The primary goal of the organization is to protect access to public lands for recreational use by horses and mules. The group works at the local, state and national levels with land managers, lawmakers and other user groups to preserve the horsemen’s rights to recreational use of stock on public lands.
Judith Basin Back Country Horsemen (JBBCH) was founded in 2000 and is part of the national organization whose roots go back to Montana’s Flathead Valley. Since forming in 1973, Back Country Horsemen’s membership has grown to approximately 13,000.
