There are so many ways in which human activity has impacted or could in the future impact my plot. First off, pesticides could be a problem; they could come from already developed surrounding lots could work their way into the area thus hurting any organisms in it. One of the many ways in which pesticides spread is through runoff. Runoff is the process in which pesticides move in water over a slope of some sort. Actually, the pesticides either become mixed into the water or attached to the soil which then erodes.* There also might be some pesticides coming into the lake. If they reached the water, there may be certain problems different from those that would occur if the pesticides only went onto the land. To be more specific, some pesticides are highly toxic to fish and not as much to birds, insects, or other plants, and other pesticides may be the exact opposite. So, depending on the pesticide type, amount, and location, that will impact the effect it has on the natural balance.
A second human activity that could potentially have a very bad impact on my plot environment deals with trash. Even though I found a very small amount of trash, this may become much more of an issue down the road. The next owner of the house and lot could be a very untidy person, for instance, they might litter even in their own property every once in a while. If this were to happen, there might be small creatures that try eating the garbage and get sick, or even die, depending on what remained on the fragments of trash.
Also in regard to the future, is the ever present concern of people deciding they want to do some sort of construction in the place of God’s beautiful creation. As previously mentioned, if new property owners were to take over, this might create a bit more uneasiness. Since different people do different things with their property, it is hard to tell if the next people might decide to build a huge playhouse or another building down by the lake or not. Of course, if this were to happen, there would be much controversy, due to the harm that this would do to any organisms in the area as well as the greater species living in other surrounding places that live off of the organisms here.
Even though the current people living there have done a certain amount of clearing away the brush and a few trees, it seems that their work has done little harm to the environment. In fact, it could be true that what they did helped out some animals by giving an easier route to their habitats, or helped them by way of different means. Some other ways this would effect the vegetation in the spot includes decreasing the risk of fire (now that is good!), as well as decreasing some habitats of smaller animals (and now back to the negatives).
Over all, it seems as if the current human activities occurring in my plot are pretty beneficial for at least the nearby environment. Hopefully this will continue to be true for a very long time!
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