IN TOUCH WITH THE MOST DEVOTED EQUINE AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS
IN TOUCH WITH THE MOST DEVOTED EQUINE AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS
Cayuse Communications is a family of domains, a library of publications, and a podcast offering smart, lively content for horse enthusiasts and outdoor folks. Created and run by publisher and journalist Maddy Butcher.
Cayuse Communications is a family of domains offering smart, lively content for horse enthusiasts and outdoor folks. Created and run by publisher and journalist Maddy Butcher
– NICKER NEWS –
A fun, lively magazine for horse owners. With multiple guest columnists and award-winning content. Since 2008, this community site has been a relaxing place for reviews, opinion, and enthusiasm for all things equine.
– HORSE HEAD –
Horse Head is the source for owners and riders who crave serious yet easy-to-absorb, science-oriented articles.HorseHead takes complicated topics – brain function, neurochemistry, etc. – and relates them in readily applicable manner. Typically, our articles are widely-shared and discussed among riders of all disciplines.
– HIGH COUNTRY OUTSIDER –
Explorations of a non-native, HighCountryOutsider celebrates the backcountry and its wildlife. It features high-quality content dedicated to hiking and camping explorations, species lists, gear and book reviews, current issues surrounding public lands, water rights, and more.
– BEST HORSE PRACTICES –
This award-winning site reviews equine research with everyday encounters in mind. It also critiques popular training practices with an eye on what’s best for the horse. Read by some of the most accomplished horsemen and women working today.
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Readers gravitate to Cayuse Communications for its quality journalism, thoughtful content, and discerning reviews.
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What Readers Say
“Originally created by a journalist with rural, small-town roots to reach others in similar situations – Maddy is still reaching out with her creative and amazing websites, but now to a world-wide audience. Kudos to her!”
Julie in Maine
MEET JOURNALIST & PUBLISHER
MADDY BUTCHER
Maddy Butcher worked for nearly two decades as a free-lance reporter for The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications covering sports, travel, business, front page, and investigative work.
More recently, she’s dedicated her work almost exclusively to horse-related content. (But she still writes opinion pieces for the Washington Post.)
Two sites, NickerNews and BestHorsePractices, have received international blogging awards. And her podcast, Best Horse Practices with Jec Ballou, is often ranked in the top 50 among Natural Science shows.
Butcher is the author of A Rider’s Reader: Horse Sense, Science, & Sentiment, Beasts of Being: Partnerships Unburdened, and Horse Head: Brain Science & Other Insights with Dr. Steve Peters. She has also published To Catch a Horse, by Amy Skinner and Dressage for the Rest of Us, by Katrin Silva and other volumes. Visit Cayuse library.
In 2017, she launched the Best Horse Practices Summit, a non-profit conference with academic and arena presentations and international collaborators.