Twin Rivers Backcountry Horsemen
PO
Box 1633
Lewiston, ID 83501
Trails and Tales Newsletter
October 2006 - Issue # 50
TRBCH Membership Meeting
October 10,
2006 7:00 PM – Guests Welcome
Fish and Game Facility, Lewiston, ID
Trail Bosses Responsibilities
During the September meeting it was brought up that
the trail bosses for each project should be submitting reports to the newsletter
and the website. Photos are also needed
for the website; let’s do as good as or better than all those other
chapters. Disk photos are the best. Rod Parks is working on updating the trail
boss responsibility procedure. If you
have comments or suggestions, please give him a call.
Blue Mountain Elk Fence
Project
Two
days in the last two weeks Mark Bogar took a beautiful fall ride in to the
Blues to check the elk fence. The fires
have finally been controlled and the sky was truly blue. The first ride was made with Pat Bogar, Mike
Berghammer, Bruce Wyatt, and Larry Taylor.
The weather was perfect and since this project needed attention soon, we
made a few phone calls to invite folks and headed on up to Peola. We did a lot of brush cutting, sawing of
little trees, and sawing of a few big trees.
Over all the fence from the Forest Service line at Iron Springs Road to the east is in pretty good condition.
Then because the weather was so good, Mark and Jim
Bunch made a Monday ride from the Forest Service line at Iron Springs Road to the west. We cut some trees off the fence. The fence from Iron Springs to Pataha Creek
is in pretty good condition. From Pataha Creek to the main mountain road needs
a lot of repair, as well as brushing and tree cutting. The fence is not in
quite as good of shape in that direction, part of it has burned and is being
replaced.
This is an ongoing project that we need to work on, so
don’t feel left out as we will try to plan a head a bit more on the next ride
in that direction. We are not obligated
to do all of this work this year, but we at least know the general condition of
the fence and what we need to do in the future. By Mark Bogar, Trail Boss
Christmas Party
We will be discussing the party and where
we will be having it at this meeting. If
you are interested in helping in any way, please speak up at the meeting or
call Bruce Wyatt.
Tucannon
Cummins Creek Trailhead Project
We will be setting a date for the
Cummins Creek hitch rails and animal gate project at the October meeting. We need one day to go down on the Tucannon to
the Fish and Wildlife shop to build the above mentioned items. The iron is down there, we should plan on
taking some tools, i.e. saw horses, welder, chop saw and band saw, etc. This needs to be completed by early
November.
The reason for this project is F
& W took out the horse camping area at Cummins Creek and are adding to the
next campground up the road. If we are
going to get this in to a horse camping area, we need to participate with this
project. Cummins Creek can be ridden
year around and is a nice place to camp.
Let’s keep it available to livestock.
Ed Bishop is the Trail Boss on this project.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
2006
Officers
President: Bruce
Wyatt Board
of Directors: Dave Lumley, Steve
Schlottman, Scott
V
President: Tom Fitzpatrick Koehler,
Bob Shelton, Don Uhlman, Larry Taylor
Secretary: Jackie
Koehler (New
2006) Mary Sickles, Toni Bogar,
Dave Favor, Bill Correll
Treasurer: Toni
Bogar
State
Dir: Rod
Parks, Mark Bogar, Alternate: Wayne Cox
Forest Service Projects: - Bill Correll – 509-243-4855, email – Paul Bogar –
208-746-2686
Fish
& Game Projects (Craig Mountains & Blue
Mountains) – Rod Parks –
509-758-7283
Corp
of Engineer (Hellsgate) Liaison: - JJ
Jones – 208-798-8714
Officer Nomination for Next Year
Consider running for office this year! We always like new ideas and changes, well
most of us like them.
Also we need board of directors and
a new face behind the newsletter (new ideas would be good too).
Fish Lake Project
Update
Planned
for September 1, this project was once again postponed until further
notice. Trail Boss Paul Bogar,
743-2686. Contact him for questions.
TRBCH
Website
Under construction, but please check this out!
Let
Becky know what you think!!! Becky's email is bpaull@clearwire.net and our website is www.twinriversbch.com
Right to Ride Information
I, Steve Didier, am asking the
Chapters in Idaho to back away from any support for Wilderness, new or other
wise, until we have a chance to determine if our National strategy for Right to
Ride is working (read Sen. Craig & Dominici). At this point in time with the Trails
Classification issue and the tendency on the part of the agencies to limit
and/or deny access to pack and saddle stock, particularly in Wilderness - when
viewed nationally -- we do not see how BCHA can support any new Wilderness. BCH
of Washington has even gone so far as to say that they will begin to cut back
and even stop volunteer efforts within Wilderness unless they see some change
in the present direction and attitude on the part of the agencies, Forest Service
in particular.
Thanks,
Steven J Didier
Public Lands Chairman
Back Country Horsemen of America
(208) 926-4910
BCH Members at Work
April 1st and Sept 30th,
Mark and Pat Bogar,
assembled
and judged the Trail Class at the Lewis Clark Saddle Club spring and fall
horseshow. They were both successful, in
that we heard good things about the obstacles and overall events. This is a good way to promote the BCH and
something that we as a chapter should be involved with. It looks like we may be asked to build the
trail class for the Asotin County Fair, time will tell. BCH has sponsored the Trail Class awards
during this last year at both the Asotin County Fair and the Nez Perce County
Fair. That, too, is a good way to
promote the BCH.
Good luck to all you hunters!! And may you all enjoy your riding in the
wonderful fall weather!