ELCR wins National Award
ELCR has won an award from American
Trails. The ELCR web site has been named a “Winning Website” in the
Trail Organization or Club division.
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Only one national organization is devoted
to saving land for horses –
Equestrian Land Conservation Resource.
Loss of open land has been identified as the greatest threat to the future
of all equestrian sport, recreation, and industry. By educating horse people
and encouraging partnerships with conservationists and other user groups
at the local level, the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource is mobilizing
thousands of equestrians to work for land access and protection in their
communities. We recognize that without such concerted efforts,
the equestrian world as we know it is at great risk.
ELCR educates horse people about the crisis and brings them together
with conservationists to stem this serious loss. Our many programs include:
Coordinating and working with riding groups, such as the Friends of Callithea
Farm in Maryland, to form nonprofit organizations to purchase and save their
riding areas.
Assisting landowners to work with land trusts
to create easements that will protect land for horse use.
Partnering with such groups as USEA, AQHA, USPC and MFHA,
as well as state horse councils, fox hunters, breed organizations, trail riders,
and discipline organizations to save their riding places.
Serving as a clearinghouse for information about land and access protection.
Isn’t it time for you to join too?
Now is the perfect time for you to help us accomplish
our mission of making sure that today and tomorrow —
you will have a place to keep your horse, that there will
be farmland to produce hay, and that you will have open
space to ride!
