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Impacts on wildlife:

How mountain biking impacts wildlife is similar to one of hiking and other non-motorized uses. In Taylor and Knight’s research, they did not find proper reasoning that mounting biking should be managed differently than other hiking activities. Still, they realized that bikers would affect more wild animals because they have relatively higher speeds. Moreover, another study of the Boise River in Idaho found that bicyclists can cause eagles’ escape reaction at the greatest distance compared to other vehicles or walkers. However, in the study by Herrero and Herrero, they conducted research based on the safety issue of grizzly bear attacks in Banff National Parka, and they found out that bikers will receive fewer attacks from bears. That is because bikers usually travel faster and quietly compared to hikers, and this situation limits the reaction time for both bears and bikers. Some biking trails may locate in high-quality bear habitat areas, which will increase the probability of being attacked by bears. Therefore, those trails are open to both hikers and bikers seasonally. we are working today at Boston University.