This is how two third-graders defined habitat loss and applied it to Somonauk. Written by Jessica and Tyler. Habitat loss is something that people do. They do it in different ways. When people cut down trees, they are destroying habitats and plants.
Dead trees are a vital part of habitats.
Somonauk's original habitat was prairie. Forests and cornfields replaced that when humans came to Illinois. Somonauk's habitat loss means there are more cornfields and forests being destroyed. The land is being used for gas stations, new houses and new businesses. We should try to save some forests and fields for wild plants and animals.