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Conservation Issues
If we wish to conserve our organisms and ecosystems, we must dig in and discover our place in the biological world.
In the field of Conservation Biology, we study how human beings impact other organisms and the landscape. In many ways human behaviors, politics and land uses influence the survivorship, reproduction and health of organisms, as well as the ecosystems that they create. While habitat destruction and extinction are (unfortunately) obvious issues with which to contend, less obvious -- yet very important and intriguing -- conservation issues abound.
On this page you will find information about how our human world intertwines with nature. With every page that we write or post, we all become more enlightened. Because our work is never done, we will continually add to this page as life goes on.
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Habitat Fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation
is among the most severe threats to the survival of many wildlife
species. Pieces of this work were taken from a 2006 letter submitted
to the Nevada congressional delegation on behalf of holistic Wilderness designation.
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Ancient lakes, Ground Sloths and Climate Change
As we protect our Wilderness areas, we come to value their histories. Twelve thousand years ago, when much of northwestern Nevada was covered by a huge lake, giant mammoths and ground sloths roamed our lands. This creative piece lets us look into Nevada's past, and puts climate change into perspective.
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Please note that this page is currently being created and developed.
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