Endangered By Sprawl

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:00pm PST by Abhijeet Chavan
Environment, United States
The rapid consumption of land in the nation’s fastest-growing large metropolitan areas could threaten the survival of nearly one out of every three imperiled species, according to the first study ever to quantify the impact of sprawling development on wil

According to the report Endangered By Sprawl: How Runaway Development Threatens America’s Wildlife, produced by the National Wildlife Federation, Smart Growth America, and NatureServe, the rapid conversion of once-natural areas and farmland into subdivisions, shopping centers, roads and parking lots has become a leading threat to America’s native plants and animals.

Thanks to David Goldberg

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Published on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 in Smart Growth America

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