I believe these changes are…

I believe these changes are an egregious overstep and will have the affect of hastening climate degradation, causing biodiversity loss, flooding, loss of tourism and frankly, for those of us who find our solace in nature, a complete loss of hope for the future. I cannot fathom how this short term land grab is going to benefit anyone but developers. We already have ample land to build on if we change what we're building. Replacing what these natural resources do (water filtration and rehabilitation, flood abatement, fish habitat and so on) for us will cost future generations billions...if we even make it to the end of the century.