Downhill skiers would certainly upset wildlife, due to their speed, suddenly
appearing out of nowhere. Langlaufers would probably be less of a problem, due
to their slower speed and the degree of grunting and wheezing involved.
Carl Clifford
> On 17 Feb 2015, at 8:53 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> Good point, although it was skiers, not walkers, they were compared to. They
> might be much quieter, and a lot faster. As for the snowmobiles, I assume
> they're talking about those going from A to B, not those zooming around
> aimlessly. I can't imagine many animals putting up with that.
>
> Peter Shute
>
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> On 17 Feb 2015, at 7:25 pm, Martin Butterfield
> <<>> wrote:
>
> I wonder who sponsored the research that showed snowmobiles were not much of
> an issue? My nominations would be some entity associated with snowmobiles.
> I have never ridden one of these appalling devices but have come across moose
> several times while walking in Canada and the U.S. They paid no attention to
> the humans at all but simply carried on grazing or wading as they appeared to
> be doing before we arrived.
>
> I tend to be very suspicious of such research that seems to show access by
> park people is OK but us mere mortals have to be kept out.
>
> Martin
>
> On Tuesday, 17 February 2015, Peter Shute
> <<>> wrote:
> This article from the New York Times discusses the effects of recreation on
> nature. Surprisingly, one study found that snowmobiles had less effect on
> moose than cross country skiers - the animals were less afraid of the
> machines they could hear coming and which soon left, than the skiers who they
> couldn't hear as well and which stayed longer.
>
> Not a very Australian example, but it makes you wonder if we birders might
> have more effect than we think, wandering slowly and quietly through the bush
> looking at stuff.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/opinion/sunday/leaving-only-footsteps-think-again.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/opinion/sunday/leaving-only-footsteps-think-again.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=1>
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> Peter Shute
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