Steve,
as we do at my job for Prospect Park Natural Resources, we do the same thing: add mulch to trails. The purpose is to reduce foot and bike compaction, add fertilizer from organic breakdown into the soil to help the surrounding flora High human traffic is much responsible for the deterioration of trees whose roots are compacted and eventually die from over compaction .As least the mulch softens the compaction and Parks dept can be defended here. ( better than asphalt ) see this link for basic uses of mulch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulch Peter BBC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
