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"Founders of Backcountry Horsemen
Look Back on 30 Years of Wilderness Work" - Learn how the original
Backcountry Horsemen chapter was formed in Montana and grew into a
national organization representing horsemen to preserve horse use on
public land." To read this article Click
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THE GREAT DIVIDE: Trail users disagree over ATVs in
the wild.
Nov 11th http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=111101&ID=s1051252
CLINTON FOREST PROTECTIONS UPHELD: The chief of the
U.S. Forest Service has upheld a Clinton administration plan to protect
the Sierra Nevada’s old-growth trees and reduce timber cutting in the
range.
Nov 17th http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=111701&ID=s1056114
CATTLEMAN PROPOSES SWITCH TO BISON: A rancher has
proposed replacing his cattle herd with bison to avoid grizzly bear
conflicts on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Nov 18th
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=111801&ID=s1056986
JUDGE LIMITS PACK ANIMALS IN SIERRA FORESTS: A
federal judge, seeking to protect the high Sierra backcountry, has
ordered a 20 percent cut in overnight trips for commercial packers using
pack horses and other animals next summer in two wilderness areas east
of Fresno. Ruling says
Forest Service should have waited for environmental analysis before
issuing permits.
Nov 21st
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=112101&ID=s1059524
LOST POTENTIAL:
LOTS OF ROOM ON THE OLD RAIL TRAIL, DESPITE OBSTACLES:
The John Wayne Pioneer Trail is a shadow
of the attraction it could have been, owing to a few private landowners
who have gouged much of the promise and potential from Washington's
longest rail trail.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=060202&ID=s1154197
SPACE MADE FOR HORSEBACK RIDERS: Separate parking lots make good
neighbors. After years of sharing the off-road vehicle park
parking lot at Liberty Lake Regional Park, horseback riders and hikers
have a space of their own. "It was crowded," said Ken Carmichael,
president of the Inland Northwest chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen.
"It's not the best thing to have a dirt bike next to a horse."
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=071302&ID=s1182276&cat=se
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