I go biking in a lovely spot on Puget Sound. Occasionally, I pause to read the signs along the way. One sign explains that the bay behind the sign was always grassland and used as grazing land until it was “restored” as habitat for salmon. Say what? It was not “restored” it was “developed” to serve as a habitat for salmon. I don’t have any problem with what was done with it, but I object to the inaccurate language usage. I’d like to believe it was just carelessness but I suspect it was done to make it seem that people had destroyed salmon habitat and the damage was being repaired! In fact just the opposite occurred, native grassland was destroyed to create a habitat for salmon. It did not ruin my day. I like the new habitat and greatly enjoy seeing salmon in the bay occasionally. Color me an “old school” English teacher, which I most certainly am.
