Damnation of the Canyon-Strong Response Essay
In the essay, Abbey states that the dam that is being built affects the whole environment of the wildlife that lives in the canyon. I agree with him because, when you put something man-made in an area that has been created by Mother Nature and you just destroy it, the area loses a lot of its original inhabitants. The dam caused a lot of loss when it came to dealing with the natural environment. True, now that the dam is built new ecosystems have developed but it doesn’t replace what was lost when the concrete took over natural habitats.
Abbey’s angle of vision is against the construction of the dam. He states that much of the habitat created by the canyon was destroyed when the dam was built. Many of the animals that lived in the canyon were either killed or ran away because of the destruction of much of the wildlife. Abbey sees the dam as a way of destroying natural environments for many of the animals and plant......
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