Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our
appetites. ~William Ruckelshaus Business Week, 18 June 1990
People's choices impact ecosystems. Development is an obvious
example of an impact. But there are many others. Here are a few
actions of people that impact wetlands: Runoff of lawn
fertilizers & pesticides, winter salting of roads, sidewalks &
parking lots, automatic dishwasher detergent, clothes washing
detergent, grey water systems, discarded cigarette butts,
medications in the potable water supply , soil erosion, mine
drainage, careless dumping, weed and insect control programs,
dioxins, waterway dredging, mercury toxins, flood control
measures, glycol runoff, lead shot for hunting and lead sinkers
for fishing, oil & chemical spills, West Nile Virus control
programs, feeding wild animals - A Vicious Cycle, releasing
alien species into the wild, and new, current & old dams in
waterways. General Ecology website Select one of these actions.
(If there is another one that is of particular local i