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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Just need to put some on the outside of the roots and raise above the tops of the roots. Notice, in the photo, how the bark is beginning to scuff off of the top of the root in
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<div id="divRpF115275" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> CANUFNET [canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] on behalf of Stephen Smith via CANUFNET [canufnet@list.web.net]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> October 26, 2021 8:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Canadian Urban Forest Network'<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] Tree roots and bike trails<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The mountain bikers often put stones over the roots to prevent abrasion. See picture.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Stephen Smith</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Urban Forest Associates</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=""> CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces@list.web.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Corkum-Gorrill, Jessika via CANUFNET<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] Tree roots and bike trails</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Does anyone have experience or thoughts on exposed tree roots within mountain biking trails and whether more damage is caused by covering them up with soil or leaving exposed and riding over them?</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thank-you!<br>
Jessika</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#0070C0">Jessika Corkum-Gorrill</span></b></p>
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