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There's a recent trend of blocking off smaller trails "for nature conservation". This is a terribly misguided decision, when you consider the bigger ecological picture. | There's a recent trend of blocking off smaller trails "for nature conservation". This is a terribly misguided decision, when you consider the bigger ecological picture. | ||
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The mountain needs trails of all sizes - not just big paved ones, but small organic ones too, for people to really feel close to nature. {{x|Also, walking ''only'' on paved surfaces may cause repetitive strain; there are health benefits of varying the terrain.}} If people can't get that experience here, they'll find it by driving 50 to 200 km outside Montreal - which is MUCH worse for the environment. | The mountain needs trails of all sizes - not just big paved ones, but small organic ones too, for people to really feel close to nature. {{x|Also, walking ''only'' on paved surfaces may cause repetitive strain; there are health benefits of varying the terrain.}} If people can't get that experience here, they'll find it by driving 50 to 200 km outside Montreal - which is MUCH worse for the environment. | ||
Rural Quebec has thousands of times more nature to conserve; Mont-Royal is a tiny dot on the map (see video clip), where all the people are concentrated. | Rural Quebec has thousands of times more nature to conserve; Mont-Royal is a tiny dot on the map ([[:File:mont-royal-vs-quebec-scale.mp4|see video clip]]), where all the people are concentrated. | ||
[[Walkability]] is a key part of making cities green; To maximize walkability, we need to fit as many experiences as we can in one city. The mountain should be optimized for human enjoyment. ''Rural'' nature should be optimized for conservation. | [[Walkability]] is a key part of making cities green; To maximize walkability, we need to fit as many experiences as we can in one city. The mountain should be optimized for human enjoyment. ''Rural'' nature should be optimized for conservation. | ||
<small>It's sad to see misguided environmentalism turn out to be worse than no environmentalism.</small> | <small>It's sad to see misguided environmentalism turn out to be worse than no environmentalism.</small> | ||