Letter to Editor-Conservative View-Sci/275

SCI/275 Environmental Science Letters to the Editor (Conservationist) Dear Editor As is evidenced in recent world news and events, taking steps to energy independence is paramount to the continued excerpt of the United States as a Nation. Growing increasingly dependent on the natural resources in new(prenominal) parts of the world further compounds the possibility for this independence. As a conservationist, it is my belief that we as a republic can begin to develop the means required to carefully and sensibly manage our natural resources in an effort to usher in this independence.For instance, the Bridger Teton National Forest ho parts 3. 4 million acres of land that has foregone untouched, and undisturbed by increases in population and industrialization. As such, the resources here have gone untapped. Consider world able to try incentives for the local industries such as forestry, and mining in the area, to use more environmentally friendly technologies to not only increase t he effectiveness of harvesting in these areas, but to also pick at the damaging effects of this harvesting to the surrounding landscape and ecosystems.The implantation of environmental taxes requiring those businesses that take advantage of this opportunity, to net an amount equal to the harm they cause on the environment will further increase the use of more eco-friendly technologies. A(n) tradable permits system is also a consideration, limiting the total amounts of pollutant that can be released, allowing both persons and businesses to bargain and sell rights to emit and reduce emissions at the least cost to them.These efforts will not only constitute useful in making us the independent, nation that has been the basis of our existence, but will also provide us the means to sustain the natural resources required for our continued existence, and ability to support the ever maturement human population. We MUST consider more effective means to tap into the natural resources that the earth has provided us as its inhabitants, without focusing on the monetary gain from the same which will lead to a harmonised balance of both conservation and economic independence as a nation. Sincerely, Concerned Citizen