The areas of Putah Creek within the vicinity of the university campus have been conserved to certain extents and heavily used by humans. The creek has been altered and manipulated over the past decades by humans and the alterations in the creek and nature are obvious at each of the stops of the self-guided trip. The trip featured the riparian plants in the reserves by the creek and the arboretum walkway. According to the field guide, UC Davis has been maintaining a policy of sustainability to conserve energy and acres of land is set aside as reserves to preserve the native species inhabiting the area. Although efforts to conserve wildlife in Putah Creek and surrounding areas have made some progress, human interference and the cumulative damage
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For decades, trees have been cut down, industrialization caused negative effects on the environment, and urbanization has spread which diminished the amount of plant life. Since forests provide habitat for animals, logging and the disappearance of forests would ultimately lead to the decline in populations of many species. Evidence of this is already seen in the extinction of many once flourishing populations of organisms such as the Ectopistes migratorius. Including many other factors such as hunting and pesticides, the extinction of many species seem inevitable and the conservation of native wildlife feels like a lost cause with so many people unaware and uneducated. In history books and experiences heard from elders, tales of abundant fauna are heard of but the present reality is that once large populations have now rapidly diminished to near extinct or extinction. At many stops, not that many animals were seen and the ones seen or dwelling there sum up to insignificant numbers when compared to the overflowing population in the world. There is an overwhelming number of humans on Earth who use up all the natural resources which leaves much less for the wildlife. With this mindset, one would feel that what the university is doing may not be enough with the downward direction the future of wildlife seems to be
For decades, trees have been cut down, industrialization caused negative effects on the environment, and urbanization has spread which diminished the amount of plant life. Since forests provide habitat for animals, logging and the disappearance of forests would ultimately lead to the decline in populations of many species. Evidence of this is already seen in the extinction of many once flourishing populations of organisms such as the Ectopistes migratorius. Including many other factors such as hunting and pesticides, the extinction of many species seem inevitable and the conservation of native wildlife feels like a lost cause with so many people unaware and uneducated. In history books and experiences heard from elders, tales of abundant fauna are heard of but the present reality is that once large populations have now rapidly diminished to near extinct or extinction. At many stops, not that many animals were seen and the ones seen or dwelling there sum up to insignificant numbers when compared to the overflowing population in the world. There is an overwhelming number of humans on Earth who use up all the natural resources which leaves much less for the wildlife. With this mindset, one would feel that what the university is doing may not be enough with the downward direction the future of wildlife seems to be