Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Reading #11 - Endgame, Michael Grunwald

There are statements I agree with and statements I disagree with as with any topic. One statement I am glad he brought up is that without saving the natural environment of the birds, large cats, and other wildlife it is impossible to protect and save them. For example, natural environment for polar bears continues to break apart and shrink we are not going to save the species of polar bears. We may be able to save a few and keep the species in existence but it will never thrive without its natural environment, the same goes for Florida’s wildlife. Today we are building everywhere to compensate for the large volumes of people we are trying to attract and gain interest from. This is good in a financial and economical perspective for Florida, but this is not so good in an ecological view.  We have to ask people to turn off their condo lights at night so we do not confuse baby turtles when we should not have condos to close to turtles’ nests and the beach to begin with. We are being forced to look into remedies for issues we have caused; this is not how it should be.  Although I do not care about conserving and protecting all Florida wildlife (Alligators are not on my protection list, lol) I have reasons behind my views, I do care about preserving some of Florida’s nature. Washington state would be nothing if it were not for its sequoia forests and Florida is nothing without its springs, creeks, beaches, and wildlife. 

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