Easy to deny it until it arrives at your door. I'm afraid by the time it becomes undeniable to policy makers, it will be too late to avoid terrible consequences. We're already seeing accelerated species extension. As much as I love mtbing, that's the least of our concerns.
Young people are becoming more active, some seeking office. Other lawsuits are active in other state courts. Shareholders are holding CEOs accountable. The tide is rising, I think, but I agree -- in our lifetimes, likely not much will change in reality. History teaches us that major/quick policy change comes about when catastrophic events happen, unfortunately.
Protect Our Winters has a report/study, conducted in conjunction with students/researchers/athletes, that addresses climate change on multiple outdoor sports, e.g. skiing, climbing, mountain biking. Some quick bullet point understandings on climate change and its impacts on trails/trail planning are at this link:
Easy to deny it until it arrives at your door. I'm afraid by the time it becomes undeniable to policy makers, it will be too late to avoid terrible consequences. We're already seeing accelerated species extension. As much as I love mtbing, that's the least of our concerns.
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Young people are becoming more active, some seeking office. Other lawsuits are active in other state courts. Shareholders are holding CEOs accountable. The tide is rising, I think, but I agree -- in our lifetimes, likely not much will change in reality. History teaches us that major/quick policy change comes about when catastrophic events happen, unfortunately.
To all your questions to the reader I can answer, “No”. Yes, plan and maintaining trials properly. But climate change has nothing to do with that.
We can respectfully disagree. Some perspectives from around the USA on how climate change impacts trails ...
The Green Mountain Club is addressing/planning climate change impacts in Vermont, on one of its, and the USA's, premiere long-distance hiking trails:
https://www.greenmountainclub.org/climate-change-trail-management-strategies/
Protect Our Winters has a report/study, conducted in conjunction with students/researchers/athletes, that addresses climate change on multiple outdoor sports, e.g. skiing, climbing, mountain biking. Some quick bullet point understandings on climate change and its impacts on trails/trail planning are at this link:
https://protectourwinters.org/hot-trail-summer-the-impact-of-a-warming-climate-on-climbing-and-trail-sports/
The National Park Service is also addressing the issue:
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/rtca/climate-change-adaptation.htm
A quick search on IMBA's website using "climate change" in the search bar turns up only this:
https://www.imba.com/search/node?keys=climate+change
Sustainable Trail Coalition's website shows nothing on climate change, from what I can see.
Where I live, CAMTB only has a passing mention to it, in it's Advocacy Pillars of this year/2023:
https://camtb.org/camtb-advocacy-pillars/
Where is the leadership in our mountain biking community on Climate Change?
-- James