The Nature Conservancy’s website blog (blog.nature.org), also known as Cool Green Science, is dedicated to sharing links to interesting environmental and conservation-related online news stories from around the world. Although the blog is not specifically dedicated to examining the environmental impacts of road and rail, the issue is encountered throughout the blog. A blog post from this July is especially relevant to the topic of road, rail, and environmental impact. The post reveals that the Tanzanian government, who had previously planned to build a paved, commercial road through Serengeti National Park, will not go through with its planned highway due to resistance from the conservation community and the potential impacts the road would have on people and wildlife. Despite this, paved, commercial roads will be built just outside the park, and conservationists and locals are concerned about how the new and improved access to the region will affect the ecologically fragile area. While ecotourism can be an economic benefit to some nations and communities, the increased access needed for ecotourism to be successful can significantly change the economy of local communities while also further fragmenting and pressuring ecosystems. The Tanzanian government is proposing more routes in the region that would unfortunately intersect the lands of indigenous hunter-gatherer tribes south of the park. When considering the benefits of increased access to the region, I hope the Tanzanian government takes into account the ecological and cultural integrity of the Serengeti.