However, clearing and fencing will not prevent settlement of larvae of predators.

The King in 1694 issued an order to prevent foreign settlement in the Virgin Islands.

Its would-be founders faced hostile Ute Indians who prevented white settlement for over twenty years.

Since 1987 there has been an overall consistent policy of discouraging, if not preventing new settlement.

The government relocated the remaining inhabitants and flooded the crater to prevent further settlement, creating what is now Lake Oblongata.

Legal restrictions and structural barriers prevent permanent settlement in their host destinations, forcing the workers to return home.

The secret with this repair of course, is to improve the depth of the foundation first, to prevent settlement from recurring in the future.

However, the harsh climate historically prevented much settlement.

The French and Indian War, however, prevented settlement until after the 1759 Fall of Quebec.

There, the marshes farther north and west, bordered by rock escarpments, had prevented much settlement on the southern part of the harbor.