If you went paint balling in a specific wooded spot every weekend for a year, what would the impact be?

Question

Are there adverse affects of the paint? Do the balls actually biodegrade, or just break about and diffuse? Do animals sometimes try to eat them? (and any and every other related question).

Answer 1

What I understand is the paint is actually biodegradable.  The actual containers are apparently biodegradable too.

Answer 2

The impacts would not be so much from the biodegradable paintballs and their soluble dyes as they would be from the reuse of the area by humans.  Trails would be compacted as people repeatedly crossed the same areas, making them less permeable by rainfall and preventing vegetative regeneration.  

Something as simple as hiding under a pile of leaves could affect animals like the blind-snake who usually live there.  Repeated use of a standing snag as cover could disturb wildlife who depend on it, and could adversely affect the rate of decay.

Remember that paintballs were originally created to mark trees for timber sales.  I wouldn't expect direct damage from the paintballs but rather from the presence of people and how they behave- much different from a casual stroll.

Answer 3

I have an area I paintball in. The rain washes the paint away. The paint is not toxic. The paintball skin is biodegradable. There is no long term effects of paintball. I've had paint from paintballs in my mouth many times. It is not harmful for anyone or anything.

Answer 4

Boredom

Answer 5

a rainbow forrest????

Answer 6

It wouldn't be that bad... Try it and let us know how it turns out

Answer 7

I can't think that it would be great for the environment, especially the wildlife who are almost like innocent little children who always are putting things into their mouths. On top of that I think that it would leave a Holy Mess!!