“opened to roadbuilding, land development will follow”
“destroy any chance of further conservation”
“Not everything is about money, private-sector business, and profit”
What it names
Works cited
Andrews et al. 2015
The comment
Do not loosen or eliminate existing roadless conservation.
There are reasons for conserving roadless areas: to protect and preserve the diversity and uniqueness of flora, fauna, and ecosystems to prevent them from extinction. Once gone, there is no turning back. Imagine the United States without forests, creeks, springs, ferns, grasses, flowers, undergrowth; dominance hierarchies or pecking orders; the balance and interdependence of the seven major groups of animals that are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates. The silent spring without birdsong. If some or much of the current special areas designated roadless area conservation are opened to roadbuilding, land development will follow and destroy any chance of further conservation. Not everything is about money, private-sector business, and profit. Do not loosen or eliminate existing roadless conservation.