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THE TRAILS SAFE PASSING PLAN (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK and STAND BACK
THE TRAILS SAFE PASSING PLAN (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK and STAND BACK
Roaring Fork Valley Horse CouncilPO Box 127
Snowmass, Colorado 81654
(970) 948-2151
[email protected]
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org
Snowmass, Colorado 81654
(970) 948-2151
[email protected]
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org
The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back educational resource has been published by the Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) in Lexington, Kentucky. ELCR is working with the Trails are Common Ground (TaCG) campaign.
The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK and STAND BACK is a safety action plan to educate on what to do when encountering people with horses on the trails. The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back allows you to safely share the trails and is helpful for all trail users, including horses, dogs and children.
For our webinar, on March 31, 2023, AMERICAN TRAILS signed up over 400 land management teams, trail user groups, civil engineers, architects, grant and contract managers, economic development leaders, traffic safety engineers, marketing managers, park operation supervisors, park rangers, volunteer board members and naturalists, forestry technicians, destination development managers and state trail coordinators. All professionals and non-profit leaders looking for KNOWLEDGE and ANSWERS for safer multi-use, and horse-hiker trail programs.
We are asking trail users, student groups, equine clubs, trail associations, and land management teams that wish to use our Trail Sign to fill out the Trail Sign Registration Form to help us keep track of the use of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) and to give permission to use the copyrighted trail sign.
Click here to register: https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org/trailassociatelandmanagementteam-trailsignuse-form.html
More questions ? Send to [email protected]
NEW. Equine Land Conservation Resource Spring Edition 2024
Spotlight on the Trails Safe Passing Plan
https://elcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-010-ELCR-Sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
24-010-elcr-sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
Spotlight on the Trails Safe Passing Plan
https://elcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-010-ELCR-Sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
24-010-elcr-sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
WEBINAR RESOURCES, IMAGES and SOCIAL MEDIA MATERIAL:
To give you permission to use the copyrighted SIGN please fill out the
Trail Sign Registration Form:
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org/trailassociatelandmanagementteam-trailsignuse-form.html
To give you permission to use the copyrighted SIGN please fill out the
Trail Sign Registration Form:
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org/trailassociatelandmanagementteam-trailsignuse-form.html
LIBRARY of VIDEOS, PDF'S, and SOCIAL MEDIA
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1 minute 35 second video entitled Stop, Speak, Smile: The Key to Sharing the Trails Safely.
We feel this film best represents our Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK AND STAND BACK
The film is brought to you by Central Oregon Chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails and a coalition of partners:
Central Oregon Trail Alliance, East Cascades Chapter of Back Country, Horsemen of Oregon, Sister Trails
Alliance, Deschutes Trails Coalition and filmmaker Wahoo Films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nmrS9yuig hosted on the RFVHC You Tube Channel, skip ad and enjoy
American Trails 3.30.23 Webinar - One Hour
Here is the direct LINK American Trails 3.30.2023 Webinar https://youtu.be/rBsfPn2yGQU Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back
Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back (18 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the original PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back safety action plan with original Please Remember Card - ELCR
UPDATED LINK to the PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back safety action plan with NEW Please Remember Card - RFVHC
Here is the LINK to the Transcript (Word Doc ) Without the updated Please Remember Card language
Here is the LINK to the Transcript (PDF). Without the updated Please Remember Card language
RFVHC Trail Sign Presentation (28 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the PDF of the RFVHC Trail Sign Presented by Karin Reid Offield, RFVHC President (28 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the Transcript of the Trail Sign Presentation (Word Doc)
Here is the LINK to the Transcript of the Trail Sign Presentation (PDF)
Questions and Answers for Social Media Content
NEW: Here is the LINK to 10 Questions & Answers prepared for the American Trails Webinar Credits
NEW: Here is the LINK To the Webinar Questions and Answers, live and on-line answers with participants in the Webinar (PDF)
Media Coverage
NEW. Equine Land Conservation Resource Spring Edition Newsletter 2024. Spotlight on the Trails Safe Passing Plan
https://elcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-010-ELCR-Sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
24-010-elcr-sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
(All transcripts are organized, with paragraphs and correct spelling. Easy to copy/ paste)
Don't forget to use the Stop Speak Smile Video 1 minute .35 seconds ( It's short & effective)
Here is the direct LINK to the 1.35 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nmrS9yuig. .Please check back soon to check if a vimeo copy is available. Check here also for our RFVHC You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@rfvhorsecouncil/videos
More questions, need help? Send Karin an email to [email protected]
Our suggestion is to NOT reinvent wording when you are presenting, or posting, as you are welcome to cut, copy and paste material from the PDF's and Word Docs. Attached are all the Word Docs, and PDF's that you can access to create your print, Brick and Mortar and Social Media outreach.
