e nearby area. Perhaps stronger trees in the wild are better able to cope with the beetle, and also the fact the forest contains more beetle predators, like woodpeckers and other birds, unlike the unique conditions that prevail in the park.An additional scientific uncertainty lies in the fact that the scientists analyzing the park's situation all work for the government, meaning they are going to say what the government wants to do. Many scientists outside the government claim that there is no proof the beetle is the serious threat to the park's red spruce that authorities claim, and that the prevention measures are futile.Besides the high level of scientific uncertainty, other factors that are going to influence the outcome to this conflict can be found on economic, environmental, and political levels. Economically, the federal government would be wasting an incredible amount of money in cutting down 10 000 trees, an amount that many people argue could be better spent in other areas such as healthcare. Also, once the trees are cut down, who is going to finance the planting of new trees? This question has yet to be answered.Environmentally, how will the loss of 10 000 red spruce trees affect other plants and animals in the park? The cutting has the potential to cause a chain-reaction effect, as animal's habitats would be altered immensely.Politically, the impact of cutting will affect everybody who lives near the park or visits it. With cutting down 10 000 trees, there will be a lack of privacy for houses located on the fringes of the park, as before, they provided a year-round natural barrier from busy sections of the park. The park would loose much of it's beauty if the trees were cut, and this one-time "sanctuary" would be turned into an inhospitable grasslands.Obviously, additional research will solve this problem of scientific uncertainty, yet, as some scientists have stated, this small bug has the potential to ruin one of Canada's...
