1. Appeasing the Mountain Bikers
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 2001
   Just because someone is able to purchase a machine that lets them ride off-road, that is no reason that the public should be required to provide them a place to use it.
2. Community Workshops for the Environment
   An Organizer's Manual
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1989
   A guide to organizing ecology workshops.
3. Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks 
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 2000
   The story of Ontario's right-way Harris government, which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster.
4. Drowning in Noise: Noise Costs of jet skis in America
   A Report for the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 2000
   An analysis of the value of the lost enjoyment that jet ski noise introduces into beach environments.
5. Ecodefence: Disrupting Illegal Activities
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 1985
   What to do when you witness environmental crimes.
6. Equal Access to Our Parks for Bulldozer Racing
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 1999
   Tthere have been some problems, such as some people riding recklessly, going off the designated trails, and even secretly constructing illegal trails. But those are a small minority of bulldozer riders. You shouldn't allow a small minority to give the majority of us bulldozer racers, who ride responsibly, a bad name. Why should we be punished, just because of them, and be forced to walk, just like everybody else?
7. Fair Taxation in a Changing World: Highlights
   Report of the Ontario Fair Tax Commission
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1993
   
8. Halton Environment Network
   Organization profile published 2007
   Resource Type: Organization
   The Halton Environmental Network (HEN) aims to achieve a positive and lasting impact for Halton Region's natural environment by building relationships and providing networking opportunities. The idea is that many people and organizations working together towards common goals will bring much needed strength and focus to environmental efforts in Halton Region. It is hoped that this network will gain momentum over the years and be the hub of a selfsustaining process for community capacity-building, education and action.
9. The Impacts of Mountain Biking on Wildlife and People
   A Review of the Literature
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 2004
   It is clear that mountain biking is harmful to some wildlife and people. No one, even mountain bikers, tries to deny that. Bikes create V-shaped ruts in trails, throw dirt to the outside on turns, crush small plants and animals on and under the trail, facilitate increased levels of human access into wildlife habitat, and drive other trail users (many of whom are seeking the tranquility and primitiveness of natural surroundings) out of the parks.
10. Jetskis Should Be Banned
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1998
    To launch a jet ski into the shallow waters that are so important to marine wildlife takes little money, little training, and little energy. Jet skis put our most vulnerable marine and avian wildlife directly into the hands of some of our most biologically ignorant and least responsible citizens.
11. Living with the Land
    Communities Restoring the Earth
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
    A collection of stories from grassroots communities about the benefits of ecological living.
12. Managing Wastes
    A Guide to Citizens' Involvement
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1985   Published: 1992
    Second editon of booklet first published in 1984, outling how citizens can involve themselves in decision-making about waste management.
    
13. The Moronic Sport: ORVs on Public Lands
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2008
    I do not accept the premise that abuse of our lands is something that we must tolerate as inevitable. It is our land. It is our children's land, and their children's land. We have a responsibility to pass these lands on to the next generation in better condition than we found them.
    Talking about promoting 'responsible' ORV use is like suggesting we ought to promote "responsible wife abuse" or "responsible child abuse."
    
14. Mountain Biking: Frequently Asked Questions
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    Why do people mountain bike, and what harms does it do?
15. Places in Need - Mountain Bike Damage
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Trails are easily and seriously degraded by mountain bike use – especially when those bikes are ridden on wet or muddy trail.
16. The Preservation Institute
    The Natural Environment : The Social Environment
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Today, most people recognize that modernization and growth can harm the natural environment. The Preservation Institute believes that modernization also damages the social environment - that many of our social problems are side-effects of modernization and economic growth. To preserve the natural environment and the social environment, we must modernize selectively. Factory mass production is an efficient way of producing most goods that used to be made by hand. But we are in danger of using the same centralized, standardized methods for every aspect of life, from housing to retail shopping to child care.
17. The Psychology of Mountain Biking
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
    The first thing one notices about mountain bikers is that they lie continually.
18. A Request For More Effective Regulation of jet skis
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1999
    Jet skis produce noise pollution, water pollution, adversely impact wildlife and aquatic plants, and pose serious safety risks.
19. The Rising Seas
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1990
    
20. Toward Sustainable Communities
    Resources for Citizens and their Governments
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992   Published: 1998
    
21. Trail Damage Caused by Irresponsible Mountain Bikers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The damage caused by each mountain biker is much greater than that caused by a hiker, firstly because of the extra weight of the bike, and secondly because the soil is impacted continuously along the trail, while a hiker's feet hit the soil only at intervals.
22. Why Off-Road Bicycling Should be Prohibited
    The Effects of Mountain Biking on Wildlife and People
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1997
    To most environmentalists, bicycles have always been the epitome of good. We are so used to comparing bikes to cars, that it never occurred to us that the bicycle would be ever used for anything bad. Indeed, replacing motor vehicles with bicycles deserves our adoration. But anything can be used for good or evil, and using bikes to expand human domination of wildlife habitat is clearly harmful.
23. Wildlife Need Habitat Off-Limits To Humans!
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Environmentalism can most simply be defined as the extension of the Golden Rule to include other species. Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves from us.

Experts on Environmental Protection in the Sources Directory

1. Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society
2. European Union
3. Fisheries and Oceans Canada
4. International Forum on Globalization
5. Nature Conservancy of Canada
6. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology