Excitement is in the air for 2019!
Including our first year of Mounted Cowboy Shooting Saturday & Sunday in the Stilwell Arena!
Welcome to the 2019 Trails & Recreation Expo!
Keeping up with all the changes we see in our world today has us once again adjusting our sails to reflect what our event accomplishes. It is not just an equine clinic but a large array of educational seminars, with vendors, and clinics on wilderness first aid, how cell phones work without towers, GPS, what caliber of gun should you have, how to share the trail with other users, and numerous other speakers. We have designed an “arena within an arena,” with bleachers to watch from and interaction to ask questions to these speakers. So many of us can always learn something new from our seminars and hands on demonstrations.
Special this year to our Saturday charitable fundraising dinner will be the first crowning of our “Back Country Idol,” picking our top five
contestants from the talent contest on Friday night, they will perform Saturday night with audience votes and a judging panel. This should prove exciting!
You will notice we completely revamped our cover page on the program, highlighting a local trailhead with locations points included. This cover is intended to be removed and kept for your future excursions. Our area is one of the richest in recreation, with our lakes for kayaking and fishing, trails for hiking and equine use or just to day camp with your barbecue on a beautiful summer day.
The main mission of our organization is to help and assist the Federal and State Agencies in clearing trail. We do this by volunteering ourselves along with our own equine pack stock to help pack in these agencies work and camp gear. This helps them to keep these trails clear for all users. This means loading our animals with backpacks, shovels, pulaski, camp gear and food for the trail crews. Our local Forest Service Recreational Officer states they can clear approximately 33% more trail with our help.
One of the biggest changes you will see this year are interactive booths pertaining to camping, dutch oven cooking, backpack stove
cooking, skills in high lining and hands on equine packing skills. We chose to open these seminars up so more people can have a hands-on experience. Your questions can now be answered directly to you from your instructor. We excel at educating others and decided using a hands-on method may help others learn also.
The Kid’s Corral is so thrilling this year. We have a miniature pony pack string that the kids can get their picture with, right in the
Kid’s Corral. No waiting for processing, these pictures will be printed on the spot. Along with our famous stick ponies that they get to
decorate and take home. Even Kids events in our new “arena within an arena” are scheduled.
Saturday night is our charitable fundraising dinner in the Exhibit Hall the meal will be provided by Melissa’s Country Kitchen. Join us
for the wonderful meal and remember to roll those dice and get your tickets for the raffle items.
Most of all, have an enjoyable time visiting with friends and enjoy the camaraderie; check out our vendors and take in some seminars
to add to your knowledge.
Thank you for supporting our annual nonprofit fund raiser.
Join the High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen!
Keeping up with all the changes we see in our world today has us once again adjusting our sails to reflect what our event accomplishes. It is not just an equine clinic but a large array of educational seminars, with vendors, and clinics on wilderness first aid, how cell phones work without towers, GPS, what caliber of gun should you have, how to share the trail with other users, and numerous other speakers. We have designed an “arena within an arena,” with bleachers to watch from and interaction to ask questions to these speakers. So many of us can always learn something new from our seminars and hands on demonstrations.
Special this year to our Saturday charitable fundraising dinner will be the first crowning of our “Back Country Idol,” picking our top five
contestants from the talent contest on Friday night, they will perform Saturday night with audience votes and a judging panel. This should prove exciting!
You will notice we completely revamped our cover page on the program, highlighting a local trailhead with locations points included. This cover is intended to be removed and kept for your future excursions. Our area is one of the richest in recreation, with our lakes for kayaking and fishing, trails for hiking and equine use or just to day camp with your barbecue on a beautiful summer day.
The main mission of our organization is to help and assist the Federal and State Agencies in clearing trail. We do this by volunteering ourselves along with our own equine pack stock to help pack in these agencies work and camp gear. This helps them to keep these trails clear for all users. This means loading our animals with backpacks, shovels, pulaski, camp gear and food for the trail crews. Our local Forest Service Recreational Officer states they can clear approximately 33% more trail with our help.
One of the biggest changes you will see this year are interactive booths pertaining to camping, dutch oven cooking, backpack stove
cooking, skills in high lining and hands on equine packing skills. We chose to open these seminars up so more people can have a hands-on experience. Your questions can now be answered directly to you from your instructor. We excel at educating others and decided using a hands-on method may help others learn also.
The Kid’s Corral is so thrilling this year. We have a miniature pony pack string that the kids can get their picture with, right in the
Kid’s Corral. No waiting for processing, these pictures will be printed on the spot. Along with our famous stick ponies that they get to
decorate and take home. Even Kids events in our new “arena within an arena” are scheduled.
- Talent Show on Friday night for entertainment purposes with the top five performing at our Saturday night dinner.
This is open toany talent. - Cowboy Mounted Shooting will take place on Saturday and Sunday in the Stilwell Arena.
- The Kentucky Derby Party will take place upstairs on the North Mezzanine.
Saturday night is our charitable fundraising dinner in the Exhibit Hall the meal will be provided by Melissa’s Country Kitchen. Join us
for the wonderful meal and remember to roll those dice and get your tickets for the raffle items.
Most of all, have an enjoyable time visiting with friends and enjoy the camaraderie; check out our vendors and take in some seminars
to add to your knowledge.
Thank you for supporting our annual nonprofit fund raiser.
Join the High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen!
