I just wrote my entire English Research Paper on the topic of both national and local governments closing down mountain biking trails. After I was finished with all 7 pages, I realized how dedicated we mountain bikers are to our sport. No matter who tells us what we can and can't do, As long as we keep wanting to ride, we'll go right on ahead and do it. In the end, it is easier for our governments to keep open legal trails because one: they have less to worry about trying to catch riders on illegal trails, and riders are much more likely to obey the laws and regulations of a well built legal trail as long as they won't get in trouble for riding it. If enough people care about the trail, they will take care of it, because if its not taken care of, no one can ride on it. A few years ago, a small single track trail was closed down near my house due to "environmental destruction" from mountain bikers. The town failed to do their research which I found out in my paper that from many credible scientific studies, mountain biking is the least environmentally caustic to trails than hiking, horseback riding, and off-roading. The government needs to stop listening to the "environmentally friendly" tree huggers and do some research. Mountain biking is not a crime, and is just a large population of individuals who enjoy riding their bikes in what little natural beauty our planet has left