Mounted search and rescue

["Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>]

Now is a VERY good time to become VERY active in seeking assistance from your local Congressman/woman to support the proposed Right-To Ride On Public Lands Act. (see forwarded message below for more info.)

"To preserve the recreational use of pack and saddle stock animals on public lands, including wilderness areas, administered by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service where there is a historical tradition of such use, and for other purposes." (Proposed Right-To Ride On Public Lands Act - Congressman George Radanovich,
CA)

This will need a lot of backing nationwide to become reality!

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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co, CA
SAR, MSAR, Swiftwater Rescue, US&R,
Hasty Team, ICP
www.CEOates.com/sar

 

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----- Original Message -----
> FROM: Backcountry Horsemen of California High Sierra Unit
> Wolverton Pack Station Committee
> 1102 N. Chinowth Street
> Visalia, California 93291-4113
> Telephone: (559) 733-5770
> FAX: (559) 733-4922
>
> July 8, 2003
>
> TO: Officers and Members of
> Backcountry Horsemen of California, Inc.
>
> Re: Right-to-Ride on Public Lands Act
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> A powerful, significant opportunity confronts us. Congressman George
Radanovich is soliciting fellow Members of the House of Representatives to
co-sponsor the Right-to-Ride on Public Lands Act at this very moment.
Congressman Radanovich is Chair of the powerful Resources Committee. I
beseech you to immediately contact your local Congressman and urge him or
her to contact Tricia Geringer in Congressman Radanovich's office (House of
Representatives phone number 5-4540) or Damon Nelson in Representative Devin
Nunes' office immediately to indicate his or her support for this bill and
to be an "original co-sponsor" of the bill.
>
> The proposed Right-to-Ride Legislation was presented to the National Board
of Directors by National Director Ben York at the National Board of
Directors meeting in Coos Bay, Oregon in April 2003 and received unanimous
approval and support. It is essential that all of our units and as many
individuals as possible now urge their local Congressmen to become
co-sponsors and supporters of this legislation.
>
> You can view a copy of the bill at
http://www.bchc.com/documents/RIGHT-TO-RIDE.pdf.
>
> For assistance in determining your representative, try
http://www.bchc.com/membership/writerep.html.
>
> Very truly yours,
>
> RICHARD H. COCHRAN
> File No. 9397-19QQ