I don't know what that guys point is. It seems obvious. Clear land, and you destroy the habitat of the fauna, and flora, of what was there in order to make habitat for what you want there.

By definition. You're going to change the landscape and affect what's using it. You're going to change what once was.

Now, it would be nice not to change it all, or have oil spilled on it, and so on. That makes sense. But I suspect this guy lives in a house build of wood which came from a tree on land which was once used by something to live besides humans. That's the way it goes, hopefully in some moderation.

By the same token, this sounds like a Californian if I've ever heard one.

"For the record, all the farms I've been on have plenty of wild animals and birds, thank you."

I suppose to a Californian rats are wild, pigeons too, called "flying rats" by some, and mice. Starlings look impressive when circling in a flock of several thousand, I'll be darned if I can think of much else which can survive the pesticides and herbicides.

I mean, farms are nice. I eat, too. And, driving through or flying over California farms I'm not sure I've seen "plenty of wild animals and birds, thank you." Maybe party animals and jail birds.

Arf