Watershed-adjacent equine boarding stables and adjacent landowners who wish to access authorized designated trails on WSSC property for the purpose of: birdwatching, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, or picnicking from a point other than those designated by WSSC for general use permit holders may be allowed to purchase the appropriate entrance permit. Permission is conditioned upon the location of the adjacent property to the authorized designated trail. If permission is granted to the adjacent landowner for access, an appropriate entrance permit will be issued and the adjacent landowner must enter into a legal agreement with WSSC prior to directly accessing WSSC watershed. In addition, all watershed users are required to obtain a watershed use permit.

Boarding stables and/or landowners who benefit financially from having access to WSSC watershed from other than the designated access points used by use permit holders must obtain a boarding stable entrance permit. Stables and those entities boarding, leasing or renting animals will be considered a commercial business. It is the responsibility of those businesses to ensure persons who board/lease/rent and/or enter WSSC watershed property possess a valid WSSC watershed use permit. Failure to do so will jeopardize the business’s current boarding stable entrance permit and the ability to obtain future boarding stable entrance permits.

An adjacent land owner who does not board, lease, or rent horses for/to other persons, but wishes to access WSSC property for horseback riding must obtain an adjacent landowners entrance permit and enter into a legal agreement with WSSC prior to accessing WSSC property from their adjacent property in addition to obtaining a use permit. (REG-WWM-PR-2301-001)