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The Northwest Montana chapter of the Back Country Horsemen Helps Educate the Next-Generation of Back Country Packers

September 15, 2021 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.
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In 2015, Mathies and a group of similarly minded horse and backcountry enthusiasts decided to create a new chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen of Montana, the NorthWest chapter, geared towards youth and families.

Mathies said there had been some discussions in the past about starting a packing group in 4-H, so it was a natural progression to start the conversations about a partnership. Other than a little bit of packing curriculum from a group in Bozeman, there wasn’t much existing framework to build out a horse-packing program, but in 2016 the program launched with 14 kids.

By Micah Drew


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