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3/25/08 Our first Traylor Ranch Workday will be this Saturday, March 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Things are beautiful over there and the county mowed a couple of weeks ago so we will be remowing the new grass. This will be lots easier after the county's initial mowing. Please bring mowers, weed-eaters, clippers, shovels, rakes, wheel barrows, gloves, water to drink and a good attitude!!!! See you there. Any questions, call the Potters at 652-5339. 3/24/08 The Supplemental EA/IS may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=1808. The site-specific actions being analyzed are the construction of a new contractor access road from Auburn-Folsom Road to the staging area at Dike 5; development of a trail detour to maintain trail connectivity between Beal's Point and Mooney Ridge during work at Dikes 4, 5, and 6; and construction of a cofferdam to improve workers safety while the auxiliary spillway stilling basin is built. Comments on the Supplemental EA/IS should be e-mailed by Friday, March 28, 2008, to FolsomJFP@mp.usbr.gov; or mailed to Ms. Elizabeth Vasquez, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom CA 95630; or faxed to 916-989-7208. For questions or to request a CD or paper copy of the Supplemental EA/IS, please contact Ms. Vasquez at 916-989-7192 or FolsomJFP@mp.usbr.gov. Additional information on the JFP is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/jfp/index.html. If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or lwirth@mp.usbr.gov. Reclamation is the largest wholesale water supplier and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, with operations and facilities in the 17 Western States. Its facilities also provide substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits. Visit our website at www.usbr.gov. Relevant Links: Supplemental EA/IS
3/17/08 1.. There will be NO Arena Cover Committee meeting on Wednesday at 5:30pm. The committee is still getting information and wanted to have a presentation ready, but we are not to that stage. We do have some Grant information and a couple of quotes on covers. If you have any information for the group, a quote or a favorite Arena Cover company we might talk to please send the information to lbha@vfr.net. 2. Just a reminder of the LBHA March Meeting at Round Table Pizza in Loomis : our presenters are Nick and Jami Kolopos and will talk on Care and Repair of Tack. Should be good. We will also update everyone on the Folsom Lake General Plan. Eat at 6:30pm Meet at 7pm. We will probably start the club meeting around 6:45pm. See you all 3. There will be a Municipal Advisory Committee meeting tonight (Tuesday) concerning the Folsom Lake Equestrian Center and its request to increase the number of horses. There will be a Planning Commission Hearing for FLEC on March 27th. Loomis Mac Meeting 6050 Library Drive, Loomis 7pm Horseshoe Bar Road and Library Drive - call Jenny at 626.9547 if you need directions The MAC makes recommendations to the Planning Commission and the County Supervisors on community actions. 3/11/2008 Pam Anderson, an Agriculture Technician, is testing backyard, barnyard chickens for Avian Flu. The test is free of charge and you will be helping gather data in our area. In addition, Pam will pick up any dead birds and take them to UC Davis where they will be autopsied free of charge and the results will be returned to you within one week. Dead birds should be kept cool while waiting for pickup and they will keep for several days or keep them in your freezer if you have room, but freezing is not necessary. What a sweet deal! Call Pam at: (530) 845-0225 or (707) 889-3402. She has voice mail on both phones. She lives in Newcastle, but will travel most anywhere in our area. She indicated that Placer county has set up 6-7 chicken coups around the county that are blood tested weekly. All but one coup has West Nile! They have found that chickens are not dying from West Nile, but they will pass it among other birds, who may die, like pigeons. West Nile is now found to be commonly spread by migratory birds who land in ponds in our area. It is spread thru feces, and by mosquitoes. EVERYONE REMINDER: Now is a good time to check YOUR property for standing water!! Being that I'm sensitive to bites, for a number of reasons, I personally would appreciate everyone reducing breeding areas for mosquitoes. Dog and cat owners: Remember your heartworm preventative and flea/tick controls! There's also new products that protect against mosquitoes such as Revolution. (and yes, cats can get heartworm from mosquitoes same as dogs) 3/8/08 From Donna Williams, a reminder of the second FOLSOM LAKE General Plan Update hearing and comment date. If you can make it please go, listen and then send in your comments. Also, please send you comments to LBHA at lbha@vfr.net so we can include them in the LBHA letter, just in case we miss your important input. From: Donna Williams [mailto:dwynot@hughes.net] ALERT-ATTENTION EQUESTRIANS March 7, 2008 If you don’t have any opportunity to support our vast, and wonderful trail system any time this year, then, NOW IS THE TIME! It is imperative you do two things. One, you attend the meeting Folsom State Park’s is having on: MARCH 11, 2008 (THIS TUESDAY) At 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. @ Folsom Middle School, 500 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, California Second, you submit comments. The public review and comment period will end on March 24, 2008. This Folsom Lake State Recreation General Update Plan will guide the development and general nature of recreation for the next 20 to 30 years or so. The acceptance of these plans will have a significant impact on our recreation. You can view the document on-line@ http://ww.parks.ca.gov/?page_id-22322 Note: In particular, Read Chapter III, pages 76-87, 131,136,172,173,175,176,180,181,183,186,188,191,192,and 195. See you at the meeting this TUESDAY.
