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Equestrian Trails: Understanding and Applying Conservation Policy
This agenda will be up-dated as new information becomes available.
Thursday, July 25
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9:00am - 4:00pm | "Leave No Trace" Workshop for Trail Horse and Pack Stock Users
Gene Wood, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, Clemson, South Carolina
Butch Kennedy, Southern Blue Ridge Back Country Horsemen, Pendleton, South Carolina
Al McPherson, USDA-Forest Service, Roanoke, Virginia
(This session will be free and limited to the first 20 people who register for it as part of SETC 2002.)
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1:00 - 8:00pm | Registration and Exhibitors set up booths
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6:00 - 8:00pm | Ice-Breaker Social
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8:00 - 9:00pm | The Big South Fork National Recreation Area Trail System
Brad Neff, Neff Scientific
Jamestown, Tennessee
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Friday, July 26
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7:30am | Registration
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8:30 - 9:00am | Welcome - Clemson University officials
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9:00 - 9:15am | Goals of SETC 2002
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9:15 - 10:00am | Keynote Address:
Mr. David Brickley, Attorney at Law,
Pfitzner and Morley
Former Director, Virginia Dept. of Recreation and
Conservation,
Woodbridge, Virginia
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10:00 - 10:30am | Break
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10:30 - 11:15pm | National Forest Management Act
Joy Berg, Ecosystem Management,
USDA-Forest Service,
Washington, D. C.
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11:15 - noon | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Dave Purser, Environmental Coordinator,
Southeast Region, USDA Forest Service,
Atlanta, Georgia
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12:00noon | Lunch
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1:00 - 1:30pm | Q & A session on NEPA
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1:30 - 2:15pm | The Federal Highway Administration's Recreational Trails Program
Christopher Douwes
Manager, Recreational Trails Program
U. S. Dept. of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Washington, DC
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2:15 - 3:00pm | Trails Issues and the Recreation Agenda for the National Forests
Jim Miller, Dispersed Recreation / Trails,
USDA-Forest Service,
Washington, D. C.
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3:00 - 3:30pm | Break
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3:30 - 4:15pm | Equestrian Trails on National Recreation Areas in the Southeast
Beth Merz, Supervisor,
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area,
Virginia
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4:15 - 5:45pm | Equestrian Trails on Southern Federal Lands
Panel Presentation:
The Carolinas - Butch Kennedy
Georgia and Florida - Joan Grant and Cindy Farmer
Alabama and Mississippi - Candace Bourne
Tennessee - Joanne Grimes
Virginia - Richard White
Arkansas - Jacque Alexander
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6:00 - 8:00pm | Social hour and Barbecue
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8:15 - 9:15 | Special Forum: Question and answer session with Mr. Christopher Douwes on the FHWA Recreational Trails Program.
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Saturday, July 27
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9:00 - 9:45am | The Endangered Species Act and Its Influence on Dispersed Recreation
Mae Lee Hafer, Biologist,
USDA Forest Service
Brevard, North Carolina
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9:45 - 10:30am | Equestrian trails and the Endangered Species Act
Gene W. Wood, Clemson University
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10:30 - 11:00am | Break
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11:00 - 11:45am | The Wilderness Act and Dispersed Recreation on the National Forests
Al McPherson, Dispersed Recreation and
"Leave No Trace" Coordinator
Jefferson National Forest
Roanoke, Virginia
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11:45 - 12:30pm | Equestrian use of Wilderness areas
Anne Lang
Back Country Horsemen of America
Bakersfield, California
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12:30 - 1:30pm | Lunch
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1:30 - 5:30pm | Presentations on conservation policy issues affecting equestrian trails by individual state:
Tennessee - Equestrian Trails and Endangered Mussels
Tom Blount
Chief of Resource Management
Big South Fork National Recreation Area
North Carolina - The Use of Trail Horses in Great Smoky Mountains National
Park
Dwayne Stutzman
North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
South Carolina - Planning for Equestrian Trails in the South Carolina State Forests
Mike Winburn
South Carolina State Forests Recreation Advisory Council
Virginia - Accessing Public Lands from Private Properties
Tim Eling
USDA-Forest Service
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Georgia - "Limits of Acceptable Change" for Horse Trails on the Cohutta Wilderness Area
Lynda Hill
Cohutta Wilderness Area "Limits of Acceptable Change" Planning Team
Florida - The Cross Florida Greenway: America's First Land Bridge
Helen Koehler, Vice Chair
Florida Greenways and Trails Council
Arkansas - Protecting Our Resources Through Trail Development
Vicki Trimble
Village Creek State Park
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Mississippi - To be announced
Alabama - Cooperative Trail Planning and Construction: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned
Joy Malone, Dispersed Recreation Manager
National Forests in Alabama
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8:00pm | The Charles C. Deam Wilderness Trail Reroute Project: A Case Study in Conservation Policy
Les Wadzinski
USDA-Forest Service
Hoosier National Forest
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Sunday, July 28
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9:00 - 12:00noon | Tour
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12:00noon | Adjourn SETC 2002
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