Washington State Horsemen

Director: Patti Seldal, 22216 Connells Prairie, Buckley, WA 98321

Phone: 253-862-0722

This division is comprised of a group of horsemen that find owning a horse a pleasure and riding them on trails a relaxing hobby. Safety is stressed on the trails, both for humans and livestock. We try to keep up on trail conditions as the information becomes available.

Each year our riders pay a fee and submit their number of miles ridden. It is a friendly competition between horsemen. This riding information is used by different agencies to track trail use by horsemen. To the rider, it's just fun to see how many miles they can ride in a year. Makes those feed bills not seem so bad!

The preservation of the rights of Americans to enjoy the recreational use of horses on public lands is extremely important. We work to educate our horsemen about minimum impact on the areas we use. We cooperate with federal, state ad local agencies to build an maintain trails and trailheads. Our riders turn in hundreds of volunteer work hours, and WSH turns them in to the Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service, State Parks, and Private Timber Companies. We participate in meetings, hearings, and public planning sessions of public agencies. We work on proposed land-use regulations affecting horsemen and report any other news of interest to the pleasure horsemen through the WSH monthly newspaper.

Join Us Today. It's simple to do. Just send in the Trails and Pleasure Sign Up Form along with $10.00 to the Trails and Pleasure Director as noted above. Then start tracking your miles. Remember for every 1 hour of riding equals 4 miles. All riding counts including arena and pleasure and trail riding.

Contact either the Trails and Pleasure Director or the WSH Secretary for sign up and tracking forms. They will be available online soon.