Hi Jen Langevin (TNC), Welcome to OSM. I noticed in this change set you removed a path that appears to still exist on the ground. This is not how the OSM community handles trails that are being closed. 

Please read: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Why_can%27t_I_delete_this_trail%3F

https://openstreetmap.us/our-work/trails/how-to-map/

Another problem is now it appears as if the trail from the north leading to the one you removed just dead ends. 

So the better solution here is to tag the trail correctly. Here it might be best to change the Way type to "Informal path" and tag it as "closed:highway=path". Once you do this the major Hiking apps like AllTrails will show the trail access type to inform people that trail is prohibited. 

Let me know if you need help fixing this.