I grew up catching crayfish in a creek behind my grandparents house and i went back last summer for the first time in probably 15 years. The water looked fine but what got me was how quiet it was from what i remembered with no more crawdads under the rocks. I spent the whole drive home wondering how can we help endangered animals when the decline is that invisible. any solutions when the problem is this small compounding stuff we cant realy see in front of us?

The endangered species act losing habitat destruction as a definition of harm is a massive setback. Fortunately there are bills in the house you can urge your representatives to support

I want to dedicate my life to conservation, it is the most important thing in the world to me. My current plan is to get a bachelors biology education degree and become a science teacher.

Is there any way to apply this in a way that helps the environment of this planet, or even a completely alternative career route?

I have not started school yet but am planning to start soon. If anyone has any words of guidance for an aspiring conservationist, please, regurgitate them to me, as birds do.