In my drawing class a couple years ago, the first assignment we had was to draw "a problem"; very open ended. We could draw anything for it. One day I was driving to my mom's, near Redmond, WA, where I grew up -- and thinking about potential ideas for the project. One of my first ideas was drawing myself driving, with a deer crossing the road a ways ahead, and my speedometer still at 35mph. It's was pretty common occurrence in the area to have deer or other animals cross in front of cars, so much so that a few moments later, a deer did cross the road in front of me. That sold me on the idea and this drawing was made soon after.
Habitat Fragmentation:
"Destruction and degradation of natural ecosystems are the primary causes of declines in global biodiversity. Habitat destruction typically leads to fragmentation, the division of habitat into smaller and more isolated fragments separated by a matrix of human-transformed land cover. The loss of area, increase in isolation, and greater exposure to human land uses along fragment edges initiate long-term changes to the structure and function of the remaining fragments" (Haddad, et. al., 2015).
This is a problem. Though seldom talked about, it is possibly one of the largest environmental issues facing the world outside of climate change.
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