Economic Conservation vs. Environmental Conservation Essay -- Economic

Economic Conservation vs. Environmental Conservation Around the world people are being affected by conservation and endangered species laws and regulations. Some want the biggest house on the most beautiful land and have the money to get it, while others feel that we have developed enough and there has to be more land left to nature. I feel that while endangered species should be protected, their protection should not change the way that local people function, and interact with one another. This has prompted a battle of economic growth versus environmental conservation that can be found both locally such as in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and world wide such as the southern mountainous region of Vietnam. Duxbury is a small town on the south shore of Massachusetts located on the coast between Boston and Cape Cod. The town’s barrier beach is a long thin peninsula spanning the entire length of the town’s coast. It is called a barrier beach because it acts essentially as a barrier between the mainland coasts and the larger ocean waves. Access to the barrier beach, through the town, is limited to a single wooden bridge. Once over the bridge, there is a walk-on beach, and a sandy road that provides access to the rest of the peninsula. Along the road there are a number of drive-on beaches, which provide over-sand access to four wheel drive cars, and at the end of the peninsula are two small groups of homes called Gurnet and Saquish. Seasonal beach permits, which are necessary for anyone to drive over the bridge, are sold to both residents and non residents and these funds are used to maintain the ever-changing beach. According to the Town of Duxbury website, permits for the 2003 season ran between $45 and $110 for re... ... will live on. Works Cited Best of Boston 2003. (2003, July). Boston Magazine Fawthrop, T. (1996) Vietnam-Environment: Forest destroyers turned saviors. Global Information Network. Retrieved September 20, 2003 from factavia database. Hainer, R. (2003, August 21). In beach access debate, concom follows middle of road course. [Electronic version]. The Duxbury Clipper. Retrieved September 10, 2003 from, http://www.eduxbury.com/article_541.shtml Katz, D. (2003) Balance in the Bay Series: The fight, flight, and plight of the plover, Pit falls of a pit stop. [Electronic version]. The Duxbury Clipper. Retrieved September 21, 2003, from http://www.eduxbury.com/article_507.shtml2003 Massachusetts. Town of Duxbury. 2003 Beach Permits. Retrieved September 21,2003 from, http://www.town.duxbury.ma.us/Public_Documents/DuxburyMA_BTPermits/index