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[pct-l] If there were no horses...



At 12:14 PM 10/11/00 , "(R.J.Calliger)" <calliger@infolane.com> wrote:
>THAT is why quotas were started in part.  If there were no horses on the
>trails quotas for the rest of us would not be needed.

Actually there are NO quotas for the commercial pack outfits using horses 
on the trail. Private users (pedestrian AND equestrian) need to fit within 
the quotas, but the commercial pack outfits have unrestricted access.

Perhaps the problem is NOT the horses per se, but the overuse by the 
commercial enterprises given carte blanche to use the trails. (I suggest 
the person who objected to race directors making money "from the PCT" 
consider that.....)

If the anti-horse-on-the-pct folks would approach this as an 
"overuse/mismanagement" issue by one class of business, instead of "I hate 
horses on the trail," I think that something might actually get done about 
the problem

If you want to research, look for the term "packer override" in the forest 
use plans...

Responding to this post with "but all horses are bad and should be kept off 
the trail" shows to me that the response is emotional rather than reasoned. 
There just aren't that many private equestrians to do very much damage.

-Brick

I really don't wan to reopen the horse wars again.....

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