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· Also, if you see anything broken (like the gate handle) PLEASE let LBHA know as soon as possible so it can be fixed. The gate has been fixed temporarily until the proper piece can be found to do it correctly. · There will be a “Cover the Arena” meeting at 5:30pm at Round Table, in the meeting room. Bring your ideas and any contacts for Covered arenas as well as any ideas for funding, grants etc. If we do not get a good turnout, we will scrap the idea. One note on the covered arena. All Placer County Parks are dark, so there will be no lights in the arena. But it will be a great place to ride in the winter time. · Don’t forget the LBHA meeting on Wednesday Feb 20 at Round Table Pizza. We will eat at 6:30PM and meet at 7pm. Our speaker is Dr. Langdon Fielding from Loomis Basin Vet to answer all our questions and update us on what is new. See you all there. Bring your questions for Dr. Fielding.
2/10/2008 The Draft EIR for the Folsom Lake area General Plan is out. The two public meetings will be held to provide an overview of the Plan, answer any questions and accept public comment. Please mark your calendars and try to come to one of the two meetings to get the voice of the horsemen heard. If you go to the website at http://www.parks.ca.gov:80/?page_id=22322 for more information on the plan. The link also give links to the actual plan. The dates, times and locations of the meetings are:
• March
5, 2008 – 7-9pm
at Cavitt Junior High School (gymnasium), 7200 Fuller Drive, Granite
Bay, CA 95746 See you there. As Donna Williams noted: “This is very important, so definitely take the time to at least become familiar enough to make comments, and to come to these public meetings. This procedure has taken 6 years to evolve and will have an impact on the park we all appreciate and love to use the trails. This General Plan will effect us for decades, so please step up to the plate and be involved. “
2/9/2008 The 2008 LBHA directory is in the works now. If you are not a paid up member you will not appear in the directory or get a copy. So if your membership expired DEC 08 you need to renew. You will find a list of those that need to renew at http://www.garlic.com/~lbha/DEC07Renewals.pdf. Also, if you are a business member and have not submitted an updated business card, please do. If we do not receive one from you, we will assume the past card is current. Also, we have a few Full Page ad spaces available at $25. 2/8/2008 Received this from Jenny Jordan concerning the FLEC hearing yesterday.Thanks to all who wrote, attended or called the County. She was granted permission to have 60 horses at the Center. See below Kathy, Thank you so much for your letter sent today. We have been approved to operate with 60 horses!!!! Please let everyone who sent letters, made phone calls and crossed their fingers that we appreciate their support! Thanks Jenny 2/7/2008 Hi Members, I know this is very late notice, but we just got word that there will be a Zoning Administrators this afternoon at 3pm. The hearing concerning the minor use permit for Folsom Lake Equestrian Center on Lomida Lane in Loomis. For more info call the Planning Dept 530-745-3080 . The hearing will be at the Planning Dept Hearing room. FLEC is requesting to keep 60 horses at the Center. Jenny Jordan and FLEC have done a major clean up of the property from what it looked like before. FLEC now operates a clean and well ordered equestrian facility of the highest possible quality. The owners are diligent in keeping the property free of dust, manure ,flies and other pests. They are also good stewards of property near the facility. One of the major opponents to the project is Clos Du Lac, they are worried about dust and flies. However a stable was already there when Clos Du Lac was built. Only difference is now the place is greatly improved and far less detrimental than the old facility of the past. If this project does get turned down, Jenny Jordan of FLEC will let us know right away so we can help get this resolved. Her neighbors were like us and didn’t get a notice till the other day. Remember, Clos Du Lac built in an area that is zoned for livestock plus a stable was there at the time, so they knew that there would be flies and some dust. It should not have been a surprise to them Sorry, that was the fax number in the last message for Planning. The phone is 530-745-3000 Sorry. 