16 August 2016
Counterpunch
It is simply difficult for many citizens to imagine that managers of the any Park system would deliberately introduce to, and promote in Parks, an activity based on machines and dependent on vehicles. Across the nation park lands have become increasingly ecologically fragile and isolated, and each day they become more valuable to local and regional residents, as well as other Americans, for their role in protecting natural ecosystems and contributing to social and environmental well being. Park managers have often struggled meet these goals, yet this Parks Plan amendment appears to be considering forcing off pavement mountain biking, an activity known to be responsible for a growing list of destructive environmental consequences and one inbred with a culture of lawlessness and aggression, into Adirondack Park.
Environmental Impacts of Mountain Biking 