HOT BUTTON ISSUES AND DEADLINES
Please go to the PROJECTS PAGE for more Suety and Haines History September 27, 2019 During the summer and into the fall, the steps to finalize the designs for the Historic Sutey Ranch equestrian parking and the Mountain Bike Trail are reaching consensus. The work that was done on equestrian parking by the New Hampshire Horse Council is being sent to the land managers, so that we can be assured the parking configurations for the Sutey Ranch are sufficient. Here is a equestrian parking document for your education and review:http://www.nhhorsecouncil.org/NHHC%20Forms/Equestrian%20Parking-General.pdf
RED ALERT! E-BIKES
We need to direct our readers to respond immediately BLM, US Forest Service, and DIO directly and please copy us. These are the email addresses copied on the Wilderness Society letter. We press all horsemen, horsewomen, friends and outdoor recreationalists to write to the following leaders and land managers. We need a ground swell of your voices to help keep trail use organized and in keeping with traditional hiking, horseback riding and human powered bicycle use.
The Secretary of the Department of Interior has already made the decision regarding e-bikes being allowed on multi-use trails. Horsemen will most likely see ebikes on the Crown, Redhill, our Historic Sutey Ranch , and other BLM managed lands and possibly on other US Forest Lands . On August 29th he issued order # 3376 . In a nutshell, ebikes could be allowed anywhere on the Department of Interior managed Lands (US Forest, BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Agency) where other types of bikes are allowed including mountain bikes. Unless our voices can be heard.
The land managers have until Sept 17th to make their management plans consistent with the new mandate. They have until September 29 to respond to the Dept of Interior with the following:
1. Summary of policy changes.
2. Summary of any laws that block full adoption of the order.
3. Timeline to seek public comment of changing regulations.
As horsemen and horsewomen, you need to become involved locally and stay informed if you find this concerning. The following link is a letter of protest signed by many agencies including the Back Country Horsemen of America explaining the negative impact this new order will have on our public lands and our enjoyment and safety. Here is the link to the Wilderness Society letter you can use: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/letter-outdoor-groups-opposes-allowing-e-bikes-non-motorized-trails-public-lands
HERE ARE THE EMAIL LINKS FOR YOUR LETTERS, the postal addresses at the end of this report are for below:
Vicki Christiansen - Chief, USDA Forest Service vcchristiansen@fs.fed.us
Dan Smith - Deputy Director, National Parks Service Daniel_Smith@nps.gov
William Perry Pendley/Michael Nedd – Acting Director(s), Bureau Land Management blm_wo_director@blm.gov
Andy Tenney -Division Chief, Recreation and Visitor Services, Bureau of Land Management atenney@blm.gov
Michiko Martin - Director, Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Services USDA Forest Service michikojmartin@fs.fed.us
Bob Ratcliffe - Division Chief, Conservation and Outdoor Recreation National Park Service robert_ratcliffe@nps.gov
Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council : RFVHC.colorado@gmail.com
Links to information from the Wilderness Society including letter of Protest sent to Department of Interior
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/here-are-facts-e-bikes-and-public-lands
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/national-groups-blast-interior-dept-opening-non-motorized-trails-e-bikes
Please review, send a letter yourself to our local BLM Agency in Silt, Colorado, US Forest Service. Below is the postal contact information. Please CC. your letter to the RFVHC. Email addresses to important law makers are listed above. The RFVHC Postal Address is: Box 127 Snowmass, CO.
BLM Silt Co Office: https://www.blm.gov/offi…/colorado-river-valley-field-office
Mailing Address:
2300 River Frontage Road
Silt, CO 81652
Phone: 970-876-9000
Please CC:
US Forest Service Supervisors Office: https://www.fs.usda.gov/land/whiteriver/landmanagement
White River
National Forest
Supervisor's Office
900 Grand Ave.
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(970)-945-2521
Dept of Interior Secretary
feedback@ios.doi.gov The current interior secretary is David Bernhardt, who held the office in an acting capacity until April 2019. He succeeded Ryan Zinke who resigned on January 2, 2019. David Bernhardt is from Rifle.
