A thriving habitat is essential to the lives of our wildlife. Wildlife habitats are continuously decreasing in the United States due to several factors. The increasing numbers of lost wildlife habitats are a result of human populations that manipulate them to meet their needs. The diminishing habitats of wildlife are a serious problem, but several organizations are working toward probable solutions.
             The biggest problem with diminishing habitat is due to human activity. Humans destroy it to provide more land and products for human consumption. Humans replace complex ecosystems with cultivated areas dominated by single species and with pastures for livestock. Humans drain wetlands for agriculture of urban development. The effects of landscape modification are huge, and they continue to happen. About eighty percent of deforestation is used to convert land for agriculture. Conversion of wetlands, forest, and natural grasslands to other uses is happening at such a high rate that these ecosystems may be reduced to very small amounts by the middle of the next century (Orians 3). This is a concern for the next century because of the continuous loss of habitat. Yet, a large amount of people still manipulates the habitat in the few remaining untouched wildernesses. Many times certain species become at risk for extinction because of the mismanagement of land. The ext!
             inction of a couple of species of animals could lead to the degradation of habitat (Tran 1). Ecosystems in the U.S. are threatened by total destruction. Since the ecosystems are threatened species that depend on them are endangered. To protect our endangered species, our habitats must also be protected. It is important to know how much habitat is being destroyed or degraded and where this habitat is located in the U.S.
             There are five main places in the U.S. where habitat is being destroyed: forests, rangelan
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