Welcome to the Back Country Horsemen of Montana Web Site. Feel free to look around and see what is going on in the Big Sky Country. Visit our State Chapters site to find a chapter in your area to become a member.

•  Preserving our Equine Heritage on Public Lands Act (S. 2283)
• Right to Ride Legislative Update
• Right To Ride Bill HR 586 Died in the Senate
• Right To Ride Senate Bill 781 Introduced by Mike Crapo in April 2005
• Letter to Conrad Burns from the Beartooth Chapter
• Why We Need Right to Ride Protection
• Contact Information

LNT Training

• LNT Training Program letter from Jerry Ledbetter Education Chairman of BCHA
• Backcountry Horsemen of America Leave No Trace Education Program Questionnaire

Trail Organizations

• Continental Divide Trail Alliance
  The Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA) was formed in 1995 to assist the federal land management agencies in the completion, management and protection of the Trail.
• Pryor Mountains Organization
  A group of local folks working to pass on the natural beauty and quiet of the Pryor Mountains for people to enjoy today and tomorrow. http://pryormountains.org/
• The Coalition to Protect the Rocky Mountain Front
  We are dedicated to keeping the Front the way it is now – open and accessible for Montanans to enjoy – while emphasizing traditional uses of the Front such as horse and foot travel.
  • (NEW)The Coalition has released their Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Proposal, to see the draft proposal and maps visit: www.savethefront.org
• Wildlands CPR
  Wildlands CPR is the only national conservation group in the U.S. that specifically targets off-road vehicle abuse of public lands and actively promotes wildland restoration, road removal and the prevention of wildland road construction http://www.wildlandscpr.org/
• Blackfoot-Clearwater Landscape Stewardship Project
  A diverse group of conservationists, loggers, snowmobilers, outfitters, and local landowners have crafted a pioneering vision for the upper Blackfoot Valley. http://www.blackfootclearwater.org/

National Trail Classification System

• Document of the proposed new National Trail Classification System
• Trail Classification System Letter.pdf
• Dailey - Review of Trail Classification System.pdf
•  Summary of comments on the new Trail Classification System

Gates Park Bridge

• Gates Park Bridge Scoping Document
• Help save the Gates Park Bridge
• Presentation on Gates Park Bridge 6.5 MB
  • Presentation in PDF 1.7 MB
  • Presentation in PPT 5.4MB
• Article on the Gates Park Pack Bridge from the Great Falls Tribune (worth reading)
• Gates Park Bridge Update
• New 1/3/08 Gates Park Bridge Update

LAC Meetings

• 2009 LAC Meeting
• 2008 LAC Meeting
• Five Year Summary
• Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Public Meeting held on April 14th 2007 in Kalispell
• Meeting notes from the Annual Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Public Meeting, Saturday April 8, 2006 Lambkins Restaurant Meeting Room, Lincoln
• 2005 LAC Meeting
  • 2005 Meeting notes in PDF
  • PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
• 2004 LAC Meeting Notes from the April 17th

• Our new BCHMT address is P. O. Box 4864, Butte, MT 59701
• FR Doc 07-459 Appealable Decision Notice List of the newspapers being used for the Forest Service Legal Notice of Appeal
• Do horses cause weed problems?
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Forest Service and BCHA
• Instructions for working on the web site Updated 5/4/2008
• Montana Equine Law Public Law 106-393
• 106th Congress
  
  In October 2000, Congress passed Public Law 106-393 entitled "Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000" which stabilized federal payments to states for funding schools and roads. The new law commonly referred to as Payments to States replaces and fundamentally changes the way the Forest Service has been returning a portion of its annual receipts to jurisdictions falling within national forest boundaries ("the 25 percent fund").
  
• Memorial to Lloyd Fagerland
• List of our Congressional Delegates with links
• John Favro's presentation on the Recreation Enhancement Act (Fee Demo Program).
• Letter to President Bush from Governor Brian Schweitzer on the Roadless rule.
  Volunteer hours spreadsheets and instructions by Traci Koch of Washington BCH
• Document on Saddle Fitting by Dr. Ron Stuber
• Check on the issues for the Rocky Mountain Front
• List of Insurance Companies for Horsemen Horse Safety training manual in PDF
• Horse Safety Course Outline
• Slide show of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Visitor Survey in PDF format.
• New food storage order coming in 2006 for Gallatin National Forest
• Read the resolution on Outsourcing adopted by the Back Country Horsemen of America – April 2003.

This page was last updated on 03/10/10. Contact

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