Mailing Address: Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240
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COLORADO OUTBREAK FOR VSV
URGENT:
VSV Update: Colorado Vesicular Stomatitis As of September 24, 2019, 44 horses are in quarantine, 622 horses have been released and four horses in Garfield County are still in quarantine and two horses have been released. . To track the progress yourself, here is the Colorado Department of Agriculture VSV Update 9.1.2019 ( This link will take you to the current UPDATE )
The National link from the USDA Updates on Equine Health & Diseases will also keep you, your neighbors, stable help, and equine friends "in the know" for all up-to-date equine news.
Please let the RFVHC, the Colorado Horse Council or the Colorado Department of Agriculture know if you need help. A "need" for a blue ribbon, a championship, a horse sale or transport, or a training job is not important enough to put our local valleys and our animals in risk.
MAKE PLANS TO CHANGE YOUR PLANS - KEEP THE Roaring Fork Valley and beyond SAFE, and our counties "OFF" THIS LIST!
HERE IS A GUIDE FOR YOUR VETS - MAKE SURE YOUR VET IS AWARE!
https://drive.google.com/…/1pr0wyN2IRz7LNyC-L4mU2Ssyuu…/view
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHOWING SYMPTOMS IN HORSES
https://drive.google.com/…/1AWC-7db4_vhlnNqT7TZDQ7Knxj…/view
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SYMPTOMS IN CATTLE
https://drive.google.com/…/1iFf54b75AvZJbJ13q4kSrVKv_S…/view
Take care, and let the RFVHC, the Colorado Horse Council or the Colorado Department of Agriculture know if you need help. A "need" for a blue ribbon, a championship, a horse sale or transport, or a training job is not important enough to put our local valleys and our animals in risk.
SUTEY PARKING - Please go to the PROJECTS PAGE for more Suety and Haines History
RED ALERT! E-BIKES
We need to direct our readers to respond immediately BLM, US Forest Service, and DIO directly and please copy us. These are the email addresses copied on the Wilderness Society letter. We press all horsemen, horsewomen, friends and outdoor recreationalists to write to the following leaders and land managers. We need a ground swell of your voices to help keep trail use organized and in keeping with traditional hiking, horseback riding and human powered bicycle use.
The Secretary of the Department of Interior has already made the decision regarding e-bikes being allowed on multi-use trails. Horsemen will most likely see ebikes on the Crown, Redhill, our Historic Sutey Ranch , and other BLM managed lands and possibly on other US Forest Lands . On August 29th he issued order # 3376 . In a nutshell, ebikes could be allowed anywhere on the Department of Interior managed Lands (US Forest, BLM, US Fish & Wildlife Agency) where other types of bikes are allowed including mountain bikes. Unless our voices can be heard.
The land managers have until Sept 17th to make their management plans consistent with the new mandate. They have until September 29 to respond to the Dept of Interior with the following:
1. Summary of policy changes.
2. Summary of any laws that block full adoption of the order.
3. Timeline to seek public comment of changing regulations.
As horsemen and horsewomen, you need to become involved locally and stay informed if you find this concerning. The following link is a letter of protest signed by many agencies including the Back Country Horsemen of America explaining the negative impact this new order will have on our public lands and our enjoyment and safety. Here is the link to the Wilderness Society letter you can use: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/letter-outdoor-groups-opposes-allowing-e-bikes-non-motorized-trails-public-lands
HERE ARE THE EMAIL LINKS FOR YOUR LETTERS, the postal addresses at the end of this report are for below:
Vicki Christiansen - Chief, USDA Forest Service vcchristiansen@fs.fed.us
Dan Smith - Deputy Director, National Parks Service Daniel_Smith@nps.gov
William Perry Pendley/Michael Nedd – Acting Director(s), Bureau Land Management blm_wo_director@blm.gov
Andy Tenney -Division Chief, Recreation and Visitor Services, Bureau of Land Management atenney@blm.gov
Michiko Martin - Director, Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Services USDA Forest Service michikojmartin@fs.fed.us
Bob Ratcliffe - Division Chief, Conservation and Outdoor Recreation National Park Service robert_ratcliffe@nps.gov
Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council : RFVHC.colorado@gmail.com
Links to information from the Wilderness Society including letter of Protest sent to Department of Interior
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/here-are-facts-e-bikes-and-public-lands
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/national-groups-blast-interior-dept-opening-non-motorized-trails-e-bikes
Please review, send a letter yourself to our local BLM Agency in Silt, Colorado, US Forest Service. Below is the postal contact information. Please CC. your letter to the RFVHC. Email addresses to important law makers are listed above. The RFVHC Postal Address is: Box 127 Snowmass, CO.
