Unit 5 Assignment: [Mary Forrest]
This is a template document for you to place your answers. Please review the assignment instructions in Unit 5 thoroughly.
Part 1: Use the following resources to answer the questions. First, watch the video, then, look over the websites to help you answer the questions.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSPkcpGmflE
Website 1: https://www.bambergerranch.org/our-story
Website 2 : https://headwatersconservancy.org/benefits-of-land-conservation/
What were two benefits of restoring native grasses/plants into the ecosystem at Selah Bamberger ranch? It helped with water management and the ability to keep the plants alive and healthy. It also increased biodiversity and gave all the plants and organisms a healthy habitat to live in.
What impact has the restorative work had on wildlife? It helps by increasing biodiversity, helping create a fitting habitat for organisms and animals, helps with the production of resources that the environment needs. Overall, it creates a nice healthy habitat where everything can thrive.
How does the work done at Selah Bamberger ranch affect water supply to surrounding areas? It helps increase the water supply around it and recharges the aquifer that is used in many cities around.
Besides the ecological and natural resource impacts, how does the conservation at Selah Bemberger ranch affect the surrounding communities and the people living there? It gives people inspiration and hope and shows the importance and effect of restoring land for wildlife and plants. It also shows how much the owners put into nature and their appreciation for nature, hoping one day others would do the same.
What are important lessons learned in this video about how individual actions
impact long-term sustainability on a larger scale?
Part 2: Read through the provided report from 1999 titled, The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space: How Land Conservation Helps Communities Grow Smart and Protect the Bottom Line, you will read through and answer the following questions.
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14457
According to the report, how does urban sprawl affect tax revenues and property taxes? Property taxes increased to have enough funds to start the development of new infrastructure and things around the city.
In the early 1980’s, what did the government of Chattanooga, Tennessee work to do when faced with a deteriorating quality of life and fleeing residents?
As a follow up from question 2, what resulted from the changes?
According to the report, what are some benefits to preserving agricultural land? List at least 3.
How does land conservation positively affect economies, society and the environmental health overall? List at least 5 different benefits
Explain how environmental regulations in and around cities, or lack thereof, impact the people living there and the environment? Give an example and explain. There are a variety of examples in the report.
Part 3: Students will analyze a map showing a fictitious undeveloped area within a city and develop a growth plan that utilizes smart growth concepts. Map is attached below.
Prompts:
List the features (minimum of 4) that you will include in the development of Area A
For each feature include the following information:
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