This affects the environment because it does not create biodiversity in the “new” forest and it is not a stable environment. An invasion of insects, torrential downfall, or mass hurricane could wipe out all of these trees easily and leave an unsteady ground. In order to prevent tree farms, we need make the trees planted more diverse. Many different kinds of trees must be planted and scattered among the area that has just been devoid of
One con is that there will be many jobs at the mine, but just not nearly as many jobs that Bristol Bay employs in the salmon industry. Another, and possibly the biggest, disadvantage of building the Pebble Mine is the negative effect on the environment in Bristol Bay. Although the company managing this says that there will be a bad affect on the environment, history tells us otherwise. We can look at the Mount Polley gold mine disaster. In this environmental disaster, 10 cubic meters of water and 4.5 million cubic meters of potentially toxic slurry were spilled into virtually untouched forest, lakes and rivers.
A spill in any of the deep sea areas would reduce the biodiversity of that area through reductions of bird populations, fish-stocks and populations of marine mammals. All of which are already under severe threat of over fishing and habitat disturbance without this imposed threat. Furthermore the contamination of coastal and coral ecosystems will all lead to to damage on the livelihoods of fishermen and people involved the local tourism. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, releasing about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil making it the largest accidental marine oil spill. Most of the impact of this was experienced by the marine species.
It is also a problem that does not have many possible solutions, causing it to be the most detrimental to harp seals. Economically the elimination of harp seal hunting will affect the lives of commercial hunters and those who purchase the pelts. This issue is not solely negative as the Canadian Government plans to compensate the hunters with new professional training. Lastly this issue could eventually lead to the extinction of a
The mountain pine beetle epidemic is causing environmental and social impacts to much of British Columbia. Our forests are very important and will no longer be able to maintain their role if changes are not made. The devastation has had a sweeping impact on B.C.’s ecological, and economical well-being. Additionally, recent studies are drawing attention to the carbon-emitting properties of the dead forests, which is a global concern. A popular misconception developed that the current provincial mountain pine beetle epidemic began in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Furthermore, it would also have a heavy influence on the amount and quality of farming. If the water were to become polluted due to human contamination, then that would result in even less fresh water for farming food. This would be extremely detrimental due to the fact that the population of California is expected to grow from 35 million to 55 million by 2050. Therefore, resources would become even scarcer, and prices, in turn, will sky rocket. Each of these components are a recipe for failure, and would leave the southern part of the state-which contains two-thirds of the state’s population-with very little fresh water
Summary The most powerful of all environmental protection laws, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), is under fire from two directions. No one seems to be happy with it, on one side scientists and activists say it fails to protect hundreds of species that may be headed for extinction because of lack of funding or political support. Property rights advocates say the law unfairly harms farmers, ranchers, and developers who have on their land what some deride as an inconsequential bug or weed. Others say that local governments should have more control. Some species have done very well, since the law was enacted, including them the peregrine falcon, the American alligator, the bald eagle, and the California condor.
In Arizona, the fence has contributed to flooding on both sides of the border, changed the roaming patterns of the area’s native jaguars and destroyed the desert habitats of several bird species, including an endangered quail, according to environmentalists. The building of patrol roads has also decreased the Sonoran pronghorn’s habitat, as the antelope like animal rarely crosses roads, according to a 2006 report from Defenders of Wildlife. The pronghorn’s limited jumping ability also does not allow it to leap over barriers. Altogether, Brian Nowicki, a Center for Biological Diversity conservation biologist says, “30 endangered, threatened, or candidate species live along the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona and Sonora, 15 in the area where the wall would be built. Moreover, building a wall, along with the roads and support facilities it necessitates, would not only plow under saguaros and other fragile desert plants but scare Sonoran pronghorn and other wildlife from important sources of food and water” (Cohn
Drilling the oil and cleaning the oil from the underground wells, is not something that will be done overnight as it will take several years just to take the oil out and a few more years to clean it out of which the forest will be exposed to many toxins through this process. This will affect and change the pollution, and the weather and health conditions of the environment. The rainfall will be exposed to this toxins and pollution, which will in turn harm the animals that will drink from that water. Once the forest has been touched with the drilling of the oil, it will permanently damage it, as the forest will never return to being like it originally was as if nothing had ever happened there. The last and final step is “Risk Characterization.” I believe that the damage to the Bridger Teton National Forest will be inevitable based on the information we have gathered in the two steps “Dose-response Assessment” and “Exposure Assessment.” As mentioned before, it will take many years for the forest conditions to return to its normal stage and these will affect every species in the
The Bridger Teton National Forest is the largest intact ecosystem in the United States. Destroying something that is natural as this is and that is as rare as this is would cause harm to the wildlife that lives there and would upset the entire environment surrounding it. First let me inform you that in order to use land there are risk assessments that must be done. Doing these risk assessments alone would disturb the land and the wildlife. There is no guarantee that this developing would be harmless to the environment and upsetting an intact natural wonder as Bridger Teton in my opinion is not worth the harm it will cause the wildlife or the environment.