I was searching Google for something AERC related and I found the
following article by the US Department of the Interior that I had not
seen before- it is much nicer in its pdf
format which I have attached . Great PR for AERC....

Randy Eiland



NEWS RELEASE Contact: Lisa Morrison 505-438-7526

For Immediate Release: April 7, 2004

Roger Taylor, American Endurance Ride Conference,
Receives Prestigious Departmental Award

(Fort Stanton, New Mexico) – Department of Interior Bureau of Land
Management Director Kathleen Clarke presented Roger Taylor, Southwest
Director of the American
Endurance Ride Conference (AERC), with the prestigious Take Pride in
America Award today in a
ceremony near Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Mr. Taylor, who resides in
Albuquerque, received this award for
contributing over 5,000 volunteer hours leading numerous AERC volunteers
in the development of a
horse trails system in the Fort Stanton Area of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC) managed by the
Bureau of Land Management in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
In the ceremony, Director Clarke cited Mr. Taylor’s and the AERC’s many
accomplishments in service to
America by surveying and signing horseback riding trails on the Fort
Stanton ACEC, by making
improvements in providing water and power to the horse trails visitor
area, and by planning and
coordinating several endurance ride events held there. She also cited the
national attention received by Roger and the AERC for their partnership
with the BLM in national
magazines like the Arabian Horse World.
About the Awardees

Mr. Roger Taylor
• Director of AERC for its first four years and is currently Southwest
Region Director
• A rider for 30+ years with 5 children that have ridden thousands of
miles
• Ride manager for many one, three and five day endurance rides,
including a six day event scheduled for Fort Stanton ACEC this June.

About Take Pride in America
Take Pride in America is a national partnership that aims to seek,
support and recognize volunteers who work to improve our public parks,
forests, grasslands, reservoirs and wildlife refuges, as well as our
cultural and historic sites, local playgrounds and other recreation
areas. With 100 Charter Partners, Take
Pride involves federal, state and local governments, conservation, youth
and recreation groups, and top
national corporations and organizations. Together, we protect and enhance
the special legacy all
Americans share – our public lands that cover one in every three acres
across the nation.

For more information visit: www.TakePride.gov.
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