BCH of Utah Chapter Receives Power of Service Award
Back Country Horsemen of America leads our quest to protect our right to ride horses on public lands with a lifestyle of volunteerism. Across the country, on any given day, Back Country Horsemen are donating their time, effort, skill, and resources to trail maintenance, responsible recreation education, community outreach, being our voice in public lands planning meetings, and so much … Read More
BCHA is Joining the National Park Service to Celebrate their 100th Anniversary
BCHA is joining the National Park Service and other partners to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park System, which was established on August 25, 1916. Our national parks and monuments celebrate the history and character of our nation. They include a long and colorful history of pack and saddle stock use that persists to the present day. National … Read More
Arkansas BCH Cowgirls Take their Pack Trip Purchased at Last Years Crowdfunding Campaign
Heading home after a most successful pack trip in the Emigrant Wilderness of the Stanislaus National Forest in California–trail boss Dennis Serpa riding Poppy and leading 3 other mules, Theis Thoming riding his Arab Jess, Jacque Alexander riding Johnny the Mule, Lee Owning riding Sato and pulling 3 mules, Karen Lopes riding her quarter horse Junior and leading Dolly, and … Read More
Remembering BCHC Sierra Freepackers member John Glenn
John Glenn, Denise & Robby Robinson, it took three days to cut this log and get it moved off the trail. John Glenn 1940-2015 Back Country Horsemen of California, the U.S. Forest Service and the world lost a dedicated, talented, wonderful volunteer, father and grandfather on August 6, 2015. John Glenn died from injuries he incurred from a freak accident. It’s … Read More
BCHA Maintains and Repairs Multi-Use Trails
Back Country Horsemen of America values our nation’s beautiful landscape and works hard to protect our right to enjoy these lands by horseback. They also believe in being good stewards of this limited natural resource by practicing sound outdoor ethics, participating in trail maintenance, and sharing the trails with other users. To this end, BCH folks forge strong relationships with … Read More
BCHC Sierra Freepackers head to Granite Creek
As a recipient of one of the $1000.00 BCHA Grants, fifteen members of the Sierra Freepackers headed to Granite Creek on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Our original plan was to pack in to 77 Corral and start on the removal of the stock fence per the Forest Service request. After the Forest Service looked at usage of the area and that … Read More
BCHW Bar B Q Flats Project
How long does it take to tear down and replace a 1000 foot fence? Two days – if you have 30 Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) volunteers, a tractor with a backhoe, two tractors with frontend loaders, two quads with trailers plus every tool imaginable to dig post holes in rocky terrain. Bar B Q Flats, a pine forest … Read More
Newsletter, Summer of 2015 Issue
Click here to Open the Summer 2015 Newsletter Inside This Issue From the Secretary’s Desk 2 Tales of the Trails 2 From the Chairman’s Saddle 3 National Reports 4,5 The Catch Pen 5, 6-7, 12 Reporting from Mariposa County 8,9 From the Executive Director’s Desk 11 The Trails Forever Fund 11 NextGen BCHA 12
