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Local Horse Owners & Boarding Facilities Recognized for Improving Water Quality & Horse HealthClean Water and Healthy Horses
Left-to-right: John Broadwood, Shea Stewart and Jim WaltersThree San Lorenzo Valley horse owners and boarding facilities were given recognition at a recent Santa Cruz County Horseman's Association meeting. Glenwood Equestrian Center (owned by Dorothy Wise and John Broadwood), Stewart Ranch (owned by Shea Stewart), and ManeDance Ranch (owned by Claudia Goodman) were recognized for making horse facility improvements to maintain horse health, improve water quality, and increase ease of opeartions. Each developed a manure and land management plan for their site, and implemented improvements such as use of innovative paddock footing to reduce erosion, installation of gutters and drainage systems to reduce mud, and varying use of parts of their property seasonally. All of these actions will reduce sedmient and nutrient pollution to the San Lorenzo River, which is impacted by these and other pollutants. The demonstration site owners were pleased to participate in the program and receive acknowledgement for their work at the Horsemen's Association meeting. "The information provided by all of the technical advisors on the project saved me huge amounts of time and money," said John Broadwood of Glenwood Equestrian Center. These facilities served as demonstration projects for the San Lorenzo Watershed Manure management Program. The Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District and Promax. Contact: Carey Cooper, SC County Resource Conservation District, Ph (831)464-2950, email: sccrcd@cruzio.com" Santa Cruz County Horsemen's Association Newsletter, February 2003 Glenwood Equestrian Center 1751 Glenwood Dr. Scotts Valley, CA 95066 831.438.8432
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