2/3/08 The CHP Trailer Inspection set for April 19 at the Bay Side Church in Granite Bay ( Sierra College Blvd and Douglas Blvd area) will start at 9am. We will have 10 slots to start, starting at 9am, if you are interested in going to the inspection, please let LBHA know so we can put you into a slot. Times are 20 minutes apart, so we will have a 9am, 9:20am, 9:40am, 10am, 10:20am, 10:40am, 11am, 11:20 am 11:40 and noon. There will be three lines at the Inspection, one will be for LBHA. If we get more than 10 trailers, we may have some extra slots from another group. The CHP requests that you clean out the manure from your trailer, do not bring your horse, and have your Registrations for both your truck and trailer. There will be a porta-potty and snacks available. If you plan on attending the Inspection, please let me know which slot you are interested in. 1/31/08 Just a note to let you know that the February LBHA newsletter is out on the web. It can be reached at http://www.garlic.com/~lbha/WebNewsletterFEB08.pdf 1/19/08 There will be a Tack Swap at the Loomis Basin Equestrian Center, 7050 King Rd, Loomis on Feb 24, 2008. It’s in a covered arena so event will go on rain or shine. Set-up from 9am to 10:30am with the SWAP from 10:30am till 2:30pm. Come join the fun, CASH OUT the excess in your tack room. Shop for bargains. BUYERS- No Fee, Sellers- $25 per table with no commission. Bring table, chairs etc. For more information call 916-652-6842 or e-mail elts@garlic.com The American River Conservancy Invites you to a: Moonlight Horse Ride at Cronan Ranch Sunday, January 20th from 5pm to 7pm The Divide Horsemen's Association (DHA) and the ARC are joining forces again for a January ride. This is another Moonlight Ride at Cronan Ranch. (Pedro Hill Staging Area, Pilot Hill, CA.) This is a chance to meet new friends, make new riding buddies, and see at night this beautiful parcel that was acquired by ARC supporters. The ride is being hosted by ARC employees and DHA/DTP members, Julie Andert and Gail Zeigler. Please be READY TO RIDE at 5:00 pm SHARP! (We will be on the trail at 5:05 pm) RAIN OR VERY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CANCEL THE RIDE "IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE MOON, WE WON'T RIDE!"No RSVP is required. Call before 3pm Sunday at (530) 621-1224 with any questions FREE 1/14/08 Just a reminder of the January Meeting to be held at the Loomis Round Table Pizza on Wednesday Jan 16. Eat at 6:30pm and meet at 7pm. The agenda will be to open the nominations a final time and then vote on the 2008 officer nominees. Check your last newsletter for the list of nominees. If you want to throw your hat into the list, come to the meeting and nominate yourself for a spot. Our topic for the meeting will then go on to what we want to accomplish in the year 2008. Bring your ideas and suggestions. We already have a start. If you can’t make the meeting send what you would like to see and what you can help on to lbha@vfr.net 1/3/08 Jan Trueblood has lived on Lomida Lane in Loomis forever and is our neighbor and long time family friend, in fact the Lomida Ln is named after her three kids. Anyway, she passed away on New Years Day and I've contacted everyone I think I know of but with all going on I'm not sure I've reached everyone. There will be a reception to celebrate the life of Jan Trueblood, a long time resident of Loomis, on Friday the 4th of January in the big red barn at the Flower Farm in Loomis. Please contact me via email or by phone for further information. Please also pass this information on to anyone you know who is not a LBHA member. I am sure I've missed a few in all the confusion. at jennyjordan@got-trails.com or 916.652.5191Thank you all in advance for your support, Jenny Jordan 12/20/08 Sorry some of you missed out on the great Christmas Pizza Party. We had a great group who came and enjoyed over a half dozen extra large pizzas and didn’t leave too much for the mice. LBHA now has a great trail comment form on our web page. This form can be used to report a conflict you had on the trail, maintenance problems as well as to let us know if you really liked a trail. When we get a filled in form, we will forward it on to the proper folks to take care of problems if it is something that can’t be done by LBHA. Please check out the form at http://www.garlic.com/~lbha/TrailComments.htm the link is also on the main LBHA web page just above the President’s message. Please use it. This way we will get actual reports of any conflicts. Many officials, such as state parks, never hear from the Horsemen side of the trail users so they do not think anything is happening. Most of us just grumble but don’t report anything. Now we will have a record and officials will have the problems in writing.
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