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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

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.)
1:00 - 8:00pm Registration and Exhibitors set up booths
6:00 - 8:00pm Ice-Breaker Social
8:00 - 9:00pm The Big South Fork National Recreation Area Trail System
Brad Neff, Neff Scientific
Jamestown, Tennessee


Friday, July 26

7:30am Registration
8:30 - 9:00am Welcome - Clemson University officials
9:00 - 9:15am Goals of SETC 2002
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
10:00 - 10:30am Break
10:30 - 11:15pm National Forest Management Act
Joy Berg, Ecosystem Management,
USDA-Forest Service,
Washington, D. C.
11:15 - noon National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Dave Purser, Environmental Coordinator,
Southeast Region, USDA Forest Service,
Atlanta, Georgia
12:00noon Lunch
1:00 - 1:30pm Q & A session on NEPA
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

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.
3:00 - 3:30pm Break
3:30 - 4:15pm Equestrian Trails on National Recreation Areas in the Southeast
Beth Merz, Supervisor,
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area,
Virginia
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
6:00 - 8:00pm Social hour and Barbecue
8:15 - 9:15 Special Forum: Question and answer session with Mr. Christopher Douwes on the FHWA Recreational Trails Program.


Saturday, July 27

9:00 - 9:45am The Endangered Species Act and Its Influence on Dispersed Recreation
Mae Lee Hafer, Biologist,
USDA Forest Service
Brevard, North Carolina
9:45 - 10:30am Equestrian trails and the Endangered Species Act
Gene W. Wood, Clemson University
10:30 - 11:00am Break
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
11:45 - 12:30pm Equestrian use of Wilderness areas
Anne Lang
Back Country Horsemen of America
Bakersfield, California
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch
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
8:00pm The Charles C. Deam Wilderness Trail Reroute Project:  A Case Study in Conservation Policy
Les Wadzinski
USDA-Forest Service
Hoosier National Forest


Sunday, July 28
9:00 - 12:00noon Tour
12:00noon Adjourn SETC 2002


For additional information contact:
Dr. Gene W. Wood
E-mail Dr. Wood
Department of Aquaculture
Fisheries & Wildlife