2016 BCHI State Board of Directors Meeting

September 17, 2016 MinutesHosted by Twin Rivers BCH in Lewiston, Idaho

The September 17, 2016 BCHI State Board of Directors (SBD) meeting was called to order at 8:10 by State Chairperson Bob Savage in Lewiston, ID.

State Secretary, Debbie Samovar conducted the Roll Call of State Directors present. All chapters were represented except Cache Peak, Eagle Rock and Portneuf River, with Treasure Valley leaving at lunch. Minutes from the last Directors Meeting of March 11 were read. Wayne Nishek, Selkirk Valley, made a motion to accept the minutes as read, Gay Hood, High Desert 2nd, Motion PASSED.

State Treasurer, Kay Ryan reported that for the period March 1, 2016 through August 31, 2016 we started with $61,279.91. We took in this period $29,670.79; we spent this period ($22,900.78), and now have $68,049.92 in total assets, with $17,525.623 in a money market account, $524.30 in checking and $50,000.00 in CD’s. Bond for the officers for the next 3 years was paid. 2016-2017 annual insurance premium was paid and we have a credit due to cancelled events. The IRS confirmed our EIN and John Millington is working on the paperwork for the 501(c)4 status. Sam Duncan, Palouse, made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, Phil Ryan, Squaw Butte, 2nd, Motion PASSED.

Member Recognition – Bob recognized Val Johnson, one of our founding members and welcomed him and Sara to the meeting.

Memorial – Bob asked for a moment of silence in honor of former BCHI Chairman Mark Bogar. Raenette Didier, North Central, called Bob and suggested that we make a donation in the amount of $200 in Mark’s name to the Kids Camp that he was influential in organizing. Phil Ryan, Squaw Butte, made a motion that BCHI make a donation of $200 to the Youth Camp, Rod Parks, Twin Rivers, 2nd, Motion PASSED. After lunch Rod presented a check to Pat Bogar.

National Saw Policy – Bob is looking for information on what we need to do in respect to the policy. FS will have a Regional Director that will direct all the saw policy rules and regulations and administer everything. As an organization we need to jump in and be up front with this. We have an opportunity to have some trainers and if anyone is interested we should support them and pay for their travel and expenses. The question was asked if we have a Cost Share Agreement with the FS are we required to have this training? Yes, and it will get more strict as to how you get certified and you will have to be certified to saw on any public lands on BCH work projects. Everyone will have to be certified, Cost Share, Volunteers. This includes both chainsaws and cross saws. Only those using the saws will need to be certified. Phil Ryan was the only certified person at the meeting. Part of the NFSTSA Bill will require standardized training for chainsaw and cross saws across the nation. So the FS has done this. In the summer time their tree fallers are on fires and are not available to teach, so we need to get certified and teach from there. We have until July 19, 2017 to get everyone up to speed on everything. Doug Olive, a FS employee, is in the Twin Rivers area is qualified and if chapters have someone who is qualified we need to put pressure on them to teach others in their chapter. The information for the saw policy is there and you have to dig deep on the FS site and it does tell you what you have to do in various situations.

Marybeth Conger, Squaw Butte, said this is an Education item. We have a member in the north who is willing to get certified and train others, along with Bill Conger who is in the south. Start with them and reimburse them if there is any cost for travel or training and get that information out to our members and possibly go outside the organization and train others and generate some income. First Aid is also part of the certification. Marybeth Conger - we should set aside two spots for trainers. Rod Parks said to get a hold of your FS people in your area and ask them what we need to do to be ready before the next season. Marybeth Conger was appointed to organize this. (See the FS News Release at http://www.fs.fed.us/news/releases/forest-service-updates-safety-policy-saw-use. The Final Directive for National Saw Program can be found on the Federal Register at https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-16977. More

information about the policy can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/regulations-policies/saw-policy. The Saw Operations Guide can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/fs-saw-operations-guide-20141208.docx.)

National Director Special Election –Cindy Walker resigned and her term would have ended in 2017. Phil Ryan, as alternate, replaced her. Additionally, Robbin Schindele has moved to Oregon and gave his resignation via a phone call. Robbin’s term would have ended in 2018. Rod Parks has volunteered to be the Alternate until after the April National Directors meeting. Sam Duncan is willing to take on a two year term. There was a disagreement as to whether or not the National Direction must come from the SBD. Bill Conger, Val Johnson and Karen Kimball volunteered to review the By-Laws and the issue was tabled to after lunch. It was determined that the National Director DOES NOT have to be a member of the SBD. Karen Kimball made a motion to elect Sam Duncan, Palouse, for a one year term to end after the April 2018 National Annual Meeting, Wayne Nishek, Selkirk Valley, 2nd, Motion Passed. Phil Ryan, Squaw Butte, will be a National Direction through the April 2017 National Annual Meeting. Billie Havens, Twin Rivers, made a motion to elect Rod Parks as the Alternate National Director until after the April 2017 National Annual Meeting, Gay Hood, High Desert, 2nd, motion Passed. At the March 2017 SBD meeting we will need to elect replacements for Phil and Rod.

Nominating Committee - Karen Kimball, Panhandle and Brandon Breaux, Boise have volunteered to canvas the membership for candidates for Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, National Directors, Alternate Director and see if the Treasurer and Secretary are willing to continue in their current positions.

Education Chair Report – Bob commented that he has heard Marybeth’s name mentioned on the conference calls from BCHA about the excellent job she has done. (See Attachment #1) Marybeth tried to present the video that Robbin Schindele has put together that we can to use to expand our organization, educating ourselves and the public about BCHI. Robbin will finish the ATV poster and the video.

Marybeth has received many questions from the chapter regarding LNT Master Educator expectations and has made a list of the requirements as to what the Master Educator is to do. In the past we’ve had people complete training and then not do anything. They must teach two trainings and one public outreach for five years. (See Attachment #2) The LNT Master Educator classes are taken over several days at Ninemile in Huson, MT. (See Attachment #3) Marybeth feels that if she is going to organize that she is up to speed and wants to go. She has asked all the chapters the provide her with a list of all the Master Educators who are still interested in training and a list of the trainers, thus far 4 chapters have responded. If any chapter has any education materials to please send her an electronic copy or mail if need be. She wants to get this information up on the web site for all chapters to share and use. Additionally, SBD and National Directors, pass any education info or materials onto her.

The cost for the Master Educators should be about $700; there are only 12 spots available, so she wants to get the tuition in right away. Classes should be in May. Sam Duncan, Palouse, made a motion that we get the money to send Marybeth to attend LNT Training, Wayne Nishek, Selkirk Valley, 2nd. Sam amended motion to $700 plus expenses, motion PASSED. Marybeth will also be applying to the Foundation to cover this, so maybe it won’t come out of the State’s budget. The course is taught by Casey Burns and BCH California is also certified to train Master Educator.

