BCHA Executive CommitteeMinutes· Conference Call, November 20,2012,9:00 a.m. PST

Participants: Mike McGlenn, Tom Thomas, Peg Greiwe, Randy Rasmussen, Yvette Rollins, Alan Hill, Rick McLean, Don Saner,Jim McGarvey, Ken Ausk, and Phil Hufstader - all here.

Minutes - MSP to accept the minutes of the October conference call.

Finances, Don Saner - solvent

Rick McLean, Executive Director - talking with Tractor Supply and a youth program from Atlanta office of USFS. Attendedmeeting with TWS partners and other agencies; attended National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance meeting. Renewal of MOUwith NPS moving forward. Bob Ratcliffe pleased to hear that we want to renew. Hope to have in tirne for NBM.

Randy Rasmussen, Advisor for Wilderness and Recreation - Sportsman's Act of 2012 is on front burner in the Senate (SB3525) BCHA has yet to take position on this legislation, which includes a number of topics. It appears language has beenremoved that would authorize motorized use in wilderness. Mike submitted brief online comments for Sequoia Kings Canyon NPWilderness Stewardship Plan. BCHC submitted good comments Inyo NF forest (CA) plan revision process is a goldenopportunity to shape the definition of "sustainable recreation" as per the recent national Forest Planning Rule Randy linkedBCHC Eastern Sierra unit with TWS' Sally Miller and will continue to be involved. Bevy of forest plans being started in S.California. Some forests in North Carolina are also among the first to undertake Forest Plan revisions under the new rule; willhelp coordinate these efforts.

Oregon bicycle situation & Denver State Horse Councils Conference - Randy• No major developments in BLM Eugene with the mountain bike situation; BLM resource area (RA) manager finally

contacted Randy after our repeated requests to meet. BLM intonated there is nothing prevent stock use on bike trails, butRandy argued that would only lead to further conflicts .. Need to sit down with bikers, local residents, other stakeholders butBLM has made erroneous assumptions and is bracing for legal battle. Contacted RA's boss, District Manager, butunheeded to date. Rick contacted Rob Perrin (who attended our NBM in Eugene), BLM Trails lead in WDC. Rick receivedpositive response from Rob. Doesn't expect to hear anything until next week. Pleased with response and his interest inhelping us convene a meeting with stakeholders in Oregon. Multi-use would be ideal for a subset of the trails but BLM iscalling entire 29-mile system all bike trails.

• Mike, Randy & Rick have been in contact with BLM on this issue. Pushing Randy & Rick to work hard on this and keep agood paper trail. BLM Eugene could be setting a precedent that we don't want to set. Will push for multi use designation -just a sub-set that is good for horses, not the whole trail system. BCHO working on this, too. Local folks have reached outto mountain biking group to meet with them and clear some of the air. Oregon doing some major education behind thescenes, including a biker-horsemen interaction clinic and have invited them to speak at the BCHO annual meeting. Spenttime with kids, bikes and horses. Everything moving in a good direction except BLM.

• State horse councils meeting in Denver - Randy took informal poll (30-40 folks); briefly described Oregon situation and agood 2/3 of folks there trail riders (11 different states) that have some level of conflict with mountain bikes-but recognizingthat positive encounters and trail-building partnerships are more frequent than conflicts. Would like a white paper/fact sheetabout latest science on horse impact and bike impact. Good discussion. Issue of mountain bike conflict is broad andimportant enough for BCHA to continue exploring solutions.

o Alan - fact sheets generated by BLM in central CA; will try to get them.o Disciples of Dirt are pushing to get PCT open to bikers on their website.o NC working with bike group to open a multi use trail (Pisgah NF).o Exception to have conflict; working well with bikers in most areas.

BCHA Image, market, PCT comments, video, Mike - people don't know what we do, who and what we are. We continue topreach to choir; articles in horse mags. Not getting to people who cause us major issues on trails. RMEF video was done withstock video from videographer's files. The video was $8500; about $1500 was the rights to do the song. Videographer lives inJackson WY. Talk and think about this. Must be professionally done. Criteria would need to be defined.Tom - has a person who is interested in doing a video on BCH; another one has done a video for Animal Planet. Both anxiousto do something on horses, BCH and trails. Will get names.

Yvette - contact information throughout video and at end; multi states. Definitely need it.Alan - all for it; professional guidance to target the objective we want; we have a ton of material already; perfect opportunity toseek a grant from someone who could identify with end product.Don Saner - in favor of this; agree with Alan; grants would be good; go in direction of our mission statement and hold to it, that'sit.Ken Ausk - Ryan Bell contacted him to do series of articles on BCHA; first issue out in January. Just make sure we stay in linewith mission statement.Phil Hufstader - all for it; want someone familiar with BCH to pick out photos; include youth; no arena; mission statement.Jim McGarvey - all for it completely; good opportunity for solicitation letter to ask for donations; idea is to show that we arekeeping the trails open for all uses; has to be part of the message;Mike - have to stop preaching to choir but to the rest of the church.Rick - could use it everyday; email to sponsors; meeting with USFS; lots and lots of uses.Randy - can see the benefit; need clarity on audience; not for general public; conciseness and brevity; testimonies of otherusers -love BCH because they keep the trails open for all users ... Perhaps two different versions, 1 minute and 3 minuteversions; charitable foundations that just do media efforts - Temper of the Times, Missoula (Dec. 14 deadline); National ForestFoundation might be a good target.Alan - talk about the "recreating public" rather than the horsemen.Peg - chapters and states would welcome a video to use in promotion.

USFS Volunteer Strategy - Randy - August 2011 "Working together to preserve the public lands legacy" USFS; strategy forFS to build an agency culture that supports volunteer efforts; strategic plan to get agency in line and get structure in place;BCHA mentioned twice in 13-page report! Next phase includes working on getting it ready to get on the ground; Alan, PCTA andUSFS have been on the forefront to get these concepts on the ground (PCTA). It is the FS's plan to strengthen their volunteerefforts.We are positioned well. We want to work with the FS to implement this strategy.Rick - staff from WDC office of FS are talking about volunteers; good policy document but not much in terms of implementation;suggest we use this as a stepping stone for the first process to implement this strategy; positive step in the right direction; justthe beginning; if we don't push, it may be on a shelf gathering dust.Alan - Jonathan Stevens talked about a pool to ease the liability (tort reform) on the individual forests; saw policy andreimbursement policies being looked at.

December phone call - cancel.

January call - have AI Sammons give us an update on 40th Anniversary.

Adjoumed at 10:16 a.m.

RMEF - Oregon will be sending $200; WY voting now. Feb 27 through March 2nd.

pegPeg Greiwe, Executive SecretaryAcronymsAHC - American Horse CouncilBCHC - Backcountry Horsemen of CaliforniaBLM - Bureau of Land ManagementMOU - Memorandum of UnderstandingNPS - National Park ServiceTWS - The Wilderness SocietyWOC - Washington DC

BCHA - Back Country Horsemen of AmericaBCHO - Back Country Horsemen of OregonMSP - Motion made, seconded and passedNBM - National Board Meeting (BCHA)RMEF - Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationUSFS - United States Forest Service

AgendaMinutes, Financials, Reports - Executive Director & Advisor for Wilderness & Recreation (Bikes, State Horse Councils conference), BCHAimage, video; USFS Volunteer Strategy.