trail
savers...fi ghting the good fi ght
Terri Folks, Associate Editor of Trail Blazer, from Edmond, Oklahoma, works tirelessly to help save our trails.
Would you like to see your horse group featured in this column? T en email
trailsaver@trailblazermagazine.us with information and photos, and you too could receive national recognition as a Trail Saver!
Michigan Trail Riders Association Logs Over 430 Volunteer Trail Hours
T e Michigan Trail Riders Association is
charged with maintaining the Shore to Shore Riding Trails and equestrian camps that cross the state. T is year, with more than 430 logged hours, 83 volunteers participated in their “work bees.” In other news, MTRA reports that the
new MDNR Recreation Passport has been an overwhelming success in its first year. With a $10 fee, it is possible to enter all of Michigan’s State Parks and use the facilities. And if holding tanks are full on an LQ rig, the $10 fee enables users to use RV dump areas at no extra charge. A Passport Perks program is being investigated that would provide spe- cial discounts. For more information on the Passport program, visit
www.michigan.gov/ recreationpassport T e Michigan Horse Council Horse Expo
is planned for March 9-12, 2012 in East Lan- sing at the Livestock Pavilion. MTRA is a member of the Michigan Horse Council and will be hosting a booth at the Expo. For more information, visit
www.mtra.org
Collaboration Between Georgia Trail Groups Marks 3,000 Feet of Trail Work
The first collaborative trail workday in
several years took place at Jake Mountain in Georgia during August. This effort was between the Chattahoochee Trail Horse Association (CTHA), Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) and the US Forest Service. T ere were 56 volunteers plus two USFS personnel. With combined forces, they logged more than 225 hours in just one day. T ey worked on three diff erent trails with three machines (dingos and a Ditch Witch) and also by hand. T e ground crew debermed and created nicks on 2,000 feet of newly con- structed, re-routed trail. Grassy pavers were laid at one trail entrance to stabilize it. A saw crew widened an overgrown trail that had
T e Chat ahoochee Trail
Horse Association (CTHA), Southern Off Road Bicycle
Association (SORBA) and the US Forest Service.
become too narrow. With four ground crews, they actually
covered close to 3,000 feet. Aſt er complet- ing the four 500-foot sections, they moved further down the trail and completed the next two sections. SORBA brought giveaways and almost
everyone went home with something. Lunch was provided by the CTHA and was cooked by a professional chef. Workdays are held each month and all are
invited to participate. For more information about the
Chat ahoochee Trail Horse Association, visit
www.ride-ctha.org
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