Youth, the Girl Scouts Equestrian Badge is now back in place and this is a wonderful opportunity for chapters to reach out to their local Girl Scouts organizations and start setting up trainings. We should also be reaching out to our local 4-H and FFA groups.

Broomtales Report – Debbie Samovar reported that articles for the next issue are due Sept 28th. There was a discussion on going color like the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Wilderness newsletter. Asked for info from their printer and never got any pricing. Got quotes from the BCHA newsletter print, cost is $478 to use the same stock and have color on the outside and center fold, with mailing fees going up $95. Our current printer can print on the same stock as the BCHA newsletter, full color through out for $699. Val Johnson has the original art for the Broomtales and the State Logos and wants suggestions on what to do with it. It was suggested that they be professionally scanned and/or sent to our historian Raenette Didier. Dottie Yerkes, Priest River, made a motion to go with our current printer, printing 3 issues per year on nicer stock in full color. Gay Hood seconded. 20 Yeas, 1 Nay, Motion PASSED. Sam Duncan made a motion to increase the budget to accommodate the cost, Dottie Yerkes seconded. Kay she needed a dollar amount to put into the budget, Rod said put in $3,000. The vote was taken, 20 Yeas, 1 Abstained, Motion PASSED.

Dues Increase – We went with a $5 dues increase on individuals and families in March and that will take affect in 2018 based on the 2017 member. So when the bills are sent to the chapters and are due in January 2018, the chapters need to increase their membership fees for 2017 and start collecting that increase.

Mileage – Its $0.32 per mile

Federal Land Transfer – Last year the lawyers for Utah presented a proposal that Idaho join them and spend $700 million to sue the Federal government to transfer the land over. That fail, but the Legislature is likely going to be reintroducing another bill this year. There are legislators and big timber who are really pushing this. The state is looking to mine the ore & harvest the timber however if there is a bad year, then the State will likely want to sell the land. Only Foreign interests have the money to buy and once they do you can expect “No Trespassing” signs to go up. Brad Little is running for Governor and he is for this, as is Crapo, Labrador and Risch. Simpson is against it. Bob said if you go to the State Farm Bureau web site they put out a list of who is for or against this. Phil thinks we should do a letter opposing this, like we opposed mountain bikes in the wilderness. Gretel Kleint, Heartland reported that they had a speaker who said that they have already transferred land to states in the East.

Paul McBride, Priest River, commented that the mission of the USFS is to make the land available for public use. The mission of the state is to maximize the value of the land, that goes back to $ and ¢ figures. You need to keep this in mind when you make your decision. Our mission is to keep lands open for people to ride horses on. We have to make our decision based upon what the mission of this organization is.

Bob wanted a vote of confidence or something from this board, so that we can put a letter together that goes out to all of our membership. He asked Phil and Rod, as the Public Lands Chairs, to draft a letter to be sent to all our Legislators and County Commissioners. Phil said he’d write the letter and send it out to all the chapters for them to discuss and decide what they want to do. The State Legislature starts up again in October.

Val Johnson, Salmon River, moved that the SBD’s from BCHI oppose the Federal Land Transfer, Wayne Nishek, Selkirk Valley, 2nd. Discussion followed. A call was made to repeat the motion that’s on the floor. The motion was restated. Karen Kimball questioned if this states that the group is sending a letter directly to our Legislatures opposing this Land Transfer, or are we going to have our chapters do it. Val stated the motion is just from this board. A roll call vote by chapter was taken with 11 Yeas 10 Nays, 2 Abstained, Motion PASSED. There was some confusion about the voting. Did a “No” vote mean you were against the land transfer or against a letter from the Board. Val restated that the motion is that the State Board of Directors of BCHI oppose the Federal Land Exchange. It has nothing to do with sending a letter. It is just the feeling of this Board that there not be a Federal Land Exchange. A revote resulted in 13 Yeas 8 Nays, 2 Abstained, Motion PASSED.

According to the vote the Board just said they are opposed the Land Exchange. Phil Ryan will draft a letter to send out to chapters for them to use to talk about this issue and chapters can do as they wish. Hopefully we’ll get their information back soon and some chapter will write a resolution for the March meeting.

BCHI Insurance – Bill Conger said there is a form on the Web Site – USE IT! There are two documents, under the “Documents” tab. One is the Public Events Liability Insurance Instructions . It has a lot of information about insurance, it’s more than just an information page. The second document is the Public Events Liability Insurance Form . A public event is any event that is being sponsored by your chapter that is open to non-members, it should be listed as a public event so there is insurance to cover you in case the non-member gets injured by something done by people within the organization. If you have to fill out form with the public land manage to use the property for the type of event you’re putting on, they in all likelihood you will be asked to name that public manager as an “Additional Insured”. What this does is extend our insurance to that public entity for the time of your event, so if there is law suit it will cover them in addition to us. Generally they have special language or special requirements that they are going to ask for and it should be in the application that you are filling out. That information is needed so that the request for the certificate is done correctly. Please make your request before the day of the event. E-mail event cancelations as soon as you can. There is no charge to move an event. If you add an event after the yearly due date its $45, a certificate of Additional Insured is $20 and a parade could be about $100. These additions will be billed to your chapter. Don’t list a bunch of events unless you know you’re going to do it otherwise it raises the State’s premium. Liability is third party coverage. It covers those who may be injured by the actions of members and/or their animals, it does not cover members of BCHI. The DUE date for public event forms has been moved from Feb 1st to Feb 15th.

Director’s Policy Manual – Debbie Samovar, reported that Raenette Didier, our State Historian, went through BCHI History CD that Sharon Bruce produced and pulled out all of the Letters, Proposals, Position & Policy Statements. In addition to these documents there are sections of Miscellaneous Things that Directors Need to Know, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and the Directors’ Training Manual. The cost to have the binders done by a copy center was way more than budgeted, so Debbie scanned, printed and assembled them into the binders. Each chapter received a binder for each of their directors. When the directors vacate their positions, they are to pass the binder onto their successor. If a binder needs to be replaced, the minimum cost will be $15.00, depending on the going rate of the binder.

