Urban wildlife
There are many plants and animals that call the Line Creek Forest their home – owls, songbirds, deer, bats and more. As development occurs, these populations dwindle and we lose the benefits these species provide.
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Three facts to know:
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Nationwide, metropolitan areas are losing about 36 million trees every year. As cities lose their large, old trees, the native wildlife that depends on them for food and shelter are also in danger of disappearing.
https://www.nathab.com/blog/losing-urban-trees-and-the-wildlife-that-depends-on-them/
https://ufi.ca.uky.edu/wildlife-habitat-tree
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According to the World Wildlife Fund, the world’s populations of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have dropped 60 percent since 1970, and human activity is to blame.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/kids/people-places/animal-species-are-disappearing-and-we-the-people-are-the-problem/ar-BBVid5p?%252525252525253Bocid=DELLDHP
https://www.worldwildlife.org/habitats/forest-habitat
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From Maine to Arizona, America’s forest species are in a steady slide towards extinction. Scientists predict that more than 4,600 native plant and animal species will be gone by 2030, an evolutionary blink of the eye.
https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/endangered-forest-species/
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