Sentences with phrase «bird conservation groups»

(Washington, DC, Oct. 31, 2017) Bird conservation groups are challenging an industry - supported environmental assessment of Lake Erie's first offshore wind project, citing numerous inadequacies in both science and process.

WIND: • Tension in northwest Ohio between bird conservation groups and wind energy supporters «has become a microcosm of the larger, political tug - of - war over valuable land and airspace.»

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American Bird Conservancy was born in 1994, based on the need our founder, George Fenwick, saw for a fearless bird conservation group — one that wasn't afraid to take on difficult issues like free - roaming cats and pesticides.

The effort was led by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading U.S. bird conservation group; Fundación ProAves, one of the leading conservation groups in Colombia; and Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez, a Colombian organization that focuses on community, youth, and environmental projects.

American Bird Conservancy was born in 1994, based on the need our founder, George Fenwick, saw for a fearless bird conservation group — one that wasn't afraid to take on difficult issues like free - roaming cats and pesticides.

A notice of intention to sue has been filed by a bird conservation group against a major wind power installation.

«Curious albatross chicks are ingesting the lead - based paint chips, which causes a variety of painful ailments and ultimately, a slow death,» said Dr. Jessica Hardesty Norris, Seabird Program director with the national bird conservation group.

The result of Miller's careless remark, and your support of it, will be for BirdLife International and other birding conservation groups to be co-opted by anti-wind zealots to promote Miller's insane suggestion, and have southern Canada painted coast to coast with IBAs.

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But perhaps my proudest moment was being commissioned to make birds for a Dutch Godwit conservation group.

The first unofficial Bird - a-thon occurred in 1982 when a group of Mass Audubon staff including Jim Baird, Chris Leahy, Dave Clapp, Dick Forster and Jerry Bertrand headed out at 2:30 am on a cold, wet and windy May morning to bird in Essex County for 24 hours to raise funds for Bird Conservation at Mass AuduBird - a-thon occurred in 1982 when a group of Mass Audubon staff including Jim Baird, Chris Leahy, Dave Clapp, Dick Forster and Jerry Bertrand headed out at 2:30 am on a cold, wet and windy May morning to bird in Essex County for 24 hours to raise funds for Bird Conservation at Mass Audubird in Essex County for 24 hours to raise funds for Bird Conservation at Mass AuduBird Conservation at Mass Audubon.

Mass Audubon's Bird Conservation team has developed an informative document that outlines best management practices for nesting grassland birds for fields owned by municipalities, land trusts, private landowners, and conservaConservation team has developed an informative document that outlines best management practices for nesting grassland birds for fields owned by municipalities, land trusts, private landowners, and conservationconservation groups.

«Bird watchers, a group not traditionally thought of as a constituency by many wildlife management agencies, have real potential to be conservation supporters, if appropriate mechanisms for them to contribute are available.»

«[Brazil's] borders are hard to control and its extraordinary biodiversity is often seen as easy money by trafficking networks,» says Juan Carlos Cantú, a biologist in Mexico City who manages the Mexico office of Defenders of Wildlife, a conservation group in Washington, D.C. Birds are especially vulnerable, and parrots top the list of threatened species because of the high demand for them in the pet market.

After DDT was banned in 1972, the Peregrine Fund and other conservation groups began breeding peregrine falcons in captivity and releasing young birds at carefully selected cliffs.

Helmut Brucher, who is a member of the German Conservation Association and the Euro - group Against Bird Crime, placed the birds in a temporary home in Germany while deciding where they could be set free.

It's not known how many birds are being felled by the groundswell of such facilities, but the numbers are high enough to concern bird and conservation groups — regardless of the environmental benefits of solar power.

Early this year, a handful of conservation groups, including the American Bird Conservancy and a number of Audubon Societies, sent a petition to the U.S. Department of the Interior demanding «swift action» to eliminate feral cats, saying that TNR programs have been a failure.