Public Lands Report – North – Rod Parks, Twin Rivers, reported that the Saw Policy info he got was from the FS where they have good relationship with. As to Right sizing trail maintenance, some of the forests are meeting with other government agencies and basically looking at right sizing the maintenance on the trails with what budget they have and then they will have public meetings. Keep looking at SOPA’s and the Federal Register. When they rebuild a trail make sure that they do it to the standards for stock use. The state is still working on a way to get funding for non-motorized trails. So far the best plan is to get a percentage of the gas tax. BLM is looking to put mountain bike trails on the Blue Creek Bay in Coeur d’Alene, including a new parking lot and jumps and bridges and other standards for mountain bikers. (See Attachment #4)

BCHA - There have been lots of e-mails from BCHA asking for support in the form of sending letters for such issues as: Land and Water Conservation Act which has been going for over 50 years and congress didn’t approve it in 2015 and is now trying to get it approved this year. $900 million has gone into this and it’s used for trails recreation, conservation, easements. All they want is for us to sign onto the Collation. BCHA called Phil, asking him to contact Senator Risch and Congressman Simpson for their continued support on the Land and Water Conservation Act. There are new members in the state staff and Phil will also contact them. (See Attachment #5)

The other thing that just came out is the Yosemite Wilderness Plan, deadline for comments is September 30th. BCHA feel real comfortable with this and that there will still be private stock use. The park is concerned with grazing on the high meadows and thinking of limiting the number of people in sensitive areas. You can find links at: http://www.bcha.org/blog/category/alerts/

Donation Button – Rod Parks is trying to get a Sponsorship Form (See Attachment #6) on the web site and to have a donation button on our site (See Attachment #7). After lots of discussion, for any donations from the public to be tax deductable and to get a non-profit status for online donations, the button needs to go through the Foundation as they have the 501(c)3. BCHI is not a tax exempt organization at this time. Donations can be set up through PayPal for just a one time donation or for a monthly deduction. Rod would like the info on our home page because people generally won’t go to the Foundation. The Foundation is going to have the set up the account as they have the proper documentation and it is their decision to do this. Do we want to have the Sponsorship Form on our site. The money from this would go into the Endowment Fund. If someone was to make a $500 donation through this form, they would expect to get a receipt for their taxes. We can’t do this as we’re not tax exempt and the Foundation can’t do this because they don’t have an Endowment Fund. Rod is going to explore this more with the Foundation and we will also take this issue up with the 501(c)3 committee. (See Attachment #7)

State Wide Work Projects – WA puts one on every year and lists it as their cause to increase donations. If we were to do this, one for the north and one for the south, people in the areas would see what we need the money for and it would help increase the donations.

Public Lands Report – South - Phil Ryan, Squaw Butte, both the Owyhee Initiative and the ID Sportsman’s Alliance don’t meet in the summer. The International Mountain Bike Association in the United States is trying to pass the Senate Bill 3205, Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act. We need to call and write our congressmen and say we can’t use chainsaws in the wilderness, but you want to use mountain bikes in the wilderness. IMBA has more clout than we do, so you need be aware and decide how you want to work that. BCHA has squashed this for now, but it will come up again. Phil visited the Sawtooth Chapter and they have a good working relationship with the FS and when the chapter needs something done they ask for it and the FS does it. Sawtooth is quite active in the area. No meetings with TWS, BLM and BCHI due to the summer fire season. (See Attachment #8)

Idaho Horse Council – is putting together a horse coloring book with crayons to be passed out at restaurants and they’ve asked us to donate to help produces these and our logo would be on the back cover.

TWS Plan – High Divide Project – A progress report was passed around before the meeting for review prior to discussion. Bob asked if we have anyone actively involved with this, Terry Hershey, Salmon River, is. This is a wildlife corridor from Canada through Yellowstone down to the Frank Church. (See Attachment #9)

Land Exchange Upper Lochsa – Bob reported that this is no longer an issue and has been taken care of.

Ways & Means – No Report.

Foundation Report – Karen Parks reported that there has been no change in their funds since March, there’s about $935 in the Ambassador Program, $692 in the Litehouse Grants with $500 slated for Panhandle on condition on proof of completion of their project, and $2784on the actual Foundation dollars, for a total of $4,412. Chris Reed is the President, and his info is on the BCHI web site on the contact page. It is real important that each chapter has a director at the Convention on March 10th & 11th. Portneuf River and Boise didn’t have anyone at the last meeting. The Foundation is really looking at making some changes in communications with the chapters and getting a better understanding on what the 501(c)3 can do for the chapters. The best way to do that is for the chapters to have representatives there. If the donation button goes through that could mean more avenues of help for the chapters. Rod suggested that when you have your upcoming elections make sure you elect a Foundation Director, also a State Director or Alternate can’t be a Foundation Director. In many chapters, the spouse of a State Director is the Foundation Director. It saves the chapters money in sending them to the Conventions. The Foundation is a sister organization to BCHI, they are there to assist and help out in whatever ways they can. In order for people to give a donation you need to have a 501(c)3 designation but by having a representative it will help you when something needs to come through them. If the donation goes to the Foundation, they take a 5% administrative fee, but then there are no questions, they have the records.

Legal Fund – At the March SBD meeting a motion was made that starting in 2017 that 50% of the net profit from the calendar sales be put into the legal fund. Kay gave an estimate that based on the income from the 2016 calendars at $37.540.00, the expenses at (-$13,856.49), leaving $23,683.51. After we give out (-$11,500) in awards in December, we’ll a net profit of $12,183.51. 50% of that would be $6,091.76, which would go into the Legal Fund. The other $6,091.76 would go into the BCHI operating budget. Does this cover our bills? Not sure, that’s why we’re starting this in 2017.

Bob has some issues with the way this organization is going and discussed the following items:Possible 3rd Directors Meeting –We’re having two meetings a year and he thinks we lose a lot of information

that needs to be out before than. Directors come to the meetings, go home and forget about everything until the next meeting and he suggested that we have a third meeting.

501(c)3 – We have a committee working on this.National Directors – Maybe we need to go to a four year term, as there is a concern over the loss of information.National Saw Policy – We’ve got things going on this with Marybeth Conger stepping up and organizing it.Statewide Work Project – Maybe we could grab onto this with Marybeth’s work with the Idaho Youth Ranch. It

could be something that all the chapters can get involved in.Director’s Training – The training manual is a great idea, but we have enough new people come on board that we

need to do more than just this. WA has a training day, generally in January after the chapters have had their elections. It’s an Officer’s Training for all elected officers at the chapter level. So they have a section for Presidents, V.P.’s, Secretaries, Treasurers and Directors. There are trainings set up for them to help these people understand what is expected of them for that type of job, within the Back Country Horsemen chapters. We need to have someone to take this issue on and come up with some ideas on how to do this. It was suggested that we combine a Directors meeting, Officer training and a statewide work project.

