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The purpose
of this section is to direct attention to political action items
affecting the horse community on the local, state and national level,
with a special emphasis on trails access, zoning issues, and
preservation of the rights of equestrians and ranch property owners. Do
you know of a political issue affecting horsemen in your city or county?
Is there a letter writing campaign, public meeting, bill or election
that needs our participation? Please write to info@bayequest.com
and let us know.
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Help preserve Bear Creek Stables (posted 5/6/05)
| Near Los Gatos in the
Santa Cruz Mountains, Bear Creek Stables is a family run
72 horse stable that has been there for over 100 years.
MidPeninsula Open Space District is currently conducting
public planning workshops for Bear Creek Redwoods, which
includes the stables and several miles of horse trails.
Midpen has not mentioned the ranch
as an asset in its description of the Bear Creek Redwoods
parcel. In fact, there is no mention of the ranch anywhere
in their literature. When the stable's fate was brought up
at the public meeting, MidPen was vague and mentioned only
that they are considering equestrian use, which does not
necessarily mean that they want the ranch to stay. In
fact, they have already closed at least one other ranch on
their other properties.
Please send an email to masterplan@openspace.org
and let them know that you want the stables and horse
trails to be included in the master plan. You can also go
to their web site www.openspace.org.
If you want to be included on our
Friends of Bear Creek Stables mailing list, please send
your email address to: Friendsofbcstables@sbcglobal.net
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Please put 'Add me to your list' in
the subject line. (We will not share your email address
with other organizations.)
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