This page and the related pages accessed via the links above are a rough repository for Horse Trail "FAQs".
Click the picture above to view the presentation I gave at the 2004 Southeastern Equestrian Trails Conference and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's International Conference, Trail Link 2003, June 26-29, 2003. Note: Fast internet connection recommended, this file is a 5-meg pdf.
For a copy of the slides in "handout" format, click here (pdf - only a half meg)
For the accompanying list of reference materials, click here. (pdf - tiny)
Your tax dollars at work: There is a new book out (2008), available FREE from the FHWA - "Equestrian Design Guidebook for Trails, Trailheads, and Campgrounds" - this is a project Jan Hancock of Arizona has been working on for nearly ten years. I acted as contributor and reviewer. Order here: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/trailpub.htm
Trail Etiquette (for equestrian trail users)
Thoughts on Standardizing Horse Trails Across New York State (12/2000) (pdf)
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