FAQs

Donation Request Protocol (PDF, 20 KB) Occasionally we have supported outside organizations and individuals who request a donation, providing that the project being funded is related to BCHC Objectives and Purpose.

Horse Camp Incident (JPEG, 574KB) for reporting non-horse people who camp in horse camps.

Medical Data Form (PDF, 19KB). We ask everyone who goes on a work party to fill one in, just in case. You can seal it in an envelope, write your name on the outside and give it to the work party leader. He/She will give it back, still sealed, if we don’t have to use it.

Membership Application. (PDF – 310 KB).
Print it and fill it out. Remember, we are the Mid Valley Unit.
Mail it in with your check. Our Membership page has more details.

Trail Safety Guidelines (PDF, 424KB). Most of these are common sense, but please look it over at least once. Ride or Work Pary leaders may want to print off a copy to give to someone, just in case. Common sense sometimes isn’t common.

What we do is a little more risky than, for instance, filling in the daily crossword with a pen instead of a pencil. We are usually in the back country, hours from medical help, horses and mules are large, powerful creatures, and, if we are working (as opposed to just riding) our tools are both sharp and powerful. Here are some safety tips.

These are forms and directions as to how to fill them out, on ther BCHC state site. The US Forest Service and BCHC require them when we have work projects.  State level Safety forms.

Here’s a Google Slide presentation, Safety in the Backcountry, from Karen Lopes. (4.5 MB). (Use your right and left arrow keys to navigate.)

Going somewhere? Booking a flight, taking a cruise, reserving a hotel room, or renting a car? You can book through: BCH Getaway. When you do, BCHC will earn a portion of the commission the airlines, cruise lines, hotels and rental car companies pay the travel agent. The prices are as low and the service is as good as you’d get through Expedia, Travelocity or any of the other on-line travel services. This way, though, you can make your vacation a donation.

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