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The Importance of Conservation

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Wilderness conservation goes a lot like the song where you “don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” Basically, one of the biggest reasons wilderness conservation is so important is because once we decimate a patch of wilderness or render a species extinct, we may never get it back.

If you like to live the green life and you get your energy through places like www.energysavings.com or the like, then you probably know a thing or two about conservation.

One of the reasons we must really fight to protect the wilderness is that many different forms of wildlife call these places home. Whenever some conglomerate wants to build a new headquarters or some franchise wants to knock out a patch of woods to build a new store, they threaten the livelihood of all the creatures living in the wild.

And, as you know, when these creatures are forced out of their homes they inevitably find themselves thrust into ours. Forced onto our streets where they are hit by cars, into our yards where they could threaten our children, and into our trash where they could get sick and eventually die.

That’s why it is so important to protect the wilderness and support conservation efforts. If we don’t speak for the animals, then who will?

DOES THE CURRENT PRESDIENT SUPPORT THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT?

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

In 2009, President Obama increased funding to help fish, wildlife and the ecosystem against global warming. The President also stated that he would recommend that the Land and Water Conservation Fund be fully funded by 2014. This fund has not been funded in full for the past eight years. The fund focuses on the ecosystem that does not have the needed protection. Our forests, wildlife habitat and lands are important to protect from global warming for our future generations.

We as Americans take pride in the beauty of our land, yet forest clearing, killing wildlife, damming rivers and polluting our air has been done for years. Our nation could soon run out of our natural resource of wood if nothing is done to protect the forests. Our wilderness acres are shrinking at a fast pace. The building of dams has taken precious water away from farmers who need the water to survive. Many people have joined the conservation movement in order to preserve our beautiful lands and protect our natural resources. Our fastest growing cities in America are being affected by pollution which is creating health problems among our communities. Future generations need sufficient supplies of our raw materials to survive.

The movement is voicing their opinions in many ways to protect the public, our lands, and our children-s future.

SHOULD CONGRESS LIMIT CONSERVATION TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT?

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As sophisticated as we like to consider ourselves, we are, at the end of the day, relatively simple creatures that require a few very basic things to survive”water, food, and air. We extract these basic things from the environment, which is already so polluted that in many cases we can’t consume them directly, but instead have to spend significant amounts of money cleaning them so that we don’t fall over dead when we do consume them.

Conservation isn’t just about having pretty things out the window. It is about protecting the environmental systems that provide every fundamental thing we require for survival. It isn’t possible to limit conservation to reduce the deficit. Limiting conservation will only degrade the environment further and increase the costs to purify what we consume. Limiting conservation does nothing but shift costs from one place to another. Instead of preventing environmental degradation in the first place, it would end up paying to mitigate that damage later and that trade isn’t necessarily one-to-one, since mitigation after the fact can cost more than prevention in the first place. Environmental degradation doesn-t happen over night, and so limiting conservation might yield immediate deficit relief, it would do so only by passing on an even greater debt to the future and that just isn-t responsible.

FUNDING NATIONAL PARKS IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS.

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

When the economy falls on hard times, economic cutbacks can hit areas such as education, public assistance programs and funding for national parks. This can be a blow to conservation efforts to protect our land, wildlife and natural resources.

Funding national parks in times of economic crisis falls to the public and various organizations that work to support conservation efforts. These organizations are pro-active in securing funding for the support of the parks, many of which partner directly with the National Park Service. They give grants, donate items and support programming through their fundraising efforts.

They also support the parks through lobbying efforts in Congress to push for legislation that protects our natural resources. This includes protecting the parks from cutbacks, drilling for oil and misuse of the land that is protected. This is vital to keep these treasured areas free of pollution and to protect habitats that are vital to wildlife. Organizations are able to do this through membership dues from the public, who show their support for the national parks and other natural resources by joining. Environmental organizations are an important part of supporting the national parks in tough times of economic crisis and government funding support cuts.

HOW DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUND NATIONAL PARKS?

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

National parks are one of the main forms of recreation today. People go to the beach, boat on lakes and rivers, and hike trails in these national parks. While most national parks often charge an admission fee, to enter the park, that income alone is not enough to keep them up and running. So where does the other money come from?

Besides the admission fees, there are two other main ways that national parks are funded. The largest portion is funded directly from the federal government, and the rest is funded through donations. However, when there is a decline in park admission or the government is cutting back on spending, the national parks depend on donations to help keep them up and running.Is this new to you? Catch up here

The donations made are becoming increasingly important to keep our national parks open. That is why congress created the National Park Foundation. This foundation hands out information about the parks to create interest and keep people coming back. The National Park Foundation also sets up special events to create awareness, and encourage people and corporations to donate money to keep them running.

So while, the government does in part fund national parks, it is also up to park goers and generous donations that really help keep the parks up and running.