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Even things as seemingly minuscule as invasive grasses tend to have an extraordinary effect on ecosystems. In the Sagebrush Steppe, Cheatgrass is taking over, compromising growth of the Sagebrush which in turn minimizes the abundance of the Sage Grouse’s main food source. Buffelgrass is the most problematic and aggressive invasive plant in the Sonoran desert, replacing short grasslands with tall ones. These grasses consume the landscape by growing and spreading at such a rapid pace but in many cases can also burn more frequently than native species and grow back more abundantly after fires, completely transforming the landscape. Even when native species, like the Virile Crayfish, begin spreading their ranges into slightly new territory (Westward in Montana)their effect on the landscape can be disastrous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs inhabiters of this land we should seek to maintain its natural balance. Instead, government organizations have played a significant role in altering our landscape through agriculture, development, and even medicine. The Farm Bureau incentivized farmers to kill Prairie Dogs that burrowed on their plots which led to the Black-Footed Ferret’s near extinction. The Biomedical industry currently captures live Horseshoe Crabs, bleeds them of a third of their blood, and then throws them back into the ocean claiming they survive the ordeal but many of them do not. Their blue copper-based blood is a life saving tool, since it clots on contact with bacteria and has been useful in vaccines (including the COVID-19 vaccine).Unfortunately, the Horseshoe Crab population decline has significantly impacted success rates of the Red Knot’s migration from the Southern most tip of Argentina to the Canadian Arctic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany of these destructive practices were commonplace throughout most of the twentieth century resulting in the rapid decline of species, and the climate crisis. 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