close!  Next time it might
>be my horse's knee, shoulder, hock or hip that gets caught!"   And
>landowners are always shy on legal issues, despite the many state civil
>codes protecting them from just this sort of claim.
>    In a more subtle way, it points out  the value of straight dealing
>with agencies.  You don't cry WOLF! every time  something minor surfaces.
>   When agencies accept that you are practical, reasonable, and
>respectful of their  many constraints and duties,  the times when you do
>bring something up gets their attention.  For instance:    just two days
>ago, I sent a fax to our Marin County Open Space District rangers that
>(1) a major messy tree fall was blocking a horse trail and drew a map to
>show just where, and (2) the location of  too-tall grasses  where people
>park their rigs, thus the risk of hot catalytic converters setting the
>dry grasses on fire.   As of this afternoon, the tree has been cut and
>cleared out and the grasses have been mowed.   I  would not hesitate to
>bring up similar situations to the local federal, state, or water
>district offices either.   This is NOT to say that Chris and other
>volunteers don't also have good relations with agencies.   It's that the
>exchange of comments on the "shoe" incident has made me more appreciative
>of my own good fortune in this  area.   'Nuff preaching!!    Cheers (;-),
>  Connie B
> 
>
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