March 15-17, 2024, Kittitas Valley Event Center, Ellensburg, WA It was a fabulous weekend in Ellensburg with our fellow members of Back Country Horsemen of Washington, wonderful to see friends from all over the state. Weather was wonderful, classes full of good learning, much merriment was flowing. Our Chapter’s Live Auction Donation Saddle Fitting Class Larry Baysinger, Mt Olympus Chapter, Packing Demo Helen found … Read More Rendezvous 2024
March 15 – 17, 2024BCHW Rendezvous, Ellensburg, WA Kris Lenke was nominated for a 2023 Lopper Award in recognition of her ongoing commitment to BCHW reflected in her many years of service as Buckhorn Range Chapter President for a decade, and two decades as a tireless trail worker. Her always ready, can-do attitude, be it as a work party participant or as a public-facing … Read More Kris Lenke wins 2023 BCHW Lopper Award
We had our first Work Party on March 2nd on the trails at the County solid waste site accessed from Cape George Road (former horse park). This is an area with good but brushy trails that we use for some chapter rides. We all spent time brushing the trails, or fighting back scotch broom using brush cutters, loppers/clippers, determination and our field mower. Folks … Read More Brush off a new year
MARCH 2 – Work party Horse Park MARCH 8 – Chapter meetingAPRIL 6 – Work party Horse ParkAPRIL 26-28 – Regional work party, LeBar Horse Camp, sign up at jot form on BCHW.orgMAY 10 – Chapter meetingJUNE 1 – Work party Gibbs Lake County ParkJULY 6 – Work party ODT JULY 12-14 – Chapter Camp Out LaBar Horse CampAUGUST 9-12 – Chapter booth, Jefferson … Read More 2024 Buckhorn Events
Buckhorn Range celebrated the holiday season at Hacienda Tizapan on December 15th, a lovely Mexican restaurant in PT. Good cheer was had by all! We celebrated with our best memories from this year — obviously the story had to involve a horse somehow. As we each delivered a tall tale with loads of laughs (and there were even some sticky stories too), we also … Read More Happy Holidays 2023
Last year the Buckhorn Range chapter had a booth at the Jefferson County Fair. We had a great slide show, BCHW brochures, a giant map of Washington with the BCHW chapters on it, and we had some tools and a pack saddle. Of course we also had stickers & candy! Members who participated interacted with fair goers by asking, “Do you use trails? Which trails … Read More It’s Fair Time Aug 11th -13th
This is a great opportunity to experience how the Board operates. It’ll be formatted so that you can listen to the discussions and then ask questions or make a comment. (Yup, learn how the sausage is made.) Following the Board meeting, we’ll get down to the real business of enjoying ourselves. The BBQ will be partially chapter sponsored items along with potluck offerings. Our … Read More Sunday, August 6 – Chapter Board Meeting & BBQ
Every year on the first Saturday in August, the town of Joyce, Washington holds its Wild Blackberry Festival called Joyce Daze. The wild black berries that grow in the area are small and sweet. For more info about the parade see the Schedule of Events BCHW has an entry in the Joyce Daze parade which starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday 8/5. This is … Read More Saturday August 5 – Joyce Daze parade @ 1 p.m
Submitted by Rebecca Wanagel TRAIL CREW NOTES 5/19 – 5/20/23Location: Lower and Upper S. Fork Skokomish, ONFHours: 116 Crew members Rebecca WanagelBob HoyleMartin KnowlesPaul KampsBernt EricsenJim HollatzDonna HollatzRick KingSuzanne King Packers Harold and Pat Wiese (Magic, Archie, Sugar, Belle) This was the annual regional work party for sprucing up the LeBar Horse Campground as well as the surrounding trails. WTA had done a significant … Read More LeBar Horse Camp/S. Fork Skokomish R. Trail Regional Work Party
Brought to you by Buckhorn Range Chapters Equine Emergency Preparedness Committee A windy but beautiful day greeted chapter members, along with two representatives from East Jefferson County Fire and Rescue and Dave Codier from Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management. We were hosted at Paradigm Sporthorse Training by Becky Cushman and Mike Piero. We learned about important considerations in preparing for a potential emergency … Read More Trailer Safety & Safely Loading
BCHW LOPPER AWARD 2023 Rendezvous was held at the Kittitas Valley Event Center in Ellensburg on March 17-19, 2023This award is for a BCHW member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication to their chapter or to BCHW by participation and promotion of what the BCHW Mission Statement stands for. This is kind of an “all around” award, with the nominee being active in … Read More Congratulations to Bob Hoyle, for being honored with the BCHW Lopper Award at 2023 Rendezvous!
Brought to you by your Emergency Equine Preparedness Committee (EEP)Mentors and Location: Becky Cushman & Mike Piero, at Paradigm Sport Horse Training1710 South Jacob Miller RoadPort Townsend, WA One of the key steps in preparing for evacuation emergencies is to ensure your horse loads in a trailer. The optimal situation is for your horse (or horses) to be loaded by you in the trailer with which … Read More June 4th, 2023 Event: Buckhorn Range Chapter Members Trailer Loading Clinic
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