jllaclair
July 15th, 2010, 11:14 AM
I was out on my bike at Seminary two weekends ago. My Buddy and I were riding the fireroads when we came to a spot just beyond the 1st major stream crossing, up the fireroad and bear to your right. Someone had worked on some drainage issues, but it was a MESS. After a few seconds of looking around I could tell this was not a section that was worked on by MORE or any other mountain bike club, but the City. The City (or LR Maintenance) came in with a tractor and dug deep trenches, ran over foilage, bushes, and small trees on both sides of the fireroad. There were two other sections like this.
I thought the whole thing with mountain bikes, hikers, etc., was to preserve the forest. If people from MORE where doing trail maintenace and left the trails in this condition, we would have been kicked out of the watershed faster than you can blink! I was very disappointed in their ability to try and fix an issue with such destruction.
If the rangers and envronmentalist are so concerned about the foiliage and drainage, why did they allow someone with a tractor and tear it all up and leave it that way??
I should have taken some pictures, but if any of you are out there next time take some photos for the next council meeting. Show them our work versus theirs and the damage they caused.
I thought the whole thing with mountain bikes, hikers, etc., was to preserve the forest. If people from MORE where doing trail maintenace and left the trails in this condition, we would have been kicked out of the watershed faster than you can blink! I was very disappointed in their ability to try and fix an issue with such destruction.
If the rangers and envronmentalist are so concerned about the foiliage and drainage, why did they allow someone with a tractor and tear it all up and leave it that way??
I should have taken some pictures, but if any of you are out there next time take some photos for the next council meeting. Show them our work versus theirs and the damage they caused.