GEOG 339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Environmental Policy, Rachel Carson, Henry David Thoreau
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Note the topic sentences, lists of reasons for something, and when the author asks a question. Monitor, july 24, 2016: what problems do the park service seem to be facing? congestion of human traffic. Is the popularity good or bad for yellowstone? there seems to be an ideological belief that little impacts on the environment don"t adversely affect the park chronic underfunding of the park service. Deferred maintenance encroaching developments are a constant threat. Currently drilling in a dozen parks, seeking to drill in another 42 climate change. Lessen parks" abilities to sustain healthy wildlife populations, and in the west, may trigger larger forest fires that transform landscapes. Take note of the many different ways this is expressed. Our national parks are breathing spaces in a country that is increasingly holding its breath . That we are a part of nature, an extension of it, not separate from it.
