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Next Meeting – March 19
Next Meeting – March 19
March 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Brooksville Enrichment Center (800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd., Brooksville). NCBCH will provide the main course of baked ham, and we ask members to bring a side dish or dessert to share for our potluck dinner..
Our guest speaker will be Don Cox from the Florida Trail Stompers, who will speak about Tread Lightly. This is a great opportunity to connect with another recreational group that is growing in popularity and to better understand their interests and perspectives. I look forward to having Don share with our group.
Our Annual Membership Drive
Our Annual Membership Drive
NCBCH welcomes and depends on your involvement and support. Join us now to preserve our right to ride on public lands in Florida and across the nation.
NCBCH welcomes and depends on your involvement and support. Join us now to preserve our right to ride on public lands in Florida and across the nation.
Dues for 2026 are $25 for individual membership, $30 for family (2 votes during elections for family membership).
Click on the Membership link below to print an application.
Click on the Membership link below to print an application.
NCBCH Newsletter
NCBCH Newsletter
Good afternoon, Nature Coast Back Country Horsemen,
March is here and we are in full swing of riding season! The trailheads are full of trailers, and it’s great to see everyone out enjoying the trails and this beautiful riding weather. It has been a dry season, leaving many trails sandy and soft. While we hoped last year’s cold snap might reduce the tick population, it appears to have had little effect. Riders are still finding ticks on themselves and their animals, so please remember to treat or spray before heading out.
Our next meeting will be March 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Brooksville Enrichment Center (800 John Gary Grubbs Blvd., Brooksville). NCBCH will provide the main course of baked ham, and we ask members to bring a side dish or dessert to share for our potluck dinner.
Our guest speaker will be Don Cox from the Florida Trail Stompers, who will speak about Tread Lightly. This is a great opportunity to connect with another recreational group that is growing in popularity and to better understand their interests and perspectives. I look forward to having Don share with our group.
We had a fantastic turnout for the Breakaway From Cancer Poker Ride on Saturday, March 7. A total of 27 trailers were carefully organized into the Tucker Hill horse parking area thanks to Charlie, Bob, and Frank. Donna coordinated the food, and Fred and Jan kept everyone fed with hot dogs. The event brought out 40 riders, and most importantly, we raised over $5,000 for Breakaway From Cancer—nearly double last year’s total. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a success!
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March is also Trash Collection Month. Like last month, this will be self-led and photo documented. If you clean up a road or section, please take a selfie with your haul and send it along with the location so we can log it for our end-of-month report. There’s plenty of trash to go around, so everyone can participate. We are fortunate to have one of the cleanest WMAs in the Withlacoochee State Forest—let’s keep it that way.
February was Invasive Species Awareness Month. At our last meeting, Harrison Rose from the Florida Forest Service shared information about invasive plants in the Withlacoochee State Forest and how we can help manage them. Throughout the month, about 25 volunteers conducted self-led weed pulls, removing roughly 30 lawn bags of Caesar’s weed and foxtail weed from trailheads and surrounding areas. Every plant pulled before it seeds helps prevent hundreds more from spreading. Great work to everyone who participated!
Good luck with your trash hauls this month, and we look forward to seeing you at the meeting next week. Be sure to check out the photos from our weed-pulling efforts and the Poker Ride on our Facebook page.
Best regards,
Charlie
Charlie Kemp
Nature Coast Back Country Horsemen President
727-560-9990
Back Country Horsemen of America
Back Country Horsemen of America
How to obtain parking passes for local Trailheads
How to obtain parking passes for local Trailheads
Friends of Florida State Forests Annual Day Pass
Friends of Florida State Forests Annual Day Pass
Good for all Florida state forests that have fees at the trailheads. The day use fee at Croom's Tucker Hill trailhead is $2 per person. The annual pass is $45 which is good for any day of the year for up to 6 people. To order the annual pass on-line go to:
Friends of Florida State Forests Annual Day Pass
Purchase it locally at: Florida Forest Service
Withlacoochee State Forest Recreation/Visitors Center
15003 Broad St., Brooksville, FL 34601-4201
(352) 797-4140
Lake Townsen Preserve, Nobleton Parking Fee
Lake Townsen Preserve, Nobleton Parking Fee
The daily parking fee is $3.00 per vehicle. An annual parking pass is $45.00 per vehicle.
To get Annual Parking Pass Application go to:
Lake Townsen Annual Parking Pass
Read both pages, particularly the highlighted area, print, fill it out, make a check payable to Hernando Cnty Recreation Department, & mail to 205 E. Fort Dade St., Brooksville, FL 34601, or go to their office at same address to purchase one. Call 352-754-4027 for further info.
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