Environmental Science Week 2 Discussion 2

Week 2 Discussion 2, (due Friday)

Environmental groups in a heavily forested state want to restrict logging in some areas to save the habitat of an endangered squirrel. Timber company officials argue that the well-being of one type of squirrel is not as important as the well-being of the many families who would be affected if the restriction causes the company to lay off hundreds of workers. If you had the power to decide this issue, what would you do and why? Can you come up with a compromise? Would your response change if the squirrel was known to be a keystone species?

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