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[OT] habitat
On 7/6/2011 2:45 PM, James wrote:
Marvelous how habitat grows back. I see it regularly in bush camping areas. "This area is closed for revegetation." It goes beyond that as well. Every single study on impact to trails has shown that hikers and mountain bikers have similar levels of impact--the impacts are slightly different, but similar level. Hikers have a much greater impact on wildlife because they move through an area more slowly and hence are there for a much longer time. Both hikers and cyclists cause trail erosion and damage in different ways. Horses of course have been shown to do much greater damage to trails than any other user, besides having the most impact on wildlife. The reason why some hikers are opposed to mountain bikes has absolutely nothing to do with impact on trails or habitat, that's a smokescren. The real reason is that they just prefer to hike without the additional trail users in what they believe to be space that they are entitled to. I don't blame them. I find it unpleasant to be hiking on a trail and have bicycles zoom by too, but I don't go around making up stories to try and justify why bicycles should be banned. The reason you see these incredible stories being fabricated (and MV is by no means alone in doing this) is because the argument of "we were here before there were any mountain bikes so we should have exclusive use" is so weak. If MV was really concerned about habitat or trail damage he'd be spending his efforts toward banning equestrians on trails, not cyclists. But of course it's clear that he actually has no concern about either of those. |
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