Proposed Lithia Mountain Bike Trails: Reduce Some Fire Risk & Raise Major Public Safety Concerns | The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon

Proposed Lithia Mountain Bike Trails: Reduce Some Fire Risk & Raise Major Public Safety Concerns | The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon

Proposed Lithia Parks Mountain Bike Trails Would Reduce Fire Risk; But Raise Major Public Safety Concerns 7/16/26   By David Runkel   A city Forestryland Advisory Committee has reported that the proposed mountain bike trails in Lithia Park could reduce fire risk on the eastern hillside and if “carefully planned, implemented and monitored” could “avoid direct impacts to soils and plants.”   The two-page report,  however, came with 15 “recommendat…