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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: A developer wants to develop a tract of scrub forest where scrub jays

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A developer wants to develop a tract of scrub forest where scrub jays now nest. Since the scrub jay is a protected species, the developer must ensure that developing the tract will not harm the jays. To meet this requirement, the developer has proposed purchasing a tract of nearby scrub forest that would remain undeveloped. Since that tract is already inhabited by scrub jays, clearly it has suitable habitat for the birds that development willdisplace.  

This question is a Plan question, and like many Plan questions, does not have a directly stated conclusion. Rather, it has an implied conclusion, which is basically that the plan will work. So, we can say that the implied conclusion is thefollowing:

Purchasing a tract that would remain undeveloped will serve to ensure that developing a tract of scrub forest where scrub jays now nest will not harm thejays.

The support for the conclusion is thefollowing:

[color=#0000ff] Since that tract is already inhabited by scrub jays,
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Statistics : Posted by MartyMurray • on 08 May 2022, 02:52 • Replies 13 • Views 8668



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