Thank you: Equine Land Conservation Resource elcr.org for helping promote the Trail Safe Passing Plan(TSPP)Stop! Speak and Stand Back
We feel this film best represents our Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK AND STAND BACK
The film is brought to you by Central Oregon Chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails and a coalition of partners:
Central Oregon Trail Alliance, East Cascades Chapter of Back Country, Horsemen of Oregon, Sister Trails
Alliance, Deschutes Trails Coalition and filmmaker Wahoo Films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nmrS9yuig hosted on the RFVHC You Tube Channel, skip ad and enjoy
American Trails 3.30.23 Webinar - One Hour
Here is the direct LINK American Trails 3.30.2023 Webinar https://youtu.be/rBsfPn2yGQU Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back
Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back (18 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the original PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back safety action plan with original Please Remember Card - ELCR
UPDATED LINK to the PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back safety action plan with NEW Please Remember Card - RFVHC
Here is the LINK to the Transcript (Word Doc ) Without the updated Please Remember Card language
Here is the LINK to the Transcript (PDF). Without the updated Please Remember Card language
RFVHC Trail Sign Presentation (28 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the PDF of the RFVHC Trail Sign Presented by Karin Reid Offield, RFVHC President (28 Slides)
Here is the LINK to the Transcript of the Trail Sign Presentation (Word Doc)
Here is the LINK to the Transcript of the Trail Sign Presentation (PDF)
Questions and Answers for Social Media Content
NEW: Here is the LINK to 10 Questions & Answers prepared for the American Trails Webinar Credits
NEW: Here is the LINK To the Webinar Questions and Answers, live and on-line answers with participants in the Webinar (PDF)
Media Coverage
NEW. Equine Land Conservation Resource Spring Edition Newsletter 2024. Spotlight on the Trails Safe Passing Plan
https://elcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-010-ELCR-Sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
24-010-elcr-sp-newsletter-v5b-web.pdf
(All transcripts are organized, with paragraphs and correct spelling. Easy to copy/ paste)
Don't forget to use the Stop Speak Smile Video 1 minute .35 seconds ( It's short & effective)
Here is the direct LINK to the 1.35 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nmrS9yuig. .Please check back soon to check if a vimeo copy is available. Check here also for our RFVHC You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@rfvhorsecouncil/videos
More questions, need help? Send Karin an email to [email protected]
Our suggestion is to NOT reinvent wording when you are presenting, or posting, as you are welcome to cut, copy and paste material from the PDF's and Word Docs. Attached are all the Word Docs, and PDF's that you can access to create your print, Brick and Mortar and Social Media outreach.
Thank you: Equine Land Conservation Resource elcr.org for helping promote the Trail Safe Passing Plan(TSPP)Stop! Speak and Stand Back
REMEMBER: For permission to use the copyrighted Trail SIGN please fill out the Trail Sign Registration Form:
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org/trailassociatelandmanagementteam-trailsignuse-form.html
https://www.rfvhorsecouncil.org/trailassociatelandmanagementteam-trailsignuse-form.html
LIBRARY OF IMAGES
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UPDATED QR CODE IN GREEN, directing you to the updated PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (The update is the new Please Remember Card that includes - what do do when coming up from BEHIND horses)
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6. The RFVHC Presents .a 1 minute 35 second video entitled Stop, Speak, Smile: The Key to Sharing the Trails Safely. We feel this film best represents our Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK AND STAND BACK
The film is brought to you by Central Oregon Chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails and a coalition of partners: Central Oregon Trail Alliance, East Cascades Chapter of Back Country, Horsemen of Oregon, Sister Trails Alliance, Deschutes Trails Coalition and filmmaker Wahoo Films. 7.
