Humans first impacted the taiga by hunting animals for food and other uses, as well as using water to drink and trees to build shelters. Even today this is true. Logging mills were set up to more efficiently change trees into building materials, and have vastly reduced the amount of forested land. Hunting continues today, but mostly is just for sport. Pollution has damaged the forests and well, especially with acid rain that has ruined water sources and soil nutrients. As the human population expands constantly, people will have to use more and more land and more resources will be drawn from across the globe; the taiga will become home to many more people as the populations spread. Luckily, there are people trying to protect the land who may be able to preserve the taiga into the future.
