Would you rather live in an environment full of smoke stacks and pollution filled with loud industrial noises, or live in a clean environment that is spacious and quite.
When we live in developed cities we often forget about how we affect the natural world. When we have "Urban Sprawl" we are diminishing the habitat for animals and other natural environment. The more land we take away the less habitat our wild animals have to live on. If we get to close to their habitat they start to mix in with our way of life. Examples of this are wild bears going into neighborhoods looking for food in people's trash cans. Coyotes walking down the street looking for food and shelter. These wild animals wondering around the neighborhood is not safe for children whom want to play outside as they are fierce animals when agitated. As a society it is important to support your local habitat by giving to nature reserves that help keep the habitats for wild animals intact and abundant. My favorite nature center is in Ely, MN. The International Wolf Center is located there and they support the wolf population.
When we live in developed cities we often forget about how we affect the natural world. When we have "Urban Sprawl" we are diminishing the habitat for animals and other natural environment. The more land we take away the less habitat our wild animals have to live on. If we get to close to their habitat they start to mix in with our way of life. Examples of this are wild bears going into neighborhoods looking for food in people's trash cans. Coyotes walking down the street looking for food and shelter. These wild animals wondering around the neighborhood is not safe for children whom want to play outside as they are fierce animals when agitated. As a society it is important to support your local habitat by giving to nature reserves that help keep the habitats for wild animals intact and abundant. My favorite nature center is in Ely, MN. The International Wolf Center is located there and they support the wolf population.
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Kevin,
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely important to keep the wild wild and give the animals enough space to live their lives. Luckily Northern Minnesota is still able to keep places for animals to live.
I think you had a good idea for this. That nature center rings a bell I think I visited it when I was younger. Good post.
ReplyDeleteKevin-
ReplyDeleteI really like the topic you chose for your photo essay. Duluth is a great city and does offer great wilderness outside city limits. It's scary to think of what would happen if we continue to build into the animals habitat.. they would find themselves more and more into city limits which would cause problems not only for the animals, but for the people living in the city as well.