[CANUFNET] Tree roots and bike trails

[pwassenaer1022 at rogers.com]

Jessika,

 

I would say that is depends on how much you cover them and also how you
would plan to contain that soil so it doesn't just disappear again. How
often would you plan to go back and repeat this? In any case I would say
filling them over will remove the direct physical damage to the roots and be
better than "letting it ride".

 

If you would fill just over the roots with soil and then add wood chips
over, that will likely be a good solution. You would then likely have to
just replace wood chips every so often.

 

Just some off the top of the head thoughts.

 

Philip

 

 

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Subject: [CANUFNET] Tree roots and bike trails

 

Hello,

 

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?

 

Thank-you!
Jessika

 

 

Jessika Corkum-Gorrill

Forest and Environmental Officer

 

City of Charlottetown

PO Box 98, 199 Queen Street

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

C1A 7K2

902-629-4122

 

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