
Please come to the next Roaring Fork Valley Horse
Council Meeting:
Sunday, April 13, 3:30
pm -
Eagle County Comuunity Center
Hwy 82, El Jebel
1. Please bring some appetizer or dessert
to share. Drinks will be provided.
2. This event is free and open to the
public, come meet your "horsey" friends
and make new ones. we hope you will consider joining the Horse Council to
help us continue our mission
2. This event is free and open to the
public, come meet your "horsey" friends
and make new ones. we hope you will consider joining the Horse Council to
help us continue our mission.
3. Meet new riding friends and
plan your season excursions!!
4. Learn more about the All
Beings Equal Horse Rescue in Basalt
5. Be
prepared with Emergency First Aid on the Trail
6. An Official Endurance Ride is finally coming to the
Valley - Learn how to
participate!!
Our
January 12 Meeting Highlights
3. Carbondale
Fire Department's Bill Gavette will
explain what every horse
and animal owner should know and do.
4. Learn more about the 10th
Mountain Hut System and how it could fit
into
your summer riding plans for a wilderness adventure.
5. A representative of the Wilderness
Workshop will have an A/V presentation
on the exciting "Hidden Gems"
Wilderness Project :
Tim
Balzer of the Wilderness Workshop will present an exciting
Overview of the "Hidden Gems" effort:
The White River Wilderness Coalition – an alliance of local and
regional groups, and concerned citizens – is leading the Hidden Gems
Wilderness Campaign, seeking designation of major new wilderness
additions on the White River National Forest and nearby Bureau of Land
Management lands.
The proposal would create several brand-new, standalone wilderness
areas, while significantly enlarging our existing wildernesses.The White
River National Forest is a landscape of national importance, located
right here . It’s the country’s most visited national forest, and
along with nearby BLM lands it straddles an ecologically vital portion
of the Upper Colorado River watershed. These public lands contain a
critical stretch of a continent-scale wildlife migration corridor while
providing core habitat for Colorado’s recently reintroduced lynx
population.
Most of the existing designated wilderness in Colorado is of the
high-elevation, “rock and ice” variety. Still unprotected are the Hidden
Gems targeted in this campaign, which exist at the more
ecologically diverse middle elevations and provide some of the most
important habitat for imperiled species. Designating these areas as
wilderness will add valuable biodiversity to our nation’s wilderness
legacy.
In addition, areas such as Spraddle
Creek (near Vail), Thompson
Creek (near Carbondale), Hoosier
Ridge (near Breckenridge) and Hunter
Creek (near Aspen) are important recreation spots for those
communities.
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