On Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:38:32 AM UTC-7, sms wrote:
http://www.ohio.com/news/mountain-biking-water-trail-for-paddlers-are-elements-of-final-trail-plan-in-cuyahoga-valley-1.394590



This is very good news. Park rangers and wildlife experts know that

mountain biking builds the constituency for parks and it has been proven

that mountain biking has no more impact than hiking, and far less impact

than equestrian use. See

http://www.americantrails.org/resources/ManageMaintain/WKeenImpacts.html

for details.

Hogwash! This guy is a mountain biker and a trail-builder, not a scientist! "Unfortunately the document does not really site [sic] any specific research or studies in forming this conclusion". For the REAL science, see http://mjvande.nfshost.com/scb7.htm.