Trail Blazers
The Minnesota Horse Council provides support and financial backing for maintenance and development of equine trails.
The Minnesota Horse Council provides support and financial backing for maintenance and development of equine trails.
Over 10 years ago, the Minnesota Horse Council recognized that horse trail issues were becoming an ever-larger part of its activities, significant enough that the Council decided to form a sub-committee to help provide support and financial backing for the maintenance and development of equine trails. This was the start of the MHC Trail Blazers.
The MHC Trail Blazers works to support state trails by acting as a liaison in two main areas:
For more information/resources regarding trails in Minnesota please visit the DNR Horseback Riding information page. Also visit the Minnesota Horse Pass page to see more information regarding Horse Pass information and purchase options.
To begin the application process, please call of the Trail Blazer members list below. The procedure for applying for trails assistance varies depending on the project. Through the direct contacting process, we can then tell you what information is needed to apply for Minnesota Horse Council funds to assist in your specific trails project.
There is no specific deadline for submitting requests for funding; each request will be evaluated as it is received. Our Trails committee will try to give a preliminary response within 1 month of receiving the request for funding. However, trail work is frequently done in cooperation with the state or federal government, or as matching funds. Major trail projects often require lengthy planning and approvals; projects sometimes take 2 to 3 years of planning before actual work on the trail begins.