We need to toot our own horn more – we need to get more letters and photos out to newspapers Calendars – We still have about 175 of the 2016 calendars leftover. Do we want to continue doing the calendars? If

not, what are the alternatives. We continue to bring the costs and the print run down and the chapters continue to take

fewer quantities. A chapter by chapter poll of what they think and what they do was taken. Most chapters are in agreement with continuing the program. One chapter took the highest profit ever made and divided it by 16 chapters, which came out to $985 and decided in lieu selling calendars, give the State $1000. If every chapter did that we’d have more money, plus wouldn’t have to sell anything. One chapter, after being informed that the profit from the calendars is what pays the State’s bill, including the FREE Public Event Liability Insurance, they felt guilty and sent money for 2016 and took 2017 calendars to sell – they said GUILT is GOOD! Everyone should BUY ONE – SELL ONE. Give as Gifts to your friends and family. How do we get the chapters to support the state? Rod Parks and Kay Ryan will draft a proposal on what the dues increase would be if we didn’t have the calendar program.

Call for Photos – It was commented that most of the photos for the 2017 calendar were from one person. That was because they were basically the only person sending in photos. Photos must have been shot in Idaho. The requirements and information sheet will be sent out to the chapters. (See Attachment #10)

Volunteer Hours – Our numbers for the past couple of years have been low. Bob wanted to see how the chapters are doing thus far and went by chapters and got their hours to date. The final hours need to be to Brandon by January 1st. If you are having trouble with filling out your paperwork, Karen Kimball will help you.

Meeting adjourned at 4: 38

Respectfully Submitted, Debbie Samovar, Secretary, 208-245-3041, secretarybchi@gmail.com

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TO: Mack Long: BCHA Education Committee (backcountry.mack@gmail.com)

FROM: Marybeth Conger, Backcountry Horseman of Idaho Education Chair

REF: State Education Coordinators & BCHA Education Committee

DATE: March 22, 2016

Mack,

Here you go

1. Does your state have an Education Committee Chair? If yes, who is it and what is their contact information?

My name is Marybeth Conger and I am the Education chair for Backcountry Horseman of Idaho (BCHI). My current contact information is b.mbconger@gmail.com or phone 208-369-0769. I am happy to report that all 16 chapters of BCHI have chapter education chairs, which is so vital to support the education efforts. In addition, both of these positions have current job descriptions, so there is a clear expectation of what is required. I would happy to email these job descriptions to your attention.

2. Does your state have an inventory of what Education Efforts have been done in the last 2 years? If yes, are you willing to share it?

Each chapter of BCHI keeps a volunteer inventory of their education efforts on the volunteer hours report. These education hours are then combined into the BCHI volunteer report that is submitted to Backcountry Horseman of America (BCHA) annually. There is volunteer hour training for the state directors to help support the chapters' volunteer hour reporting efforts.

3. Does your state have a future "Plan" for education as it relates to BCHI?Yes, BCHI has an Education plan as it relates to Backcountry Horseman (BCH).

Specifically, to educate Horseman in the wise and sustaining use of our backcountry resources. Here are a few of the next steps to accomplish this plan. Both public and in house education efforts are coordinated statewide by maintaining communications with all chapters and supporting training at the state level. Education materials on BCHI website are reviewed to ensure information is current, relevant, and easy for chapter members to download. Education reports are periodically prepared for the Chairman and Board of Directors (BOD) and Education articles are submitted. New BCHI chapters are visited to discuss the importance of Education. The BCHI Organization guide is also updated as appropriate.

4. State Chapters are the heart and soul of BCH. It's the local volunteers that make it work. What is the role you see from the Education Committee of BCHA to assist you?

Continue to have Education materials on the BCHA website clearly marked and easy to find. Also, continue to have Education $$ available for states or chapters to apply for, would be great too. Continue to have Education articles in the BCH newsletter. Consider picking a state, interview the education chair and put together an article to share ideas.

5. What resources do you see that are lacking that would help you do a better job of educating locally?

Idaho is unique as we support two different Forest Service regions each at times, with their own approaches. If there was more consistency from region to region it could make education a bit easier.

6. Are you interested in being on the BCHA Education Committee? If yes, provide contact information.

I would be very interested in being on the BCHA education committee and would like to know what being on this committee would entail.

7. What is the single most important Education topic in your state?

BCHI is using Education to help expand our state organization. It is Important to keep education as simple and fun as possible.

8. Any other comments that you would like to provide?

BCHI is creating a video to promote our state organization in social media and plan to add a motorized vehicle poster to our Education materials in 2016.

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Attachment #2

Back Country Horseman of Idaho Education reportRespectfully submitted by Marybeth Conger, BCHI Education Chair September 17, 2016

Back Country Horseman of Idaho (BCHI) Leave No Trace (LNT) Master Educator Training Expectations

BCHI LNT Master Educators should successfully complete a minimum of 2 trainings and 1 public outreach with local land agencies annually, for a minimum duration of five years. BCHI does encourage LNT Master Educators to train beyond this timeframe, to include completion of LNT/Education refreshers courses as appropriate.

Examples of these annual trainings would be the LNT Train the Trainer session, and/or LNT awareness workshops. The public outreach will create and foster collaborative Leave No Trace Education trainings with these agencies.

BCHI will continue to support statewide education efforts. Mileage should be paid by BCHI at the prevailing BCHI rate, if the BCHI Education chair or other designee, requests that a BCHI Master Educator travel and conduct training other than to their chapter.

BCHI Educators List

The current list of BCHI LNT Master Educators and Trainers is being updated. So far 3 of 16 chapters have provided this information. The BCHI Education chair should attend the Leave No Trace (Stock) Master Educator course in 2017.

This course is designed to teach participants the principles of Leave No Trace (LNT) as it applies to stock users and packers. Students learn “hands on” teaching methods and techniques for teaching outdoor ethics to diverse audiences. Graduates are expected to share the knowledge gained in this course with others, in a “train-the-trainer” format or “LNT awareness workshop”. All material and information presented is based on the latest wildland recreation research. The course is taught by Casey Burns, Leave No Trace Master Educator. He is assisted by other Master Level Instructors. Class size is limited to twelve students. This course is sanctioned by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and students will receive a “Master Educator” certificate. This course is taught annually at Nine mile Ranger Station, Hudson, Montana. 2016 cost was $700.00.

BCHI Education/Expansion Video

This is in progress. Plan to have something to view in the near future. May need to purchase use of music for appx cost of $100.00

BCHI Education Motorized Posters

Robbin plans to create in 2017, at least one poster for BCHI directed toward motorized users for inclusion on our website.

* A big thanks to Robbin, who continues to support BCHI education efforts even though he has moved.

BCHI website updated with relevant Education materials

Plan to start with the LNT section after completing the Nine Mile training. Every BCHI chapter should submit electronic education materials to the BCHI Education chair for inclusion.

