A decision on the moss bed habitat should be judged at the shaded flats below Starleaf Bridge, where the rule changes an ordinary route, shift or service. Compare this season’s measurement with the living site and the people who steward it. The current file is the Year fourth, seedfall window 3 review, not a permanent settlement of every future case.
The the moss cover survey and the path maintenance cards lists 51 transects with an undisturbed comparison strip; the previous window lists 57. Thalen Moss checked both against dated copies from both parties compared with the work completed at the site. The difference matters because whether the public path can stay open if its dry crossing concentrates wear.
Path keepers prefer one durable route. Habitat stewards say the rest strip must remain intact to measure recovery. Those objections deserve a clear answer. They are not a reason to keep an uncheckable rule simply because its wording is familiar.
A useful decision names who will do the work, which count will change and when the result comes back to the public table. In this case, footfall is concentrated at the single dry crossing after rain.
The Year fourth, seedfall window 3 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The circle will test a second stepping line while keeping the comparison strip closed.
