BCHW – Buckhorn & Peninsula Chapters Report Project location: Olympic National Park Mule CoralDate: October 29th & 30thWritten by: Rebecca Wanagel Due to the government shutdown and resulting furlough of four out of the five Olympic National Park packers, Heidi Brill, lead packer, was tasked with the annual shut down of the corral and the tending and moving of all the mules to their … Read More BCHW Volunteer Efforts at Olympic National Park
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
by bbbranch
I would like to thank all those that made the LeBar work party successful and fun. It was one of those planned events that could either have worked or not worked. We had 44 yards of gravel being delivered to a locked gated campground in the mountains (LeBar) so it could have been a true disaster if everything didn’t happen like clockwork. For example, … Read More LeBar Horse Camp Gets a Makover!
by Bob
We had a dry if not terribly sunny day on Saturday, although someone invited the mosquitoes to the party as well. Since the pandemic blew into our lives there have been solo and household work parties, and a couple of small gatherings to work at the Horse Park, but this was the first group work party I had hosted in over a year, and … Read More May Day/Derby Day Work Party at Ichabod’s Bridge
by bbbranch
Thank you to the volunteers who came out to the horse park yesterday to cut scotch broom on the Mustang and Boundary Trails!! We had 7 in attendance plus 2 horses and a dog. All the targeted work was completed. The trails are all opened, and we were able to park in the parking area (among the log decks). Work, conversation, and riding – … Read More Work Party at the Horse Park
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