BCHA Education Chair says… “Thanks for the great response from Idaho”

Mack Long (BCHA Education chair) asked that BCHI provide some education information to BCHA. This was completed in March 2016 and a copy emailed to BCHI for historical. Mack compiled all the state responses to establish a baseline, and made them available at the last National Board meeting. (NBM). I have emailed Mack and asked if he could share electronic copies.

BCHI EC and CEC Job descriptions

Completed 2016 and are available to all BCHI members.

For more detailed information on any of the Ninemile Heritage Expeditions Please call (406) 626-5201 or write

Ninemile Wildlands Training Center 20325 Remount Road

Huson, MT 59846

Ninemile Wildlands Training Center 20325 Remount RoadHuson, MT 59846

Linking the past to the future by teaching traditional back country skills

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Linking the past to the future by teaching traditionalbackcountry skills

NINEMILE WILDLANDS TRAINING CENTER

USDA Forest ServiceLolo National Forest

Ninemile Ranger Station

20325 Remount Road, Huson, MT 59846

2016 Heritage Expeditions Course Descriptions Stock Courses

Tack Repair and Maintenance: New class this year!! Join us for this great new class. Bring your Decker pack saddle, riding saddle or that axe sheath that needs to be repaired. Jordon and Jennifer Knudsen of Sun River Saddlery will instruct you on the fundamentals of simple tack repair and maintenance. Learn to set rivets make quarter straps, fix your bridle, sew and condition your tack. Bring some of your tack to work on for this three day course.Teamster: Got a team trained to pull? Got a backcountry trail grading project? Want to skid logs for a cabin? Come learn to drive a team or sharpen your driving skills. Boone Jones will teach this four day course at the Historic Ninemile Ranger District. Learn to fit a harness, hook up a team and drive safely. Boone has over 50 years of driving experience, has won several competitions in Montana and Idaho, and has completed backcountry projects with his team. Most recently, Boone graded the Shearer runway on the Moose Creek Ranger District.Managers’ Horsemanship and Packing Clinic: This class is offered to Line Officers, Staff, and Managers who are interested in learning backcountry skills. The class is designed to fit the busy schedule of managers. This two day course will focus on basic horsemanship skills and packing. You’ll develop or further your horsemanship skills using Ninemile and Northern Region Pack Train stock. You will learn basic packing including saddling, mantying and leading pack stock. This course is designed to meet the need for mandatory safety training for stock users that is required by many Forest Service Regions. Class is taught by horse trainer and Ninemile Ranch Manager, Marc Haskins and Northern Region Pack Train Manager, Casey Burns. Agency employees only. This class fulfills the Region One Defensive Horsemanship Requirement.

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Ninemile Packing Clinic: Learning to pack mules and horses is what this class is all about. Stock use and packing has been the tradition at Ninemile since the Remount was established in 1930. We’ve offered the packing clinic at Ninemile since 1980, and we’re still going strong! The clinic is taught by Montana outfitter and author, Smoke Elser. Smoke is assisted by Northern Region Pack Train packers, Casey Burns and Mark Pengelly. Topics covered in this five day course include: stock anatomy, saddles and tack, feeding and care of stock, safe stock handling techniques, packing the Decker saddle, and minimum impact camping and stock use techniques. An overnight pack trip with an opportunity to use your newly learned skills, rounds out the week. This course also meets the Forest Service Region One requirements for Defensive Horse Safety training. Note: This class is a prerequisite for the Advanced Packing course offered in July

Defensive Horsemanship: This one day course focuses on safe and efficient stock handling techniques and practices. Participants will gain confidence in handling stock, and will develop horsemanship skills. The class is taught by Marc Haskins, horse trainer and Ninemile Ranch Manager. Look forward to being challenged and taking home some great skills! This class fulfills the mandatory Region One Defensive Horsemanship Requirement.

Advanced Packing Clinic: This awesome six-day course begins at the Monture Guard Station on the Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest. Expand your packing knowledge and learn some new skills! Northern Region Pack Train packers, Casey Burns and Mark Pengelly, along with the Northern Region Pack Train will team up again to take you on this enjoyable week of learning to safely pack, travel and camp in wilderness and backcountry areas. During the weeklong session, you will build on skills acquired in the Ninemile Packing Clinic (a prerequisite for this course), learn techniques for packing more difficult items, spend time working with a trail crew supplying them with water bars, bridge decking, gravel and/or tools. In addition, we will cover all aspects of trip planning and preparation, learn to camp safely in bear country with stock, learn to practice state-of-the-art Leave No Trace principles for stock use, and practice several methods of backcountry stock management. The class will culminate with a backcountry overnight in the Burnt Fork. Class size is limited to ten students so apply early! Fulfills Defensive Horsemanship.

Horse Handling and Training : Almost every unit with a stock program has, at some time, had to deal with untrained or spoiled stock, or stock with bad habits. Participants in this course for experienced riders will learn safe, correct procedures for riding, handling, and training saddle horses and mules. Techniques for correcting bad habits or undesirable behavior in riding stock will also be presented. Professional horse trainer and Ninemile Ranch Manager Marc Haskins will teach this two day course. You are encouraged to bring your own horse to this session, although we will provide one if you’re unable to bring your own. Space is limited to ten riders, so sign up early! Fulfills Defensive Horsemanship.

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Leave No Trace (Stock) Master Educator: This course is designed to teach participants the principles of Leave No Trace (LNT) as it applies to stock users and packers. Students learn “hands on” teaching methods and techniques for teaching outdoor ethics to diverse audiences. Graduates are expected to share the knowledge gained in this course with others, in a “train-the-trainer” format. All material and information presented is based on the latest wildland recreation research. The course is taught by Casey Burns, Leave No Trace Master Educator. He is assisted by other Master Level Instructors. Class size is limited to twelve students. This course is sanctioned by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and students will receive a “Master Educator” certificate. This course is taught annually at Ninemile Ranger Station, Huson, Montana.Firearms Safety for Packers and Stock Managers (Agency personnel only): This course will be held at Ninemile Ranger District. This one day course is restricted to agency personnel only, and will focus on safe handling, storage, and use of handguns for the specific purpose of dispatching injured or sick government stock (horses or mules.) Topics include: firearms safety and handling, proper firing techniques, including the demonstration of weapons proficiency on a firing range, legal and ethical aspects of firearms use, and animal anatomy and behavior. The course will include both classroom and shooting range exercises. Graduates will receive a certificate of completion.

