Results for keyword: Outfitters And Horseback Riding
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Backcountry adventure in the comfort of your living room
Don West’s Have Saddle, Will Travel: Low-Impact Trail Riding and Horse Camping is a rambling meander through mountains and mesas that should please both horseback riders and armchair adventurers
by Sierra Standish, Mar 17, 2003 -
Take a load off
The BLM says that burros are better than llamas, goats or horses in the backcountry, and is encouraging people to adopt wild burros from Arizona and train them.
by Betsy Marston, May 08, 2000 -
Guides may get guidelines
Sen. Larry Craig's proposed Outfitters Policy Act would standardize outfitter operations on the public lands, but private users and other critics say the law would tie up the resource for commercial benefit.
by Catherine Lutz, Mar 27, 2000 -
Horses shy from competition
Horses and riders are being crowded off Western trails by mountain bikers and ORVers, and some have formed the Back Country Horsemen group to fight back.
by Lou Bendrick, Aug 30, 1999 -
Outfitter bill may be missing the boat
Some environmentalists say a bill making it easier for outfitters to get permits on federal lands would give commercial interests too much power over public lands.
by Michelle Nijhuis, May 11, 1998 -
Why Juan Valdez doesn't haul coffee beans on a llama
A pack-burro outfitter humorously lambastes the trendy llama.
by Hal Walter, Aug 19, 1996 -
Judge cracks down on Idaho - again
A lawsuit claims the Forest Service has been lax in obeying a judge's order to remove outfitter structures from Idaho's Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness.
by Ray Stout, Sep 18, 1995 -
Judge tells wilderness outfitters to decamp the Frank
Forest Service bans outfitter camps in Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
by Marga Lincoln, Feb 07, 1994
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