I believe that the biggest issue affecting our parks in the disregard for the native species and our infatuation as the human species with consuming for without the farsight to see how it will affect our future. Yet I am going to take the idea of park a little bit farther and write about our planet as our “park”. Most educated people know that the planet is warming up due to the massive energy demand that humans need whether that be through coal plants or nuclear power plants our energy consumption keeps rising due to the fact that our population is rising. People tend to think that we are the apex predator species of our planet and that is true but what we need to know is that we are sharing this earth with thousands of other species that we need to protect. Our earth as a park is leaving species in the dust. Every year you see that another species of bird, or fish as gone extinct because of human’s greed or disregard for other wildlife. For instance the Australian government chose to create shipping lanes that cross the barrier reef to cut prices on gas need to power the ships. I think that we as a human species need to redirect our thinking of how we disregard the many different species that we live with.