The Coronavirus's Impact on our Parks and the Environment

Many have flocked to the outdoors during the pandemic
Source: 303magazine.com

The Coronavirus is affecting everything.  This statement is one I am getting a bit tired of reading in the news, but it is unfortunately true.  Mankind has expanded to the scale that our reach affects every corner of the globe; thus this new virus that is affect all of us will also be affecting the entire planet.  You have no doubt read countless articles speculating on the impacts on the economy, the education system, the health care system, and government.  But what about the natural environment and places like parks and reserves?  How will they fare amongst this global pandemic?

Simple logic may lead you to infer that parks and other natural places will do quite well.  Without all the people mucking about, it would make sense that these ecosystems would thrive.  But people are also the protectors of landscapes, whether they be rangers, scientists, wardens, or volunteers.  Just as many of them have been sidelined by the creeping virus.  This makes the answer more complicated than a simple "good" or "bad", and in reality we can only really speculate.  Like most everything else, we will have to wait until time has passed to know how things are going to end up.  Yet even with all of this uncertainty, it is safe to say that the parks and the like are under threat under the coronavirus pandemic.