Objective: The Brooker Creek Nature Preserve located in Tarpon Springs, FL is about 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It is a full 8500 acres of undeveloped land surrounded by rapid suburban development. The Brooker Creek Nature Preserve is labeled as a wilderness area. Wilderness areas have been designated ever since 1964 when the Wilderness Act passed, protecting these undisturbed lands by law. Due to the million deficit this year, Pinellas County may close down the preserve, thereby exposing the Brooker Creek watershed to the environmental damages caused by urban development. All life depends on water, keeping the watershed clean is vital to keeping the ecosystem healthy. All life is connected to each other through the common need and use of the watershed, which is a big indicator of water quality. The Brooker Creek watershed is the only stream that flows into Lake Tarpon. Without the preserve, urban sprawl would certainly spread to the area, degrading the land and polluting the water eventually making it ecologically unsustainable and greatly lowering the biodiversity. Many endangered species and larger animals that are rare in the rest of Florida, are in abundance at the preserve. Bobcats, coyotes, gopher tortoise, otters and wild turkey live in the preserve. As do the endangered air plants like orchids and animals like the Bachmans sparrow. There is not normally enough undeveloped land in the Eastern United States to support such a large and diverse wildlife …