Exercise 3

January 14, 2025 By: Riley Greer

Riley Greer

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Article 1: https://research.ebsco.com/c/amz5ui/viewer/html/gxghomytwf 

National parks in the United States have begun using a conservation practice known as managed relocation, in which a threatened species is moved beyond the natural ranges of its habitat. The article demonstrates this with the relocation of Bull Trout in Glacier National Park in Montana and Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park. These practices bring the conservation section of Unit 3 to mind. While it does not touch on conservation in the same way as the readings did (maintaining efficiency of harvest), it does remind of the issues brought up in the discussion of preservation. Humans are actively interfering with the natural world in a quest to preserve it, and maintain the tourist appeal of highly valued areas. 

Article 2: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/28/bc-site-c-dam-generating-power

The first of the six generators on the newly constructed Site C dam in northern BC have begun producing electricity. The dam has long been a controversial project, mainly stemming from its apparent lack of attention paid to conservation. The dam’s reservoir spans over 80km from Fort St John to Hudson’s Hope. Conservationists have argued the land that has now been flooded provided good agricultural land, something rare in the province. They also argued the environmental impacts of the dam on wildlife would be significant. Their first point reminds me of an idea in the text. Conservationists have tied their arguments to economic impacts in order to have them appeal to more of the public and lawmakers. Unfortunately this diminishes the purity of these ideas and leads them to be seen as less genuine.