Riding Land Conservation Efforts Get Boost from AQHA

Land conservation projects will get a helping hand from the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), after that group signed a memorandum of understanding to work together with the USDA Forest Service. By partnering together, AQHA and the Forest Service will actively promote public-private partnerships that encourage responsible use of federal lands by visitors participating in equestrian activities. Both organizations seek to disseminate information to the public regarding conservation, recreation, and natural resource activities relating to equestrian and recreational stock use. AQHA will work with the Forest Service at the national, regional, and local levels to identify appropriate cooperative opportunities (trail projects, recreational use studies, and educational programs) and pursue these projects with the recreational community in general and the equestrian community in particular. AQHA also will develop and maintain a communication network for equestrian users through its STEP (Stewards for Trails, Education and Partnerships) program...TheHorse