This issue impacts Chicago and its surroundings because there are animals that are in danger of extinction in this are and people do not know about them. This animals that are in danger are examples that it does happen near us for example the piping clover in the Great lakes is an endangered species. This bird was listed endangered in 1986. These birds nest in the shores of the great lakes and are losing their habitat to human activity. The parent birds tend to leave their eggs in their nest if to much disturbance is around. The loss of animals in Chicago can cause a major problem for example if the piping plover goes extinct the insect population near the lake could go up dramatically.(Species Profile for Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). (2014, May 16)). In Chicago there are many organizations working topreserve and restore the natural wildlife in chicago like the chicago wilderness organization which works with other organizations and people to volunteer and restore areas to be how they were at one point. (restoring nature. (n.d.)).