Sentences with phrase «river water conservation»

River Water Conservation Dist.

Not exact matches

Water infra - structures and challenges for fish conservation: Larval trait - based analysis to foresee fish recruitment in regulated rivers (Student project)

Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

A total of 367 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was released from Hume Dam to support in - channel, wetland and low elevation floodplain habitat throughout the River Murray for improving the condition, movement and recruitment of native fish — both silver (critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and golden perch were detected spawning in the Mid Murray in response to flow variability; improve riparian and wetland vegetation condition; and contribute to the managed export of salt from the River Murray system.

With its pure water supply, near pristine growing environment and dedication to conservation - based farming methods, this 2,300 - hectare farm on the banks of the Gemadro River is setting new standards for progressive, sustainable coffee farming.

Approximately 9,700 ML of Commonwealth environmental water provided overbank flows to the Warrego River which spilled on to the Western Floodplain at Toorale National Park / State Conservation Area.

This project also complements a related effort, also funded by the Foundation for MetroWest, by Massachusetts Rivers Alliance and the Charles River Watershed Association to improve the state's drought management plan and promote better water conservation.

As part of the Spring Big Sweep, local soil and water conservation districts sponsor numerous clean - up days at creeks, lakes, streams and wetlands that flow into area rivers.

Conservation efforts lead to the return of native fish and improved water quality for the Fox River, Hoag said.

State Senator Rob Ortt, R - North Tonawanda, is applauding the Department of Environmental Conservation's investigation into how a plume of waste water ended up in the Niagara River near the falls at the end of July, but he wants to make sure the results are public.

Despite this lack of critical data, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has classified Hudson River waters from north of the Bronx Borough line all the way to the northern end of Columbia County as acceptable for swimming.

This website is updated with support from the Hudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, in cooperation with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

Its protection ensures ongoing timber resource protection, safeguards water quality of the Salmon River and allows for continued public access to state sanctioned snowmobile trails and other outdoor recreation,» according to Conservation Fund press release.

It amends an existing law that lets the state Department of Environmental Conservation work with the Department of State and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to set «conditions for petroleum - bearing vessels to enter or move upon navigable waters of the state, as well as «tanker avoidance zones»» on the lower Hudson River.

A coalition of U.S. and Mexican conservation groups, Raise the River, is raising money to purchase and lease the additional water rights required to ensure base flow in the future.

«I would say to my clients: «You have to protect yourself... by using the water that is appropriated,»» said John McClow, a prominent water rights attorney who represented the state on the Upper Colorado River Commission, the interstate water management coalition, and now serves on the Colorado Water Conservation Bwater that is appropriated,»» said John McClow, a prominent water rights attorney who represented the state on the Upper Colorado River Commission, the interstate water management coalition, and now serves on the Colorado Water Conservation Bwater rights attorney who represented the state on the Upper Colorado River Commission, the interstate water management coalition, and now serves on the Colorado Water Conservation Bwater management coalition, and now serves on the Colorado Water Conservation BWater Conservation Board.

The Lampasas River Watershed Partnership, facilitated by the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Temple and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, consists of area residents and other stakeholders from across the watershed.

The event is hosted by the Lampasas River Watershed Partnership, Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

We also had the opportunity to visit the Balingasay River, twice winner of the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran Award for inland bodies of water in the Ilocos Region and a recipient of the highly prestigious Wetlands Conservation Award in 1994.

Here is to all the people who have, do, and will advocate for clean water around the world — from river restoration to ocean conservation, from providing fresh water for all to designing intelligent solutions for future water supplies.

The amount of water cited as potentially available from conservation is more than what is now reaching the Colorado River Delta, thanks only to leaks and occasional overflows in the plumbing.

I've written about this in the context of water pollution, as well, including after the conservation biologist M. Sanjayan sent me video of a mass of foam rising from a river in Nairobi: Read more...

The conservation groups notes, «A century of water management policies and practices that have promoted wasteful water use have put the river at a critical crossroads.»

I've written about this in the context of water pollution, as well, including after the conservation biologist M. Sanjayan sent me video of a mass of foam rising from a river in Nairobi:

Amy Baker with team Hennebery Eddy Architects met her water conservation goals this weekend and also «washed in cold water only — which is now regular practice, toted my cloth shopping bags for all weekend shopping, not just at the grocery, and discovered a new park in my neighborhood and walked it's river trail during sunset.

While at American Rivers, my research involved exploring the policy connection between groundwater and surface water in five Western states, and how this legal and hydrological relationship influences river conservation.

That storage can be in a surface reservoir, groundwater basin, water bank, or water conservation credits along the Colorado River system, or in carry - over water from the prior year.

The contribution of forest ecosystems — such as carbon sequestration, crop pollination, conservation of agricultural soils and control of water discharge to streams and rivers — to other sectors, particularly agriculture, is valued at 6.77 percent of Ethiopia's GDP.

The conference was organized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York State Department of State Office of Planning and Development, Scenic Hudson, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission and Cornell University.

Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, for instance, launched the conservation movement early in the last century, and, responding to cough - inducing smog and rivers catching on fire, President Richard Nixon signed the landmark Clean Air and Clean Water Acts and established the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Inspired by an early name for the Hudson River, the Muhheakantuck, or «river that flows two ways» — or, as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation puts it, a «tidal estuary, an arm of the sea where salty sea water meets fresh water running off the land» — members of the Architecture Research Office and dlandstudio proposed using both porous streets that can filter water and extending the lower part of the island to create a new Lower Manhattan that is part «twenty - first - century business district,» part «center of regional ecological renewal&raRiver, the Muhheakantuck, or «river that flows two ways» — or, as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation puts it, a «tidal estuary, an arm of the sea where salty sea water meets fresh water running off the land» — members of the Architecture Research Office and dlandstudio proposed using both porous streets that can filter water and extending the lower part of the island to create a new Lower Manhattan that is part «twenty - first - century business district,» part «center of regional ecological renewal&rariver that flows two ways» — or, as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation puts it, a «tidal estuary, an arm of the sea where salty sea water meets fresh water running off the land» — members of the Architecture Research Office and dlandstudio proposed using both porous streets that can filter water and extending the lower part of the island to create a new Lower Manhattan that is part «twenty - first - century business district,» part «center of regional ecological renewal»:

This funding was provided to establish a community - based network to advance Indigenous engagement in the research and management of tropical rivers, water use and conservation across northern Australia.

The Commission is concerned that declarations made over the rivers and their interconnected waterways, may affect the exercise and enjoyment of Indigenous peoples human rights, in particular, those related to the access, use and occupancy, management and conservation, cultural and development rights to their lands, waters and natural resources.