"Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:31:44 -0400, "S Curtiss" <[email hidden]> wrote:
.>
.> The Impacts of Mountain Biking on Wildlife and People --
.> A Review of the Literature
.> Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D.
.> July 3, 2004
.>
.Again....?
.If anyone is reading any of this in search of real information, then by
all
.means, click on MV's site below and read his "research".
.But DO NOT STOP by taking his "research" as fact. Check the International
.Mountain Biking Association website.
No real science there! Only JUNK science (propaganda).
opinion. Your claim is no more valid than anyone else. Especially the
researchers whose work you turn around out of context.
Quoted message said:
.Check any and all sources you can find on mountain biking, hiking and the
.comparative effects of both on environment and wildlife.
BS. Most sources on mountain biking are nothing but PROPAGANDA. If you can
find
even ONE reliable scientific source that supports mountain biking, you
have
completely failed to produce it! (HINT: It doesn't exist.)
1. A study was done in Boyne Valley Provincial Park, located northwest of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1997 by the Department of Botany at the
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The purpose was to compare
effects of mountain biking and hiking on the soil and vegetation. There
were three major findings in this study. First, impacts on vegetation and
soil increased with biking and hiking activity. Second, the impacts of
biking and hiking were not significantly different. Third, impacts did not
extend beyond 30 cm of the trail centerline. One year after remediation
efforts, these impacts were no longer detectable. These results indicate
that at a similar intensity of activity, the short-term impacts of mountain
biking and hiking may not differ greatly in the undisturbed area of a
deciduous forest habitat. The immediate impacts of both activities can be
severe but rapid recovery should be expected when the activities are not
allowed to continue. (Eden Thurston and Richard Reader, 2001).
2."Perception and Reality of Conflict: Walkers and Mountain Bikes on the
Queen Charlotte Track in New Zealand": Gordon Cessford
Despite the general perception otherwise, most available comparative reviews
and studies have concluded that while visibly very different, the physical
impacts of bikes on tracks were not any worse than those of walkers overall
(Keller, 1990; Wilson & Seney, 1994; Chavez et al. 1993; Ruff & Mellors;
1993, Cessford, 1995a; Woehrstein, 1998, 2001; Weir, 2000; Thurston &
Reader, 2001😉. This appears to be the case whether considering important
biological features or the physical state of the tracks. On this basis,
selective restrictions to biking based on physical impact concerns may be
inappropriate.
3. Further sources, references and research found on the website of the
International Mountain Biking Association. The information quoted above was
found on non-IMBA sites.
By no means is this a complete list. It does illustrate, however,
information is available from non-Vandeman sources and is easy to locate.
(example: search "mountain biking impacts" -vandeman) I would suggest anyone
seeking information not rely on Vandeman alone. Especially if you want
complete information. That is my point.
Quoted message said:
.You will find MV's "research" has been carefully selected and worded to
.express his personal viewpoint. You will fins he has "spoken" at several
.conferences and symposiums. Of that, you will find these conferences did
not
.invite him as a keynote speaker, but rather he invited himself as anyone
can
.do by answering a "call for papers" witch results in 15 or 20 minutes to
.make your presentation. You will also find, if you do any research on MV
.himself, there is no real mention of him or his "research" outside of
.reference listing websites, which he also sent his own information out to
be
.listed. No other researcher mentions him... no other scientist or
.biologist, no other attendee at these conferences makes mention of him.
.Do a Google search of Usenet on MV... you will find years of data of
which
.he has talked himself into a corner and exited by calling everyone
"liars"
.and "idiots".
.Spend a rainy afternoon if you want a good laugh.
.But don't take my word for it.... or his. Just read it all for
yourself.
.Then go have a nice ride in the woods with a clear frame of mind.
.
.>
.> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
.
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
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