Due to animals consuming more grass than can be produce, the ground becomes scattered leaving the soil exposed to erosion. The NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Services) has a program to help prevent overgrazing. The program “provides information and support to enable ranchers who own their lands to burn unwanted woody plants, reseed the land with perennial grass varieties that hold water, and manage cattle so that herds are moved to a new location before overgrazing occurs” (Wright & Boorse, 2011, p. 288). If this problem is left untreated, could be a threat to the food chain. Deforestation is when trees and other vegetation is being removed converting the forest to another land use, this exposed the soil and often leads to erosion and loss of soil fertility.
However, deforestation effects everyone on a global scale. The loss of species, never to be seen again, is heartbreaking enough, but the loss of entire ecosystems might not effect anyone emotionally but it will affect them physically, with rising water levels, rising temperatures, and the greenhouse effect. By causing local wildlife to relocate into more urban environments, adversely impacting climate change, and negatively contributing to global atmospheric changes, deforestation should be a huge concern, especially for Americans who are typically more educated then the rest of the world. Americans have a responsibility to nature, and should use the education afforded to them by this country to spread awareness on deforestation. As Berlau states in Our Unhealthy Future, “It’s important to do what we can to protect the inhabitants of the environment or the planet...
Also, opposing views may argue that, since society relies on people, Chris McCandless’ divorce from social order was selfish. Society obligates its citizens to be successful on its own terms. Many believe you need to get a proper education, a good job with good pay, and a family to be successful in life, but not everyone has dreams of living on a house in the prairie. Not only did Chris achieve moral standards of society, but he moved on to a bigger
Nevertheless, many other factors contribute to the destruction of the world and our ecosystem, but divorce may very well be an overlooked piece to the puzzle. This argument and thought process adds such a twist on the usual controversial topic, but does make for a short article that does not have much other argument support other than the ecological
There was also a lack of communication amongst FEMA and ARC, which contributed to slow response times in both instances (347). ARC has a policy in place on screening volunteers; however, they failed to follow their own procedures during Hurricane Katrina, which ultimately resulted in mismanagement of donated funds to the organization. This caused investors to question if they should remain loyal to such an unethical organization. Customer satisfaction was low and citizens started to wonder whether or not they should continue to donate to cause. The organization relies heavily on donations from both the public and private sectors, therefore the actions of the organization that occurred after these disasters could result in a decline in their bottom line.
This Act is aimed at protecting the human and animal health by using manure in a safe and effective manner by improving the use of manure nutrients through more refined management, exploiting the value of manure through improved collection and storage and treatment options. The Humane Slaughter Act has also helped to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter. It enables Food Safety and Inspection Service inspectors at slaughtering plants, to take responsibility for overseeing compliance, and have the authority to stop slaughter lines and order plant employees to take corrective actions. In early 2002, there was news report on non-compliance of these Acts, which the Food Safety and Inspection Service, FSIS assigned additional veterinarians to its district offices specifically to monitor humane slaughter and handling procedures and to report to headquarters on compliance. Earlier concerns about humane treatment of non-ambulatory (downer) cattle at slaughter houses became irrelevant when FSIS issued regulations in January 2004 to prohibit them from being slaughtered and inspected for human consumption.
The conclusion does not identify with the introductory paragraph. Therefore, readers are not aware of the real purpose of the essay until the conclusion. The conclusion itself should remind readers of the initial argument, not let them now what the argument is about. Another example is found within the second paragraph. Her topic sentence is: “many outfitters will lose revenue from the cancellation of the spring bear hunt.” Yet, her conclusion is: “Groups opposing the spring bear hunt cancellation have also claimed that it infringes on the recreational rights of hunters, and that it has caused in increase in the number of nuisance bears.
Philip Kostelnik July 21, 2010 Mr. Pedrorias Lit. Traditions Into The Wild Our society today is mainly based on knowledge of our surroundings. When traveling to places you are not familiar with can be difficult, and can sometime even be dangerous. Our society has also been very materialistic and usually end up focusing more on ourselves rather than others. Christopher McCandless, wanted to get away from today’s ways and he “no longer wanted to be poisoned by civilization” (Krakauer, 163) or be “unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstracting and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence.” (Krakauer, 22) We may never
An invasive plant is a non-native plant species that has escaped cultivation, is spreading on its own and causing environmental or economic harm. • Non-native Invasive plants can outgrow, replace, and otherwise destroy our native plants. That's because non-native plants usually do not have their natural enemies -- the diseases, insects and other environmental stresses -- that keep them in check in their native ranges. • The destruction and replacement of our native plants has several significant consequences: • Our natural biodiversity is destroyed; • Our native plants can be eliminated; • Our wildlife have evolved to use native plants are not able to make use of non-native plants. As a result, they leave the area or die off; • invasive plants can completely fill the water column or cover the
Deforestation results from the removal of trees without sufficient reforestation (the replacement of trees). As a whole, deforestation reduces biodiversity, which is the variation of life forms, and negatively impacts the climate and geography not only in the United States, but also around the world. Some of the problems that need to be acknowledged range from forest fires to the lack of national policies