Wildlife Conservation Area, No Trespassing

I wandered through Rabbit Run Park today in which the city seems to have misplaced their since of environmental friendly land management. I noticed signs posted along the path that read “Wildlife conservation area, No Trespassing”. The city should heed their own warnings and recognize that they have done more to destroy this piece of land then they have done to preserve it. Standing on the path, built upon recycled road waste, as evident by the yellow paint on pieces of the fill, I noticed that the unnatural elevation of the path has caused an interruption in the natural flow of water. Now standing water, in this man made wetland is saturating the root systems of the trees weakening and killing many of them. The lake along the path does provide a temporary safe haven for the migrating Canadian geese, however it too has been lined with broken chunks of mans failed road systems.
Recycling has to become a way of life for everyone. If the city wants to recycle road debris and waste they should use it in the construction of new roads or the repair of old ones. Placing it in a park and calling it beautiful is not responsible recycling. Maybe, the park will be more appealing in the Spring and Summer months when Mother Nature attempts to repair the damage, covering the trees with new leaves and the ground with fresh green foliage disguising most of the underlying evidence of mans intrusion.