posted Jun 9, 2020
In this webinar you will learn about how three different communities have developed and maintained successful equestrian trail system on private land.
posted May 13, 2020
Learn the ins and out of developing a program by establishing trust and delegating to a volunteer leader so an employee can manage the project.
posted Dec 17, 2019
Best practices for trail design planning, construction, and management in undeveloped natural areas and connecting to urban edge settings.
published Oct 17, 2019
by
Back Country Horsemen of America
Organizations working together can tackle problems and issues that are too large for single organizations to handle.
published Sep 25, 2019
by
Guy Zoellner with USDA Forest Service
Packers still play an important role in backcountry trail development.
published Jan 1, 2001
by
Council of Bay Area Resource Conservation Districts
This guide provides practical management information to San Francisco Bay Area horse owners on what they can do to help protect the environment. Whether a horse owner has one animal or operates a boarding facility, all equestrians play an important role in assuring that our watersheds are healthy and our creeks clean. Because of increasing pressures from human activity, all potential sources of environmental pollution are under critical scrutiny. Pollution can come from either point sources (e.g., a specific manufacturing plant) or nonpoint sources (e.g., livestock throughout a ranch).
posted Jun 6, 2018
Construction involved professional trail contractors, youth service crews, and community volunteer groups. The three-mile trail is a segment of the 20-mile Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Trail that will circumnavigate the community of Gerton.
published Apr 1, 2001
New research suggests that mountain suggests that mountain bikes and boots leave equal wear and tear on trails. How bikers ride and where hikers step may make more of a difference.
published May 26, 2018
by
Pam Gluck with American Trails
From Horse Trails Symposium, Clemson University, 1998.
published Dec 31, 2007
Federal transportation laws and regulations do not prohibit the use of shared use paths or trails by equestrians.