A Brief History of Back Country Horsemen
The formation of Back Country Horsemen took place in Montana’s Flathead Valley in January of 1973. Since then, BCH progress is a matter of record. BCH members have used their specialized knowledge of stock and the backcountry to bring about changes and modifications of restrictive management. BCH has participated in many agency meetings involving land use planning and regulations, and has become a strong voice for continued, responsible horse use.
This approach has assured us valid consideration regarding regulations and planning and has given us the support of other conservation groups. The growth of the Back Country Horsemen organization continued with the formation of additional chapters in Montana. In 1979, these chapters and one from Salmon, Idaho, formed the Back Country Horsemen of America. The BCH of Washington developed an informal liaison with this group and in 1981 a California organization was formed known as the High Sierra Stock Users. After several years these four groups merged in 1985 as the Back Country Horsemen of America and a constitution was adopted in 1986. Since that time there has been steady growth. By 2018, there were active organizations in 31 states and in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, and in Chili and Argentina, South America.
In May of 1996, a group of af liate members of BCHA and other interested horsemen met in Hood River, Oregon with the purpose of forming a State BCH organization. In April 1997, the Back Country Horsemen of Oregon was accepted by BCHA. There are 9 chapters today in Burns, Hood River, Bend, Klamath Falls, Salem, Eugene, Medford, Oregon City and a statewide packers chapter.
In May of 1980 the High Desert Trail Riders was formed here in Klamath Falls and was incorporated int he State of Oregon as a group interested in trail riding. Some of the founding members were Peggy Halstead, Nadine Hoy, Alvin Unger, Elma Allen, Lynn Lackowski, Jack Boesch, and Frank Kimball. As the membership grew with interest in day riding and packing, they realized the importance of protecting the heritage and riding opportunities available. This was the major mission of the Back Country Horsemen of America (BCHA).
In June of 1994, High Desert Trail Riders joined BCHA and became High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen (HDTRBCH), and in 1996 helped organize and finance the formation of the state organization Back Country Horsemen of Oregon (BCHO). BCHA is a national organization comprised of 31 State organizations with 13,000 members in 194 chapters.
HDTRBCH annually maintains more than 40 miles of trail for saddle and pack stock use (as well as other recreational trail users) in the Fremont-Winema National Forest. They also donate funds, materials, and labor on many projects that improve the recreational use for equestrians on State, BLM, and Forest Service Lands. HDTRBCH is involved in federal planning and provides input and suggestions to the agencies to protect our heritage and current use of stock on and in public lands.
This approach has assured us valid consideration regarding regulations and planning and has given us the support of other conservation groups. The growth of the Back Country Horsemen organization continued with the formation of additional chapters in Montana. In 1979, these chapters and one from Salmon, Idaho, formed the Back Country Horsemen of America. The BCH of Washington developed an informal liaison with this group and in 1981 a California organization was formed known as the High Sierra Stock Users. After several years these four groups merged in 1985 as the Back Country Horsemen of America and a constitution was adopted in 1986. Since that time there has been steady growth. By 2018, there were active organizations in 31 states and in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, and in Chili and Argentina, South America.
In May of 1996, a group of af liate members of BCHA and other interested horsemen met in Hood River, Oregon with the purpose of forming a State BCH organization. In April 1997, the Back Country Horsemen of Oregon was accepted by BCHA. There are 9 chapters today in Burns, Hood River, Bend, Klamath Falls, Salem, Eugene, Medford, Oregon City and a statewide packers chapter.
In May of 1980 the High Desert Trail Riders was formed here in Klamath Falls and was incorporated int he State of Oregon as a group interested in trail riding. Some of the founding members were Peggy Halstead, Nadine Hoy, Alvin Unger, Elma Allen, Lynn Lackowski, Jack Boesch, and Frank Kimball. As the membership grew with interest in day riding and packing, they realized the importance of protecting the heritage and riding opportunities available. This was the major mission of the Back Country Horsemen of America (BCHA).
In June of 1994, High Desert Trail Riders joined BCHA and became High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen (HDTRBCH), and in 1996 helped organize and finance the formation of the state organization Back Country Horsemen of Oregon (BCHO). BCHA is a national organization comprised of 31 State organizations with 13,000 members in 194 chapters.
HDTRBCH annually maintains more than 40 miles of trail for saddle and pack stock use (as well as other recreational trail users) in the Fremont-Winema National Forest. They also donate funds, materials, and labor on many projects that improve the recreational use for equestrians on State, BLM, and Forest Service Lands. HDTRBCH is involved in federal planning and provides input and suggestions to the agencies to protect our heritage and current use of stock on and in public lands.
A Message to HDTRBCH from the US Forest Service:
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A Special Thank You to the High Desert Trail Riders and the Back Country Horsemen of Oregon for their unwavering support of Wilderness and trails. Volunteers are at the heart of our trails program and by providing pack support for our trail crews, we are able to achieve more. Over the past een years I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside various volunteer groups and the High Desert Trail Riders stand out with the work load they are willing to take on. Passion for the outdoors, companionship, love for their stock and hope for the future are what help drive the High Desert Trail Riders to continue their partner- ship with the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
If you are interested in volunteering with the Fremont-Winema National Forest, in helping clear trails, maintaining campgrounds and promoting responsible recreation on Public Lands, contact me: Anthony Benedetti Recreation Operations Fremont-Winema National Forest Phone: 541-885-3440 Email: abenedetti@fs.fed.us |
