ENVR130-ChristopherCardenas

Problem Statement New York City is home to millions of Americans; as the city grows in population New York's aging transportation infrastructure is leading to the overcrowding of roads, specifically in areas like Manhattan south of Central Park. In 2007, New York officials began discussing how to solve the city's traffic problem not just for today but for the future of New York. New York has limited space and increasing "space available to expand the existing road network, and highway expansion would likely result in more traffic" (Why can’t NYC get a congestion charge?, 37). To combat overcrowded roads, Mayor Bloomberg has proposed ideas that would increase public transit; however, these ideas cost far too much money. So Mayor Bloomberg attempted to pass a fee that would charge any car entering Manhattan’s central business district. This law not only tackles congestion on roads but effectively pays for all transportation infrastructure upgrades. However, despi...

Christopher Cardenas Activity 2.3.2 1. Exploratory Jim Howell is the owner of a company Grasslands LLC. Grasslands LLC uses techniques talked about in the last activity termed “Holistic Management”. Jim Howell’s business partners identify large acres of grasslands, purchase the land and by using holistic management techniques improve the land's health and amount of cattle held in one grassland. Holistic Management works because it is a technique that mimics natural grazing patterns. Properly using natural grazing patterns on a grassland improves the grass health which in turn increases the maximum capacity for cattle and furthers the region's biodiversity. 2. Diagnostic Humans have used livestock for generations; it was only recently that ranchers have learned and implemented holistic management into their grasslands. Due to this much of the grasslands in America has been unmanaged and overgrazed leading to the decline in grassland and loss of biodiversity all through...