Active Conservation: As technology progresses, we have increased capacity to actively intervene and engineer ecosystems. We have every reason to expect these capacities to continue to expand. For example, we can facilitate animal migration, introduce non-native species, revive long extinct species, genetically engineer extant species, and so on. Which of these interventions are justified and why? How should we decide whether and when to intervene? Is non-intervention even possible? Desirable? (Readings to consider: Emma Marris Rambunctious Garden; Clare Palmer `Saving Species but Losing Wildness’; C. Josh Donlan Restoring America’s Big Wild Animals; Ronald Sandler `The Ethics of Reviving Long Extinct Species’; Lilly-Marlene Russow `Why Do Species Matter?’)

please write a paper not longer than 1500 words addressing the topic. Please do not feel as though every question in your chosen topic needs to be explicitly addressed. Instead, think of the prompts as exactly thatprompts. A successful paper will demonstrate that you are grappling with the issues raised in that topic. That can be done by narrowing the focus to only one aspect of that topic and considering it carefully. The same goes for the readings to consider. I would say papers should explicitly engage with at least two readings, but beyond that only use readings as they are useful to you.

Citations: Students must cite appropriately. This means indicating where quotes and paraphrases come from. I don’t care about format . You may use outside sourcesthough I discourage it. If you use outside sources, you must include a bibliography. If you just use class readings and handouts, you do not need to include a bibliography, but it should be clear from the in-line citations what comes from where.