BLM Silt Co Office: https://www.blm.gov/offi…/colorado-river-valley-field-office
Mailing Address:
2300 River Frontage Road
Silt, CO 81652
Phone: 970-876-9000
Please CC:
US Forest Service Supervisors Office: https://www.fs.usda.gov/land/whiteriver/landmanagement
White River
National Forest
Supervisor's Office
900 Grand Ave.
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(970)-945-2521
Dept of Interior Secretary
feedback@ios.doi.gov The current interior secretary is David Bernhardt, who held the office in an acting capacity until April 2019. He succeeded Ryan Zinke who resigned on January 2, 2019. David Bernhardt is from Rifle.
Mailing Address: Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240
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COLORADO OUTBREAK FOR VSV
URGENT:
VSV Update: Colorado Vesicular Stomatitis As of September 24, 2019, 44 horses are in quarantine, 622 horses have been released and four horses in Garfield County are still in quarantine and two horses have been released. . To track the progress yourself, here is the Colorado Department of Agriculture VSV Update 9.1.2019 ( This link will take you to the current UPDATE )
The National link from the USDA Updates on Equine Health & Diseases will also keep you, your neighbors, stable help, and equine friends "in the know" for all up-to-date equine news.
Please let the RFVHC, the Colorado Horse Council or the Colorado Department of Agriculture know if you need help. A "need" for a blue ribbon, a championship, a horse sale or transport, or a training job is not important enough to put our local valleys and our animals in risk.
MAKE PLANS TO CHANGE YOUR PLANS - KEEP THE Roaring Fork Valley and beyond SAFE, and our counties "OFF" THIS LIST!
HERE IS A GUIDE FOR YOUR VETS - MAKE SURE YOUR VET IS AWARE!
https://drive.google.com/…/1pr0wyN2IRz7LNyC-L4mU2Ssyuu…/view
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHOWING SYMPTOMS IN HORSES
https://drive.google.com/…/1AWC-7db4_vhlnNqT7TZDQ7Knxj…/view
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SYMPTOMS IN CATTLE
https://drive.google.com/…/1iFf54b75AvZJbJ13q4kSrVKv_S…/view
Take care, and let the RFVHC, the Colorado Horse Council or the Colorado Department of Agriculture know if you need help. A "need" for a blue ribbon, a championship, a horse sale or transport, or a training job is not important enough to put our local valleys and our animals in risk.
SUTEY PARKING - Please go to the PROJECTS PAGE for more Suety and Haines History
THE HISTORIC SUTEY RANCH - PERFECT FOR HORSEBACK RIDERS - YOUNG HORSES, BEGINNER TRAIL RIDERS
August 1, 2018 Prior to the August 5th, 2018 Deadline for Public Comment - the RFVHC submitted this document for the Historic Sutey Ranch and the Haines Parcel to the BLM as our Public Comment. Please read.
RFVHC Letter to The Colorado River Valley Field Office - BLM (PDF)
RFVHC Letter to The Colorado River Valley Field Office - BLM (PDF)
SPEAK UP NOW FOR EQUESTRIAN PARKING
Comments may still be e-mailed to blm_co_sutey_haines_rmpa@blm.gov or mailed to
BLM, 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652,
Attn: Sutey/Haines Management Plan.
ROARING FORK VALLEY HORSE COUNCIL
P.O. Box 127, Snowmass, Colorado 81654
* 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization *
rfvhc.colorado@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/keephorsesontrails/
P.O. Box 127, Snowmass, Colorado 81654
* 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization *
rfvhc.colorado@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/keephorsesontrails/