Ridgy didge

I AGREE with Prof Holly Kirk that ecological needs should be balanced with human needs (“Closure of bush trails devastating,” Thinking Allowed, June 13). 

But the balance has been tipped so far in favour of humans for long that we are facing ecological collapse. 

That’s what’s devastating.

Prof Kirk says that new trails will damage habitat, so how existing trails of the same sort aren’t damaging is curious, at best. 

It is plain to see that the narrow trails webbing across this fragile ecosystem are degrading the Manning Park ridgelands, a fact that’s confirmed by the stack of reports done over the course of what has been an extraordinarily long and detailed investigation about this place.

This is not about misunderstanding a sport; it’s about protecting the ridge to ensure there’s some nature left. 

L Innes
Spearwood