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Saving Species, Saving Ourselves Preserving endangered species saves all of us in the long run. We've heard it all many times...more people are alive today than ever before. Especially in developing nations, human overpopulation has reached epic proportions. All these new people spread out. All consume resources. Though we'd hoped these problems would stay overseas, it's already started here in the U.S. Especially now in the American West, this manifests itself in people fighting over water, land use, space, ways of life. As the battles continue, many conservationists are working harder than ever to save the last of our wilderness on behalf of grizzly bears, gray wolves, and other charismatic animals. But here where I live, it's the littlest things that count the most. Case in point: the Salt Creek tiger beetle. Found nowhere else on Earth, this is an insect that lives in just a couple of salt marshes on the north edge of my town, Lincoln, Nebraska. If I can get folks to stop and think about this for a minute, maybe the big picture will fall into place as well. I hope so, anyway. |
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