Traditional Skills Courses

Crosscut Saw Maintenance & Sharpening: This class is an intensive hands-on course emphasizing the art and science of fitting up and properly caring for crosscut saws. Discussion topics include: styles of saws, qualities to look for when buying a saw and tools required to fit-up a saw. The majority of class time will be spent learning to properly sharpen your saw. At the end of the week, you’ll have an opportunity to spend an afternoon in the field practicing falling and bucking techniques and testing your newly sharpened saw! Bring two or three saws if you have them and all of the filing tools you can lay your hands on. We’ll discuss the different tools and make sure they’re properly adjusted. There will be plenty of tools and saws if you are unable to bring your own. Saw expert Arden Corey will be instructing this five day course. Arden has many years of crosscut saw experience and learned under Martin Winters. Arden has competed in lumber jack events and not only won many, but also held world records in timber competitions. One such record was cutting a 30 inch fir log in 31 seconds!Sign up early as space is limited to six students per week.Complete Axemanship Skills: This five day course provides safe and proper instruction on use of the axe as a stand-alone tool, or as a tool that can be used in conjunction with crosscut saws or other relevant hand tools. Hands-on instruction topics will include axe types, handle replacement, sharpening, and proper felling and bucking technique. All instruction emphasizes safety. This course will be taught by Doug Olive, Forest Service trails technician, who has extensive axemanship knowledge and experience.

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Dutch Oven Cooking Basics: Colleen Sloan has been teaching Dutch Oven cooking across the United States for over 40 years, but she’s been a Dutch oven cook all of her life. If you’ve attended classes at the Ninemile Wildlands Training Center the past few years, you’ve likely experienced her excellent cooking! Now, Colleen has offered to share her skills with you. This one-day class covers: equipment for low impact cooking, seasoning and cleaning Dutch ovens, cooking for a crowd, back country menus and packing for back country trips. Come to class with an empty stomach, we’ll start cooking first thing in the morning and continue right on through to a first class dinner! Tuition includes an instructional cookbook, a Dutch oven to take home and meals for the day. Additional supplies will be available for purchase at the course. Couples (husband & wife, father/daughter, best friends, etc.) are welcome to take advantage of a reduced tuition but will receive only one instructional cookbook and Dutch oven per couple.Advanced Dutch Oven Cooking: Here’s the class you Dutch oven cooks have been asking for!! Come hungry to the Advanced Dutch Oven Cooking class and learn how to make candy, ethnic dishes and gourmet meals; plus learn to cook on a cast iron wok and fry pans. Bring your own Dutch ovens and stoves, if you have them. Our Dutch Oven Chef Colleen Sloan, will furnish what you need if you don’t. You will leave this class with a full stomach, a new piece of cast iron cookware, and a wealth of new knowledge on the art of Dutch oven cooking. Couples (husband & wife, father/daughter, best friends, etc.) are welcome to take advantage of a reduced tuition but will receive only one instructional cookbook and Dutch oven per couple. Prizes will be drawn hourly!

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BCHI Public Lands-North Report,Sept. 17, 2016 Submitted by Rod Parks

New FS Saw Policy http://www.fs.fed.us/news/releases/forest-service-updates-safety-policy-saw-use Key things to note: ·         The R1 regional supplemental saw policy has been superseded by the national policy and is no longer in effect.·         Current certifications are good until they expire (no going back to “zero”).  Once they expire, the new policy is used. . New saw policy also pertains to youth ages 16-17 being able to use cross cut saws (FYI, no one under 18 can use a chain saw except under very specific circumstances per Department of Labor requirements).·         Cooperating partners have 1 year from date of publication in the Federal Register notice to be in compliance with the new policy, including addition of a new clause in their agreement.  ·         Partners operating in the field right now do NOT need to trained/evaluated/certified this summer if they are not currently certified.  They continue to operate under their existing agreement – and their agreements will need to be updated and any of their participants, staff or volunteers who are using saws on NFSLs trained/evaluated/certified per our policy requirements, by July 19, 2017.·         The new policy allows partners to develop their own saw training/eval/cert programs, following the same standards we have, and once reviewed and approved by the FS, can be used for training/evaluation and certification of sawyers (i.e., other volunteers, cooperators, FS employees too)·         Once folks are certified, a cooperating partner’s staff or a FS volunteer(s) certified as a B-level (bucking and limbing) evaluator as a C-level evaluator can train, evaluate and certify both their own group members, other cooperating partners and also FS employees – because everyone will be following and be certified per the same standards.  So in the short term, there’ll be a training/eval/cert workload for us, but in the long term, we’ll see additional capacity. ·         In R1, we’ll likely have a short term, large surge of partners and volunteers needing training, evaluation and certification – and most of that training/eval/cert will likely be FS providing that – we will be visiting with folks how best to do·         We do have some national partners that once their saw programs are evaluated and approved, they could also provide additional capacity if needed  -- I’ve talked with the Pacific Crest Trail Association and they would be willing to partner with R1 to help provide additional saw training if needed, once their current program is vetted.   Right sizing trail maintenance: FS is starting to discuss which trails to maintain, priorities of agencies and eventually user groups. Keep looking for opportunity to get involved when the announcement comes out.

Forest Service Trail Budget (Letter from DC Office)There was a new allocation for funds in all regions. There was a 30% reduction for the recreation budget in 2016 for Region One. There was an uproar from politicians and the public and this was rescinded.

Date: April 15, 2016Topic: Status of FY 2016 Recreation facilities and trails for the U.S. Forest ServiceIssue: The Forest Service provides clarification concerning recreation facilities and trails allocations. Background: The outdoor industry in general, and the Forest Service recreational programs in particular, provide a large boost to the economy, both at the local and the national levels. The use of Forest Service lands for recreation contributes more than $10 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product, and supports over 143,000 jobs, the vast majority of which are in gateway communities.

From 1925 to the present recreation visits on the National Forest System have risen from 5 million to 147 million per year, outpacing the increase in population by a factor of 10. Visitors today engage in activities that include hiking, camping, and picnicking, skiing, hunting, fishing, and horseback riding. They watch wildlife, visit cultural sites and visitor centers, or just view the scenery and drive for pleasure. They also engage in activities such as snowboarding, driving Off Highway Vehicles and snowmobiles, and engaging in rafting trips or guided backcountry trips.

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FS Trail FundingHaving noted the significance of the Forest Service’s recreational programs, both locally and nationally, it is important to address the current FY 2016 status. As such, talking points addressing relevant components of this request are provided to assist in answering potential public and/or media questions on this issue.

Talking Points: The rising fire expenditures has shifted agency financial resources away from forest management and restoration,

research, recreation and other mission-critical objectives and towards firefighting and other expenses related to fire management.

With a record 52 percent of the Forest Service's budget dedicated to fire suppression activities last year, compared to just 16 percent in 1995.

With the last two fire seasons, more than $237 million was diverted away from existing work such as forest restoration projects that would help reduce the risk of future fires, and recreation operations and maintenance, in order to cover the 10 year average cost of suppression. Congress relies on the 10-year average cost of fire suppression to appropriate funds.

