The residents were hostile to the encroachments of British colonists on their territory. Specifically the Mounties were to assert Canadian sovereignty over possible American encroachments into the area. Large locals continued to jealously guard this autonomy against encroachments by international officers. Provisions have also been made empowering officials to evict encroachments from Protected Areas. Kowdenahalli Lake has been subjected to rampant encroachments and sewage inflow. The roads are potholes laden and full of encroachments. These geographic barriers kept the interior of Oman free from foreign military encroachments. Conservation measures have been undertaken to prevent poaching, overfishing, encroachments, and many other related issues. Fragmentation of forest stands and agricultural encroachments have rendered wildlife particularly vulnerable to human pressure. They fought encroachments of machinery and unskilled labor on autonomy of skilled shoe workers. They often intervened to protect Miskito interests against Spanish encroachments. He was also against papal encroachments on secular power. The agricultural encroachments were mostly rice paddies. Many Englishmen considered both as encroachments on their private property. There is a vast length of marine coastline on the city's outer encroachments particularly southwards.