I came here to say exactly the same thing. Development always begets more development. The rural wilderness that I grew up in is completely unrecognizable toda

I came here to say exactly the same thing. Development always begets more development. The rural wilderness that I grew up in is completely unrecognizable today. Acres and acres of essentially untouched forest now replaced with human housing. Creeks have dried up and animal life is a shadow of what it used to be. We used to have otters, beavers, deer, and more but they're long gone now. That transformation started with mundane uncontroversial things like gravel roads and basic utilities. But it grew to encompass much more as more people moved in. If you accept that the diversity and abundance of plant and non-human animal life has instrinic value then it's awfully easy to say that blocking further human development in wild areas is the "right" thing to do.