p72-73+Habitat+Loss+Section+4.6

A lumberjack Paul Bunyan cut down forests, and scooped out ponds to provide driking water for his big blue ox, babe. those ponds today are the great lakes.

Way back then, lakes were in the middle of forests. so many animals were mixed up, and once they cut down timber most got lost.

Settlers moved into the great lakes and most of the forest was gone for factories. Plants and animals that lived there were done too.

Since timber is now used for more than just trees to be in the forest. The foresters then cut back on cutting down timber.

Wet lands were dissapearing as the great lakes were appearing. wetlands provided habitats for a wide variety of wildlife and helped control flooding during storms.

Private and public groups are working to protect land, and there teaching land owners how to protect wetland areas.

__**TERMS:**__

 * Habitat:** a natural enviroment in which a plant or animal lives.


 * Habitat Loss:** a natural land lost in the ocean and rivers.


 * Wetlands:** an area where the soil is usually wet or covered in water.


 * The Great Lakes Today: Habitat loss.(:**

1.) What is the meaning of habitat? a.) a natural enviroment in which a plant or an animal lives. b.) an underwater enviroment for aquatic fish. c.) a city.

2.) When settlers moved into the great lakes they...? a.) planted the forest. b.) cleared patches of forest farms. c.) built a farm.

3.) What is a way to protect wetland areas? a.) Bulit a city over it. b.) create more than one acre of new wetland for every acre. c.) destroy more than one acre of wetland.

__**rough draft:**__ The great lakes today have changed over the past few years, just like the habitat loss has increased. The dense forest covered the great lakes so nobody worried about habitat loss. Now, its a big issue. Settlers and Lodgers, moved in then they cut down patches of forests or farms. Land was cleared for factories and cities. Almost half of the regions forests was lost to development. Today the people see their mistake, and are working to reverse forest loss. The forests around the Great Lakes are now expanded. Wetlands are dissapearing from lake to lake. Not many people realize this but, most do and they try to stop it but it just dosnt work.