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1. This is the original QR link directed to the original Trails Safe Passing Plan PDF (300 dpi PNG) After our national webinar, we added language to the PDF & the Please Remember Card giving directions on what to do when trail users come from behind horses on the trails. We have now retired this QR code, but leaving it here to show you how YOUR brand or logo can be inserted into the middle of this QR code. You can see here how your graphic artist can apply your custom logo to QR codes. 2. Trail Sign with QR Code link directly to the original Trails Safe Passing Plan PDF ) Copyrighted ELCR.org
2a.We have now retired this Trail Sign with the original QR code. 2b. NEW Updated Trail Sign with Updated Green QR code linking directly to the Trails Safe Passing Plan Please note that due to their small resolution size the small image versions (350) won't support QR scanning. The small is useful for websites only. For scanning please download the large (1311), full (14928) or vector PDF. Updated Trail Sign with new QR (Scales to any size) (Vector PDF) Click here to Download Updated Trail Sign with new QR (FIXED SIZE JPG) 14928 x 13662 (Full) 1311 x 1200 (Large) 350 x 320 (Small) 240 KB Updated Trail Sign with new QR (FIXED SIZE PNG) 14928 x 13662 (Full) 1311 x 1200 (Large) 350 x 320 (Small) Updated Trail Sign with new QR (FIXED SIZE TIF) 14928 x 13662 (Full) 1311 x 1200 (Large) 350 x 320 (Small) 4.1 MB 2c. Spanish (Fixed-size PNG (2080 x 1807)) with original QR code Click here to Download. The QR code takes the viewer to a English PDF, not translated into Spanish to date. Updated Green QR code on this Spanish sign coming soon! 3. Trail Sign without QR Code Copyrighted 3a. English without QR code (Scales to any size) (Vector PDF) Click here to Download 3b. Spanish without QR code (Fixed-size PNG (2080 x 1807)) Click here to Download 3c. Alternate Spanish in BLUE, without QR code (Fixed-size PNG (2080 x 1807)) Click here to Download 4. THESE QR CODES HAVE BEEN RETIRED. This code directs folks to the original PDF that does not include one important piece of advice. What to do when approaching horses from behind. WE ARE LEAVING THEM HERE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW YOUR BRAND OR LOGO CAN BE INSERTED INTO THE MIDDLE OF A QR CODE EFFECTIVELY. 4a. Download PERSONALIZABLE QR (SVG) - CLICK HERE 4b. Download PERSONALIZABLE QR (PDF) - CLICK HERE This is an example of how you can place your logo or brand onto the QR code 4c. 8x8 inch@300 dpi for printing-transparent - CLICK HERE Attention Users: Ask your graphic or tech guy to help you...you can slide your logo onto the QR code like the sample on the left...help sponsor the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) and promote YOUR brand! In order to add a logo to the QR code, you will need to use the provided vector pdf file of the QR code that has the blank white space. This pdf file will need to be opened in a program, such as Illustrator, that allows for editing vector files. UPDATED QR CODE IN GREEN
UPDATED QR CODE IN GREEN, directing you to the updated PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (The update is the new Please Remember Card that includes - what do do when coming up from BEHIND horses) 4e.
Download UPDATED GREEN QR (PDF) - CLICK HERE
Download UPDATED GREEN QR (Vector EPS) - CLICK HERE Download UPDATED GREEN QR (TIF, like jpg) - CLICK HERE 4f. NEW Instructions ONLY.
Download Instructions with RFVHC Logo Transparent png - CLICK HERE Scalable vector.ai. CLICK HERE JPG. CLICK HERE PSD CLICK HERE Download NEW Instructions - Insert your LOGOS - CLICK HERE 4h. Updated QR Code with Instructions - Insert your own LOGO! JPG CLICK HERE Vector Scalable .ai. CLICK HERE 5. Click here to download the updated PDF of this Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back PDF Please Remember Card. This card is a perfect educational choice for placing at trail heads and kiosk's along the trails. Let us know if this image works for you. This is the UPDATED Please Remember Card that American Trails Webinar participants asked for during the Q & A. Participants asked us "what to do when approaching horses from BEHIND) Click here to download a High Resolution JPG (2625 x 1800) version of this card. 6. Here is the LINK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nmrS9yuig Stop, Speak, Smile: The Key to Sharing the Trails Safely, hosted on the RFVHC You Tube Channel 7. These signs are now in productions in the Roaring Fork Valley.
This is a JPG of the sizing and attachment points used for the 2023 Roaring Fork Valley TSPP trail projects. Small and Medium size. Please contact FastSigns directly for information and pricing. 859-263-7511, Ask for Conda or Melody |
MORE SOCIAL MEDIA LANGUAGE:
About the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back
The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) STOP! SPEAK and STAND BACK is a safety action plan for ALL trail users on what to do when encountering people with horses on the trails.The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back allows you to safely share the trails and is helpful for all trail users, including horses and dogs.
Many trail users may not know what to do when meeting horses on the trails. Anecdotal evidence suggests trail users are not interested in making a passing plan with strangers, or they don’t want to wait until a horseback rider is near enough to communicate instructions.
It is best to know what to do, BEFORE you encounter other trail users. The TSPP sign, the QR Code, thePowerPoint, and PDF of the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back have been produced as educational resources for trail users to navigate our trails safely and efficiently.
The webinar provides information about yielding on trails, trail communication, and facts about horses to help all trail users and land management teams understand the importance of having a trails safe passing plan in place at trailheads and kiosks.
