If you do much camping with your horse, you’ve undoubtedly encountered people without horses camped in horse sites. Our former VP of Field Services, Rhonda Marquis, has been leading a crusade to get the Forest Service to limit horse camps to campers with stock. As she discovered when she conducted a survey recently, this is an ongoing problem … Read More
Update The survey is now closed. It ran from Jan. 14th, 2019 to Feb. 15th, 2020. We had over 3,400 responded to our questions. We want to thank everyone who participated in our survey. Please feel free to use the report as you need. For questions please email survey@oregonequestriantrails.org. Both Oregon Equestrian Trails.org (OET) and Back Country Horsemen … Read More
In 1983, Mildred Kanipe passed away, and left her beloved ranch to the public as a Douglas County Park. Mildred’s gift included almost 1,100 acres of land consisting of pastures, creeks, rolling hills, orchards and forests. Mildred Kanipe Park offers historical adventure with structures include a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse, a farmhouse, and outbuildings. The campground is an Equestrian’s dream … Read More
The North Valley chapter previously adopted the section of the Pacific Crest Trail(PCT) between Joe Graham Horse Camp and Triangle Lake Horse Camp. This section covered 26 miles of the PCT and we have met PCT through hikers on the trail and I am amaze me by their resolve. Becky Wolf a honorary OET member, had managed this … Read More
Central Oregon Oregon Equestrian Trails(OET) and East Cascades Back Country Horsemen (ECBCH) are very pleased to announce that the Metolius-Windigo Trail has been awarded the designation as an official Oregon Scenic Trail. OET has been working on obtaining this designation for the past two years, and it’s great to see our iconic trail being recognized in this way. … Read More
We wanted to pass on this letter from the United States Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management Dear Citizen, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eugene District Office, Siuslaw Resource Area is in the process of initiating preliminary planning for the Letz Ride Environmental Assessment (EA) (see Letz Ride scoping map) located at T. 20 S.; R. … Read More
There is a growing concern that non-equine campers have discovered campgrounds or sites that are intended for use only by campers with equines. As a result, these campgrounds are filling with non-equine campers, leaving campers with equines with no place to stay. It’s important that we collect information about specific events, so that we can truly assess the … Read More
The NW Chapter members in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Forestry, hold an annual Reehers Camp clean up. Each year the NW Chapter members spend an early Spring Saturday getting the camp ready for summer campers, in both the equestrian section and the non-horse camper section of the camp. They inspect the horse corrals for any damage from winter an … Read More
A Place to Camp in the Columbia River Gorge… Written by Barb Adams, Mt. Hood Chapter At the OET State Quarterly in February, a grant was approved to help build two 2-horse corrals at Herman Creek Horse Camp in partnership with the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (CRGNSA). Herman Creek Camp is the only horse camp along … Read More