Do not open up this land for…

Do not open up this land for housing. Repurpose land that is available and increase density. Keep the land together so that fauna have larger continuous tracts of land. Providing another green space tract in a different areas fragments the land and how animals can travel and live in their habitats. Taking one piece of land away and promising a different protected area is akin to telling someone we are going to take over your living room and provide with with another living room down the block.