Natural phenomenons and lands are protected by the National Park Conservation Association. It is important to conserve these phenomenons because they are rare and non man made creations that we don’t find everyday. However, natural resources should also be conserved because some are not renewable and once they’re gone, they’re gone. Resources, such as trees and mines, are taken advantage of everyday because of high demands and greedy people. Because of the high demand, there is very low availability. As a result, many argue these resources should be conserved and be taken care of.
A book that introduced this topic to me is The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. I remember reading it as a child and thinking it was just a children story about the Onceler who cut down a bunch of truffula trees to make things. However, after reading it once more at an older age, I realized the lorax represented the voice to save these resources because it not only affects the environment from pollution, but also the wildlife that lives off it around it. From the second read, I knew I wanted to write a story that has a similar message to the one in the lorax. I was passionate about the idea of not exploiting natural resources and instead invest money to build conservatories for them.
Conservation of natural resources is also crucial because it affects the wildlife around them, shown a little in The Lorax. For example, driving on these lands “can be a death sentence for a young reptile or amphibian, trapped in an overheated puddle with no food or refuge.” (Byers 1). When this continually happens, it can lead to the extinction of many animals. If people would pay more attention to nature and resources and less time on their phones, there would be less species dying out everyday. If we conserve these lands, there may be more animals in the world and less disruptions in food chains and the ecosystem. In addition, driving near or at natural resources can disturb plants and the environment. For instance, when the US reopened 40,000 acres of land to off road vehicles near the Imperial Sand Dunes. However, Cart writes, “Environmental groups called the plan the largest desert conservation rollback in a decade, limiting protected space for the threatened Peirson's milk vetch…” (1). This shows that species like the endangered milk vetch can die from vehicles accidentally driving over them. These lands should be blocked off so accidents like these don’t happen. If more money is invested on the conservation of these lands, then there would be less threats to rare species of plants and animals.