The Facilities appropriation has decreased significantly overtime to the current budget of $77 million. Appropriations for other recreation programs are also down, including Recreation, Heritage & Wilderness and Trails. On average, regional allocations align with national appropriation trends. Those regions with higher Facilities budgets

have felt these cuts disproportionately. Regional distributions of trails funding have remained unchanged for many years. Revision of the allocation to reflect

a distribution more closely aligned with regional trails needs was tested in FY 2016 using a model that included criteria such as regional percentage of NFS trail miles, visitor use information and wilderness trails miles.

The criteria described above was intended to inform regional distributions. However, other factors continue to be taken into account to ensure that regional needs are met and that annual shifts in funding are not so extreme as to be detrimental to regions’ program needs.

In FY 2016 the Forest Service was able to provide additional funding to mitigate the decreases. The Forest Service intends to reevaluate the use of the model and make adjustments to ensure a reasonable

allocation for all regions starting in FY 2017.

Schedules of Proposed Action (SOPA)The SOPA is a quarterly report, Jan, April, July, Oct. that provides project, status, and contact information for proposed projects on the forest. Enter SOPA in search on your computer to see.

Federal RegisterLink to FS, BLM, & NPS http://www.bchi.org/issues.htm notices of any action from these agencies. Your public lands person should check these websites at least twice a month as some of the notices onlyh have 30 days for comments.

Idaho Funding for Non-motorized TrailsThis spring a meeting was held in Boise and Coeur d’Alene that multiple user groups were invited to. The hope was to come up with a process to generate funds for non-motorized trails from the users. The motorized users in Idaho raise money from the off road gas tax and the stickers on their vehicles. In my opinion, those present were more interested in complaining about the trail conditions rather than coming up with a plan. Multiple ideas were presented, but the user groups could not agree on any proposed plan of action. The most feasible, in my opinion, was a percentage of the gas tax on all citizens be put in a fund for non-motorized trails in Idaho.

Wallace L. Forest Conservation Area is located on Blue Creek Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Public Meeting Notice; Sept. 21, 6:00 PM at the BLM trailhead on Yellowstone Trail Road. BLM will discuss timber management and recreation improvements on the 750 acres + area. More mountain bike trails is of concern to other users. Website with proposed options: http://bit.ly/bluecreekbay.

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee Public Meeting was held Sept. 13th. No Report at this time.

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Take Action : Support the Land & Water Conservation Fund

This Bill in Congress Would Benefit Trails and Horsemen in Three Ways

As the 114th Congress looks toward its final months of work, we urge you to support the bipartisan agreement to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund that passed the Senate in April as part of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.

BCHA is a member of the LWCF Coalition that supports this bipartisan compromise. We want our supporters and members to be part of a major push to demonstrate our support.

Please sign your trail or riding organization, BCH state or chapter onto the LWCF Coalition letter that soon will be sent to Congress. The letter can be accessed here sponsored by the Wilderness Society.

LWCF is one of our country’s most important conservation programs, supporting local communities and increasing access to the outdoors in every state and 99% of all counties. The program is overwhelmingly popular and has maintained broad bipartisan support over its 50-year history of successful, locally-driven conservation. Yet, in 2015, it was allowed to temporarily expire and then given only a short term renewal.

Since permanent authorization of the LWCF passed the Senate, but not the House, it is going to be on a shorter list of issues that must be addressed before the end of this Congress. It is part of the Energy Bill Conference Committee that is convening right now.

Why is this Important to Horsemen?

BCHA prepared a fact sheet on the importance of Congress reauthorizing the LWCF. To view a map or a listing of LWCF   funded projects in your state, go to the LWCF Coalition website . As you will see, LWCF has benefited our national parks, national forests, state and local parks and other natural areas for over half a century.

The Energy Bill Conference Committee has included two other provisions that are important to BCHA members. The first creates a new National Park Maintenance and Revitalization Fund that is over and above LWCF—NOT taking authorized dollars away from LWCF—from offshore energy revenues. The fund would dedicate $150 million per year toward addressing the maintenance backlog in national parks, including trails.

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Secondly, the bill would dedicate at least $10 million each year of LWCF funds that “shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to Federal public land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes.’’ This could include national forests and other public lands. So again, the public and horsemen could be the beneficiaries of directing this small portion (no more than 1.5%) of LWCF monies toward enhanced public access.

Take Action

Again, please consider signing on to the Coalition letter by adding your trail or riding organization, BCH state/chapter to the list of LWCF supporters as soon as possible. It’s urgent. Congress is in session only for a few more weeks.

Please forwarding this invitation to any trail or riding organization, BCH chapters/units for sign-on in your state. We need thefantastic geographic diversity among all supporters and BCHA’s membership to sound off on the importance of LWCF in creating andexpanding recreational opportunities in every state.

Thank you for taking action!

We are hopeful that Congress will act to permanently authorize this landmark legislation that recognizes the universal importance of LWCF, dedicates an annual funding stream to address the national park maintenance backlog, and dedicate a modest amount of LWCF funds to improve public access to public lands.

Donald Saner,BCHA Chairman

Credit for both photos goes to “LWCF Coalition”

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BCHI Sponsor/BenefactorDonation/Support Solicitation Form

www.BCHI.org

Back Country Horsemen of Idaho (BCHI) is seeking sponsors and benefactors so that it can continue to carry out its Mission Statement:

To perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America’s back country and wilderness,

To work to insure that public lands remain open to recreational stock use,To assist the various government and private agencies in their maintenance and management

of said resource,To educate, encourage, and solicit active participation in the wise and sustaining use of the

back country resource by horsemen and the general public commensurate with our heritage,To foster and encourage the formation of new Backcountry Horsemen organizations.

In meeting the goals of our mission statements, BCHI members have spent thousands of volunteer hours on trails, trail heads, and campsite maintenance and construction. We have effectively lobbied government agencies for the continued upgrading of facilities and have successfully secured grants from both public and private sources for this purpose. We have established education chairs in each chapter of BCHI who work to bring the messages of low impact and “Leave No Trace” practices to both members and the general public.

We need your financial support if we are going to continue to be successful in meeting our goals. You can become a sponsor for $200.00. It is a one year membership. The benefactor status provides a lifetime membership for $500.00. Either grants the subscriber to a certificate of appreciation from BCHI; a listing in Broomtales” the BCHI publication, and permission to use “We are proud to be a sponsor/benefactor of BCHI” in any and all advertising. Also available are Non-affiliated memberships of $15 a year whom would receive BCHI certificate of appreciation for their support.

If you support the wise use of our back country resources, would like to see the traditional uses of equines in the back country and agree that education is a continuing need for those who would use the back country for recreating, then please purchase a sponsor or benefactor membership in BCHI.

