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Officers and Directors |
As we start out our new year we will be having to set our calendar for the year and take on the task of deciding on our work projects for the year also. In February we will be holding our annual chili feed and meeting at Ron and Debbie Riess house on the 17th of the month at 4:00 P.M. and hope we can get a good turn out as its always a good time trying all the different chilis and dishes that members bring. Another function that is coming up this spring is the Back Country Horsemen of Montana State Convention which is being hosted by the Judith Basin Back Country Horsemen in Lewistown, Montana on April 6-8, 2018. The premiere event of this years convention is a round trip on the world-famous dinner train, the Charlie Russell Chew Choo. Space on the dinner train is limited to the first 250 attendees. And of course, they will be holding a raffle if you need tickets you can contact LeAnn for tickets. Along with the raffle items there will be a photo contest, live and silent auctions as well as conducting the business for the Back Country Horsemen of Montana. As always it should be a good time. Remember the convention is not just for the chapter delegates any chapter members are welcome to attend, all you
have to do is send in your registrations and those can be found online at the BCHMT state website
using the link at the bottom of this newsletter. One of the
biggest issues facing us this year is the bikes in Wilderness.
In this issue of the newsletter you will find some articles on
HR 1349 the bill that was introduced last year and was past by
the house committee of which our congressman Gianforte is a
member and did support at first. But has had a change of heart
and is no longer supporting it anymore which is a good thing.
But I would still ask that members please drop an email to your
congressman and senators asking them to please not support this
type of legislation. You can find links for our congressional
delegates in this issue. Also you will find at the bottom of
this newsletter links to our meeting minutes along with some
other interesting stuff such as the hours report for BCHMT and
newsletter links for the national and state newsletters. I am
hopeful that we all can have a good year and have some fun while we do it and hopefully everybody
(Ron) will be all healed up this year.
As always, when in doubt let your horse do the thinkn Fred
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To see the meeting minutes from
the last meeting, see the link under Chapter Information. |
President:
Fred Fitzpatrick
Vice President:
Ronald Ries
Secretary/Treasurer:
LeAnn Hermance
State Directors:
Merlyn Huso
Bob Hermance
Alt. State Director:
Ronald Ries
Chapter Directors:
Clete Gregory
Lisa Schmidt
Zane Drishinski
Dennis Garcia
Debbie Ries
Kurt Dyer
Junior Director:
Abbey Hutton
Editors:
LeAnn Hermance
Fred Fitzpatrick
Website:
Fred Fitzpatrick
BCHMT Chairman:
Brad Pollman
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Birthdays |
January
Joe Suta and Zane Drishinski
February
Clete Gregory, Ginger Flesch and Hannah Nieman
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Montanas Congressional Delegation:
Congressman Greg Gianforte
Senator Steve Daines
Senator Jon Tester
Click the link below and it will take you to the congressional
delegates page.
MONTANAS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
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| Take Action! |
Uphold the Integrity of the Wilderness Act
Voice Your Opposition to H.R. 1349
Mountain bikes in designated Wilderness?
For over 50 years its been prohibited by the landmark Wilderness Act. But a new group, the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC), intends to change that. The STCs president proclaimed that legalizing mountain bikes in wilderness is inevitable.We need your help to ensure that this
does not happen. Please contact your member of Congress today to say they should not support H.R. 1349.
See Montanas Congressional Delegates above.
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After voting for bill allowing bikes in the wilderness, Gianforte says he no longer supports it
After earlier voting for a bill that would allow bikes in
wilderness areas, Montana’s lone congressman, Republican Greg
Gianforte, says his views have changed and he no longer supports
the legislation. I have spent a lot of time in the backcountry,
and I always believed that travel in the backcountry should be
foot or horseback, he said Monday. Late last year, a U.S. House
committee approved, along with Ginafortes support, House
Resolution 1349.
To see the entire article click on the heading above. |
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