How would you prioritize the reintroduction of the American Bison?
I would prioritize the reintroduction of the Bison and many other natural resources by redirecting the country's priorities entirely. I would adjust all foreign policy to an isolationist stance and domestic policies would focus on redistribution of wealth and resources so that we could on the one hand rebuild the infrastructure of this country and on the other hand do so in a way that worked with the natural environment instead of against it. By this I mean, the investment in infrastructure would focus on renewable resources, would find ways to fix our roads with out relying on mining, and would not cut off habitats from each other (I believe it was in this class that we read about land bridges that allow ecosystems across highways to remain connected).
All of this is to say, I would prioritize the ecosystem in general and endangered species such as the Bison would be a part of that vision.
“...we had six grizzly bears, and the Canyon pack of wolves that were all visible in the morning, and throughout the day. And really, all week.”
Do you feel we are resetting the natural balance here?
I think it is a start but we are far from resetting the balance. To think that upwards of 60 million bison were slaughtered and today there are 250,000, it is laughable to say they are no longer endangered. Six bears and a pack of wolves over the course of a week is probably not very much compared to what the First Nations saw before the settler-invaders came.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that we live in a world where we feel we have a need to place our resources in defense/offense (the military) to "protect" what we have and to "get" what we need.
Whereas I agree with you that the majority of our resources need to go to infrastructure, partnered with sustainable environmental practices, sadly, this will not likely occur as we are far from "awakening" and realizing that we are all "one," on our planet. Every action influencing another. Someone else takes more, then someone else has less, etc.
ITS IS A RESET, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, BETTER DOING THIS THAN LEFT THEM WITHOUT A CHANCE TO SURVIVE, I THINK WAS WELL DONE, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS US, GETTING TO MUCH CLOSER TO THEM!
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