Meeting the Wildlife Challenges of Changing Private Landscapes from Energy and Agricultural Development

摘要

In a worldwide economy with a growing population, the needs for energy and for growing food will continue for the foreseeable future. That growth will continue to pressure private lands to provide energy and increase agricultural production in the United States. It is also creating new challenges for natural resources, especially water, and fish and wildlife habitat and populations on private lands. While it is easy to lament the woes of these challenges and the impacts they may have, our challenge as a conservation community is to move past grieving the losses, accept these new challenges, and seek opportunities to meet conservation needs. As Thomas Edison said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time."