The act of demarcating and enclosing a specific area of land for the sole purpose of maintaining its ecological functions intact and away from the possibility of development. In setting apart a certain area, no matter the size, it is set on a different ecological trajectory through the societal action of legislature. “To choose one place and not another alters the evolutionary path of human and nonhuman communities along the way. This means that conservation areas form artifacts of the past, present, and future.” (Waklid) Conservation is meant to protect flora and fauna and the natural resources that they hinge on such as soils, hydrology for the enjoyment of future…