On Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:04:15 PM UTC-4, Mike Vandeman wrote:
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.


Hogwash. This was written by an attention-starved layman with no relevant peer-reviewed journal publications who cherry-picks, misquotes and alters context to make his points.

For REAL science go... Basically anywhere else.