Rachel Carson's book silent spring played a big part in starting the environmental movement as the book gives many examples of chemical pesticides and insecticides harming both the environment and humans. #cumbriawildlifemedia The chemicals being used have a far-reaching effect meaning more wildlife is harmed than intended for pest control. Many farms were using these chemicals on their crop in hopes of stopping wildlife from feeding on them which would affect their livestock

Rewinding is a form of conversation which aims to restore and protect wilderness areas in hopes of bringing in more species as well as increasing their numbers in their native regions. #cumbriawildlifemedia While increasing species population, rewinding brings come challenges and issues that have made rewinding controversial as it means taking farmland from farmers to rewind the area letting plants grow that will help increase the biodiversity

Timothy Treadwell is the man at the centre of the documentary ‘Grizzly man’ directed by Werner Herzog. The documentary follows Treadwell as he spends his summer living among grizzly bears in an Alaskan reserve #cumbriawildlifemedia Treadwell became a controversial man after spending 13 summers with the grizzly bears in Alaska. He often named the bears and had close encounters with them as well as other wildlife in the area he stayed, often touching them and getting extremely close.