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Back Country Horsemen of Idaho Donation Formthrough BCHI 501(c)3 Foundation # 82-0510506

Please copy and mail form:

Check one:Non-affiliated membership of $15.00/ yearSponsor membership $200.00/yearBenefactor Lifetime membership $500.00

Make checks payable to: Back Country Horsemen of Idaho Foundation

Business/Donor Name:___________________________________________

Contact Name:_________________________________________________

Phone:________________________Email:__________________________ Address:______________________________________________________

City:______________________State:________________Zip:__________

Thank you for your support of The Back Country Horsemen of Idaho Foundation, 501(c)3 public, charitable, non-profit organization. We appreciate your donation. Please retain this receipt as proof of your gift for federal income tax purposes.

Mail form and check to: Back Country Horsemen of Idaho Foundation

Attn: Alice Millington Sec/Treas.(Need mailing address added)

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personalization exist, but being associated with Google’s trusted brand will help assuage any fears about the online

donation process.

The standard service costs 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. If you fit the application requirements, we strongly recommend

applying for a Google Grant, which sets you up with AdWords, also completely free. It’ll take a few months to process

your grant, but it’s worth it. With Google’s previous service, Google Checkout, the fees were waived for nonprofits with a

Google Grant. However, it’s unclear as to whether or not that transferred over to Google Wallet when Google Checkout

shut down.

2. Razoo & Razoo Donation WidgetRazoo is a great website for indexing your nonprofit organization to get exposure for your cause. Use Razoo to set up

fundraising pages, or make use of Razoo’s donation widget to easily process donations on your own website.

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While the DonateNow services range in expensive and can be prohibitive for smaller organizations, Network for Good

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and a fundraising page.

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4. PayPal DonationsPayPal offers services to help nonprofits with online donations, especially in the form of their handy donation buttons for

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donor information in a way many comparable buttons don’t.

PayPal’s a valuable, trusted brand for processing money online. It’s ideal for donors who are existing users, but those

without accounts are free to make one-time payments with a credit card. The standard processing fee per donation is

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PaymentSpring, JustGive.org and Amazon SimplePay Donations for some more options.

Attachment #8Fall 2016 Public Lands Report (South)

The public lands report this summer is quite short.

1. The Owyhee Initiative does not meet in the summer months. First meeting will be in October.

2. The Idaho Sportsman’s Alliance does not meet in the summer. First meeting will be in October.

3. The Idaho Horse Council summer meeting was held in Twin Falls at the College of Southern Idaho. No major issues for BCHI. Marybeth took notes.

4. The National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act is still waiting for the Senate to do something.

5. Mountain bikers are pushing a bill before Congress to amend the Wilderness Act to allow mountain bikes in the wilderness. A copy of the letter send out by the BCHA Chairman Donald Saner will be handed out to the board members so they can take it back to their Chapters to discuss and hopefully call and/or write our Congressmen and Senators to voice their opposition to S 3205. (The Human-Powered Travel In Wilderness Act)

6. I traveled to visit the Sawtooth Chapter this summer. I toured all of the trailheads that they have worked with the Forest Service and developed in the Wood River Valley. Their members are quite active in that area.

7. No meetings have been held with the Wilderness Society, BLM, and BCHI due to the summer fire season in Southwestern Idaho.

8. The Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association should be receiving our newsletter to keep them informed on BCHI activities.

Phil RyanBCHI Public Lands Representative (South)

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The Wilderness SocietyIdaho High Divide Project Progress Report

September 6, 2016The Wilderness Society (TWS) is engaged in collaborative efforts to protect Idaho’s High Divide, a valuable tract of wildlife habitat bridging ecosystems in Central Idaho and Greater Yellowstone. Idaho's High Divide provides a wildlife corridor for animals that need plenty of room to roam. Keeping it healthy and intact helps cushion against the effects of climate change, increased off-road vehicle use and fragmented land management. Bears, wolverines, lynx, elk, pronghorn antelope and other wildlife depend on passage between wild, relatively intact ecosystems like Central Idaho, Greater Yellowstone and the Crown of the Continent. Idaho’s High Divide is a vitally important corridor for linking different wildlife populations.

Our Idaho National Directors were to discuss possible BCHI involvement in this project with Randy Rasmussen at the 2016 National Convention as it relates to the upcoming revision of federal land management plans in central Idaho beginning in late 2016. I did not get any feedback as to whether this discussion occurred during the convention and what our forthcoming role might be in collaborating with TWS and other partners during the plan(s) revision process.

I met with Rob Mason, TWS Central Idaho Representative on March 29, 2016, to learn more about the project and how it might be integrated with revision of central Idaho federal land and resource management plans. TWS is working in the Idaho side of the High Divide and is interested in ensuring that wildlife habitat and migration corridors are conserved between the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the central Idaho wilderness lands (the Selway-Frank complex).  They are not sure exactly what that looks like yet, but they envision a series of different management prescriptions and conservation designations across the region that could ensure that species such as elk, mule deer, pronghorn, etc. have safe wildlife habitat and migration corridors.  They’re interested in working with as many partners as possible to figure out what kind of management might make sense for the landscape, and being able to advocate for that in the upcoming land and resource management plan revisions.  They’re also trying to compile as much science as they can to inform where the most important lands are to protect for wildlife. Rob indicated he would welcome our involvement as another partner in the collaborative group that will be formed to hopefully help research and report what potential changes local, regional and national partners recommend to make revised plans stronger in future restoration and conservation of wildlife populations, migratory pathways and key habitats.

Federal Land Management Plan(s) RevisionThe Salmon-Challis National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management Salmon Field Office are revising land and resource management plans for millions of acres in Idaho’s High Divide area. Work on the Salmon-Challis Forest Plan revision has already begun. The first public information meeting for revision of the Salmon-Challis Forest Plan is set for October 1, 2016. I will be in Texas and will not be able to attend this meeting. These plans will chart the future of this landscape for decades. TWS sees this as an opportunity to study this relatively intact and unique landscape in the Northern Rockies. TWS already is working with other partners to devise a plan ensuring that habitat connectivity remains strong between Central Idaho and Greater Yellowstone, and in the process build a model for how to do the same in other large landscapes.

Partnership CollaborativeThe Wilderness Society already is working with a number of local, regional and national: conservation groups, government entities, ranching, mining and timber industry representatives, private landowners and other participating stakeholders. Sensibly revising federal land and resource management plans in Idaho’s High Divide with a diverse collaborative group will be a big part of ensuring wildlife habitat connectivity and resilience and backcountry equestrian trail maintenance and use in the years to come.Scribe, Terry Hershey

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