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A while back, as I was chasing a diminishing rainbow, I found myself in the middle of neighborhoods at the foot of Pusch Ridge. This area is actually part of the Coronado Forest, and for many years had been a protected environment, But it seems as there is always a growing need for more housing and real estate, these areas keep dwindling more and more. There is still a large portion of the Coronado Forest that is still protected. But there are currently development companies trying to pass laws to be able to build there.

As they continue to build in the Tucson area, and the surrounding areas, I find it rather ironic and a little discerning, as they have already maximized the natural resources for this area, and an unforeseen catastrophe could cause this area to completely fail and would not be able to support itself and it's population.
But I would say that at least Tucson is not built below sea level, right next to the ocean. Rather that the problem here is actually the opposite in the sense that we have constructed a community with a high demand for water, where there is actually a natural lack thereof.

But there are really some solutions to this constant encroachment upon these natural areas. But nobody really wants to hear it, or adhere to more disciplinary measures. Nature works pretty harmoniously all on its own. And we, as humans, are the real problem to this natural environment. And the more of us there are, the more the problem continues to grow. And grow, it will.

I am reminded of a time when I was a teenager and had my own aquarium. I put a few fish in it and maintained this little self-contained environment rather well. Some fish created a few more fish, and some plants created a few more plants. Then algae began to grow on the surface of the glass. So I got a couple of small snails, and they went to town and started keeping the algae level down. But like the fish, the snails made more snails. The eggs hatched, and over and over, there were more and more snails. Eventually the whole aquarium became saturated with snails. I cleaned it out over and over again to remove the abundance of snails. But the remaining eggs kept hatching and the problem continued. Getting tired of trying to remedy the situation I just let the snails multiply and take over. Which they did, for a while. But after some time I began to notice a lot of dead shells, and noticed that they all began to die. There was apparently not enough food to support them all, so they all died, and there were no more. 

After that I just bought an algae eater.
(just one)

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