Gehrke: If we do it right, we can have both birds and bike trails in this Salt Lake foothills park

Maybe, in a growing valley, conflicts will be inevitable, but it seems like we’re seeing the “not-in-my-backyard” mentality rearing its head more and more.

It may not seem like a bike trail would be the kind of thing that would rile up residents by the hundreds in both opposition and support.

A group of mountain bike enthusiasts — the Salt Lake Valley Trails Society — pitched the county and local mayors on a plan to use the northeast portion of the Olympus Hills Park for a mountain bike track.