{"id":696,"date":"2013-04-04T05:38:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=696"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:32","slug":"bcha-alert-parkwide-commercial-stock-outfitter-concessions-contracts-yellowstone-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"BCHA Alert &#8211;  Parkwide Commercial Stock Outfitter Concessions Contracts-Yellowstone National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pepc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-699\" alt=\"pepc\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pepc.jpg\" width=\"963\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pepc.jpg 963w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pepc-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear BCHA members,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yellowstone National Park recently announced the start of an Environmental Assessment (EA) to review its \u201cParkwide Commercial Stock Outfitter Concessions Contracts.\u201d <strong>Public comment letters during the initial scoping of the project are due by April 15th, 2013<\/strong>.\u00a0 For details, go to: <a title=\"Planning web site\" href=\"http:\/\/parkplanning.nps.gov\/document.cfm?parkID=111&amp;projectID=46159&amp;documentID=51981\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/parkplanning.nps.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This process is VERY important to BCH and will be closely monitored.\u00a0 Members that have ridden in Yellowstone, or plan to in the future, should participate in the EA process, attend public meetings (if you live in ID, MT or WY) and\u2014importantly\u2014submit written comments to the Park by April 15th.\u00a0 BCHA\u2019s Advisor for Wilderness &amp; Recreation has included talking points at the end of this alert that you should consider including in your letters.<\/p>\n<p>We are learning, our written comments often do carry weight, particularly if a great number of members submit personal comments (versus form letters).\u00a0 We all need to respond so the Park Service understands how important Yellowstone is to horse and mule riders nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Review the newspaper article below<br \/>\n2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The link to the project\u2019s website and our talking points<br \/>\n3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then submit a short, courteous letter to Yellowstone National Park by clicking on the \u201cComment on Document\u201d link given on the website or by mailing your letters to:<\/p>\n<p>Yellowstone National Park<br \/>\nAttn: Parkwide Commercial Stock Outfitter Concession Contracts\/EA<br \/>\nP.O. Box 168<br \/>\nYellowstone National Park, WY 82190<\/p>\n<p>We are seeing more and more National Parks going through a process that includes the potential for new limits or restrictions to outfitted day rides or a reduction of stock use in the backcountry\/wilderness.\u00a0 If you live near or ride in a National Park or National Monument, please serves as our eyes and ears and alert BCHA if this process appears in your area. It is imperative that horsemen be in on the ground floor when an agency is considering limits on commercial stock use, as some outfitters are prevented from speaking out against reductions in guided day or backcountry tips. Moreover, we\u2019ve seen some public land agencies move toward reducing private stock use after they\u2019ve justified making reductions to commercial stock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/YPRHU.pdf\">Yellowstone Park reviews horse use<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Stock_Use_Scoping_Brochure_revised031213.pdf\"> Revised Stock EA Scoping Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/BCHAWPT.pdf\">BCHA Talking Point <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear BCHA members, Yellowstone National Park recently announced the start of an Environmental Assessment (EA) to review its \u201cParkwide Commercial Stock Outfitter Concessions Contracts.\u201d Public comment letters during the initial scoping of the project are due by April 15th, 2013.\u00a0 For details, go to: http:\/\/parkplanning.nps.gov This process is VERY important to BCH and will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}