TheHorse.com has launched a new blog, “Trail Riding with The Horse.” The blog is geared toward the recreational rider and written by Ami McBride.
McBride is an avid trail rider who grew up enjoying public lands on the back of her horse in northeastern Oregon, and later eastern Washington and northern Idaho. She now lives in California’s Central Valley, where finding places to ride out are a bit more challenging, she said. But the challenge of accessing areas to ride is worth it. In her opening blog post, McBride wrote:
- To perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America’s backcountry and wilderness.
- To work to insure that public lands remain open to recreational stock use.
- To assist the various government and private agencies in their maintenance and management of said resource.
- To educate, encourage, and solicit active participation in the wise use of the back country resource by horsemen and the general public commens