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   <h1 style="text-align:center; margin-top:20px;">Next Generation Environmental
Best Management Practices
for Equestrian Centers
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    <li>Design all Manaure Management around “nothing but rain down the drain.  </li>
     <li>	For TMDL’s that means shovels and tubs to collect manure in Washracks.   </li>
      <li>	For Manure transfer Stations that means brooms in addition to shovels for container loading.    </li>
       <li>	Every arena should have tub and forks at ingates, and two additional / arena.  </li>
       <li>	Paths and aisles from barn to arena should have tubs and shovels every 75-150 feet.    </li>
     <li>	Vegetative filter strips should be grown and maintained wherever possible.    </li>
      <li>	Containers should be collected on a maximum two week schedule.     </li>
       <li>	If composting onsite, the pile should be on impermeable ground, and have drainage and run-on containment above and below the site.  It is preferable to have vegetative filter strips below.   </li>
       <li>	Any wash rack with infiltrative drain system should have mats above it, positioned for manure collection while bathing horses.  </li>
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Either mature compost from onsite, or returned topsoil from compost partners should be made available to boarders, riders and professional staff. 
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      <li>		“Carrot Garden” or other demonstrations of benefits of soil from horses be planted.     </li>
       <li>		Awareness of any area, or adjacent impairments to watershed water quality.  Barns can be held responsible if they have not proven their nutrient management.  </li>
       <li>		At least semi annual water tests for nutrients, coliform and sediment run off.     </li>
     <li>	Study Adjoining area stormwater management plans by neighbors, city or county.     </li>
      <li>	Web Soil Survey of potential of equestrian center property for infiltration to groundwater.      </li>
       <li>		Manure Management Plan should be overlaid on Stormwater Management Plan to identify areas where drainage can flow without picking up nutrients or sediment.     </li>
         <li>			If washrack water is collected to be used for dust control on the property, it should be tested twice per year.      </li>
       <li>			Every facility should have Manure Transfer Stations that are designed to comply with the EPA guidelines.    </li>
       <li>			Due to the mostly dry nature of equestrian stable waste and horse manure, Manure Transfer Stations, and any intermediate collection locations should have racks and brooms where appropriate to attempt to “zero out” nutrients available for stormwater.     </li>
     <li>		Signage that engages all the stakeholder groups that work at, attend or work for equestrian centers is a key to “immaculate collection”, a key to water quality.      </li>
      <li>	An overall qualification for high standards can and should be applied with a large sign indicating this achievement.       </li>
       
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