Trails are Common Ground * and we all have the opportunity to help make the trails enjoyable and safe foreveryone. Our goal is to show how learning and performing these actions can inform trail users on what to do when meeting horses on the trail.
When a trails safe passing plan is posted, every trail user can discover how to become a safer trail user. When a trail safe passing plan is not posted, many trail users are not comfortable on shared trails. People with horses often choose not to use the trails, due to possible injury risk. In recreational land use, as stakeholders, we must encourage land management teams and trail groups to participate in inclusive recreation opportunities. We believe that the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back and our new TSPP Sign with a QR Code (that can include a local sponsor logo) will be a win-win for recreational land management teams and all trail user groups.
THE BACK STORY: Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) in Lexington Ky. and Michigan Equine Trail Representative, Jenny Cook, collaborated with the RFVHC on a new educational resource entitled "Trails Safe Passing Plan: Stop! Speak and Stand Back" to help both equestrian and other trail users better understand how the horse has evolved to use its extraordinary senses to understand the world around them and how the horses react to perceived threats in their environment.
The Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council is proud to have built this new trail sign, now ABA & ADA Accessibility Approved. We are asking for participation here in our own Roaring Fork Valley, and beyond to share the Trails Safe Passing ACTION Plan Stop! Speak and Stand Back (TSPP) to help make us all better trail partners. Happy trail going, for all of us….and please Leave No Trace!
It was in 2018, when the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council’s Board of Directors began to discuss the safety of our horses and members on the local trails. We recognized the number of trail users was growing and that something needed to be done to ensure the safety and enjoyment of equestrians while out on the trails. The Trails Safe Passing Plan: Stop! Speak and Stand Back is not just about etiquette. The Plan is a guide to the rule of thumb for multiple trail users.
If trail users see our sign, read the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back equestrians will be safer - bottom line. There is not another recreationalist that carries the same amount of personal risk, when out on the trail, as equestrians do. The horses “fight & flight” instincts create fear, and some horses then can become unreliable. We also found the phrase “yield” was unclear and not understood by some people. For example, trail users from other countries do not understand the word YIELD. This can be a global action trail safety plan.
Here's a personal story about a boarder at my horse stable. An older guy and his horse went out for an afternoon trail ride and met a hiking neighbor on the trail. Our neighbor was carrying some trail equipment and was standing behind a couple trees when my trail rider approached. Instead of speaking up right away and saying hello to the horseback rider, he stayed hidden until the horse suddenly spied him, whirled away, and dumped the rider. The rest of his summer was ruined convalescing. So, it is stories like these that can be avoided, if we are educated.
Written and compiled by Karin Reid Offield, President RFVHC and owner/operator Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan. [email protected]
WE invite you to become a RFVHC Trail Associate helping our non-profit "keep horses on trails" and we are grateful for any donation.
The Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council is proud to have built this new trail sign, now ABA & ADA Accessibility Approved. We are asking for participation here in our own Roaring Fork Valley, and beyond to share the Trails Safe Passing ACTION Plan Stop! Speak and Stand Back (TSPP) to help make us all better trail partners. Happy trail going, for all of us….and please Leave No Trace!
It was in 2018, when the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council’s Board of Directors began to discuss the safety of our horses and members on the local trails. We recognized the number of trail users was growing and that something needed to be done to ensure the safety and enjoyment of equestrians while out on the trails. The Trails Safe Passing Plan: Stop! Speak and Stand Back is not just about etiquette. The Plan is a guide to the rule of thumb for multiple trail users.
If trail users see our sign, read the Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back equestrians will be safer - bottom line. There is not another recreationalist that carries the same amount of personal risk, when out on the trail, as equestrians do. The horses “fight & flight” instincts create fear, and some horses then can become unreliable. We also found the phrase “yield” was unclear and not understood by some people. For example, trail users from other countries do not understand the word YIELD. This can be a global action trail safety plan.
Here's a personal story about a boarder at my horse stable. An older guy and his horse went out for an afternoon trail ride and met a hiking neighbor on the trail. Our neighbor was carrying some trail equipment and was standing behind a couple trees when my trail rider approached. Instead of speaking up right away and saying hello to the horseback rider, he stayed hidden until the horse suddenly spied him, whirled away, and dumped the rider. The rest of his summer was ruined convalescing. So, it is stories like these that can be avoided, if we are educated.
Written and compiled by Karin Reid Offield, President RFVHC and owner/operator Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan. [email protected]
WE invite you to become a RFVHC Trail Associate helping our non-profit "keep horses on trails" and we are grateful for any donation.