Dear Editor,
Thank you, Coun. Wolfe for speaking against loss of habitat. The Garden City Conservation Society is disappointed that Richmond is working against its own mandate for “Environmentally conscious decision-making that.”
As Wolfe points out, not only will native plant life be permanently removed from a healthy ecosystem, but also mature trees that provide our birds with both food and nesting opportunities. Because development in Richmond is destroying our native ecology, we must protect and save what we can, where we can.
Bulldozing a highly-functioning ecosystem to replace it with saplings and asphalt makes no sense.
Sharon MacGougan
GARDEN CITY CONSERVATION SOCIETY
