Wildlife-urban interface

 The line where wildlife and urban areas meet can pose many ecological issues and the number of interfaces continue to increase all across the united states. The amount of these interfaces continue to increase due to urban development or the creation of roads, which often break up large habitats into clusters of smaller ones. As a result, this creates more interaction between wildlife and these urban areas. The most biodiverse and healthy habitats are large and not broken up, where the area is maximized. This breakup of large habitats can have massive implications for the species in them and often can cause isolation of species and possible extinction.

The easy resolution is to reconnect these clusters of habitats back into one large one but it is doubtful that municipalities would destroy roads and repair the habitat. This being unlikely, the best possible scenario is connecting the now separate habitats with paths so species can potentially spread across all the separate habitats and hopefully resolve the lack of biodiversity that resulted from breaking up the original, whole habitat.

The ideal situation for a habitat is to be left unaltered or interfered with by the building of roads or developments. Although that doesn't mean that humans shouldn't be allowed to enjoy the wilderness. There is a fine line between destroying or fragmenting habitat and enjoying the wild. Yes, oftentimes "enjoying the wild" still results in some interference, for instance, fishing, but often times that doesn't result in a decrease in biodiversity or lead to isolation or extinction of a species. The important thing to understand is that if you are interfering, say fishing or hunting, to practice moderation as a community as to not create a greater impact on the ecosystem.