Unnecessary Soil Erosion and the Destabilization of Trees Protecting Us
“Rogue mountain bike trails damage sensitive environment”
“Going downhill: Conflict over rogue North Shore mountain bike trails coming to a head.
Booby trapped trails, rogue builders and environmental damage called out in open letter from North Shore Mountain Bike Association”.
North Shore News, Jan 17, 2025
“[Heidi Walsh, director of watershed and environmental management for Metro advised]..it’s eroding away all the soil. That’s all going into the creeks and river systems.
And then we get trees that become unstable because the roots get exposed. Then the next season, the bikers come in again and they’re doing more damage to the tree roots.
Then we start to have tree failure. And then, eventually, the trail just turns into a whole bunch of loose, cobbly rocks,” she said. “And then it gets abandoned, and then they move on to a new line.”
North Shore News, Jan 17, 2025
Report related concerns to local authorities. It appears Metro Watershed and Environmental management is also very alert to the issue and listening.