In the last five years, we have distributed over 100,000 brochures to concerned citizens, veterinarians, and conservation groups, helping to spread the word that cats, birds, and people are better off when cats are kept indoors.

Our collaboration with animal advocacy organizations, rescue groups, conservation organizations, and government agencies are aimed at bringing about social, legislative, and public - policy changes that will improve the lives of captive birds and help protect birds in the wild.

If you have a rare or endangered species, contact a conservation group or zoological society to ensure that the bird is placed in a bona fide conservation program.

The State effort was opposed by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading bird conservation organization; Audubon Florida; Florida Defenders of Wildlife, a leading Florida wildlife advocacy group; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who described the bill as a disaster for cats), and by the Florida Veterinary Medical AssociatBird Conservancy (ABC), a leading bird conservation organization; Audubon Florida; Florida Defenders of Wildlife, a leading Florida wildlife advocacy group; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who described the bill as a disaster for cats), and by the Florida Veterinary Medical Associatbird conservation organization; Audubon Florida; Florida Defenders of Wildlife, a leading Florida wildlife advocacy group; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who described the bill as a disaster for cats), and by the Florida Veterinary Medical Association.

Activities include mist - net demonstrations with the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, bilingual bird walks and story times, beach cleanup at Muir Beach, family crafts and games, and the opportunity to talk to local bird - and wildlife - conservation groBird Observatory, bilingual bird walks and story times, beach cleanup at Muir Beach, family crafts and games, and the opportunity to talk to local bird - and wildlife - conservation grobird walks and story times, beach cleanup at Muir Beach, family crafts and games, and the opportunity to talk to local bird - and wildlife - conservation grobird - and wildlife - conservation groups.

Screening of the film «Audubon» will be introducing the life of John James Audubon to a group of individuals who have an appreciation of birds, nature, conservation and American history.

Authored by independent ecologist Dr Guy Parker in partnership with leading UK conservation groups like the Grassland Trust and the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, as well as the Solar Trade Association (STA), the publication also includes guidance for solar farm operators to maximize their potential conservation benefits.

Early this week I was sent an encouraging update from a conservation group on the status in the Hawaiian Islands of the short - tailed albatross, a remarkable ocean - roaming bird that once numbered in the millions but, devastated by the feather trade and other impacts, nearly vanished early in the 20th century.

There are more than 400 species of birds on the ranch and five species of wildcat have been photographed here (Panthera, WWF, and other conservation groups have conducted research here due to the accessibility of the site and abundance of cats).

And deforestation caused by agriculture, particularly coffee plantations, leaves native birds without a habitat, though conservation groups are working with local farmers to promote shade - grown coffee and end clear - cutting.

Bird lovers have long criticized the number of birds and bats killed by wind turbines and the proposition of humongous facilities makes conservation groups nervous.

A 2010 report by FWS and other federal agencies, in collaboration with such conservation groups as the National Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy, found that global warming will have an increasingly devastating effect on migratory birds in all habitats.

The groups — the American Bird Conservancy and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance — told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a 15 - page letter released Wednesday that between 46 and 64 golden eagles would likely be killed every year by the spinning blades of 1,000 wind turbines planned by the Power Company of Wyoming.»

The State of the Birds and the Watch List are compiled by the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI), a 23 - member partnership of government agencies and conservation groups, inConservation Initiative (NABCI), a 23 - member partnership of government agencies and conservation groups, inconservation groups, including ABC.

«Every year in Spain alone — according to research by the conservation group SEO / Birdlife — between 6 and 18 million birds and bats are killed by wind farms.

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We look forward to welcoming your group as a member of the Bird Conservation Alliance (BCA)!

The dispute underscores the conflicts between conservation groups and renewable energy interests, such as the ongoing issue with wind turbine farms imposing dangers to birds.

When the UK's most prominent bird conservation charity, the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB), decided to install a 100m high wind turbine at their headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, there was a predictable outcry from anti-wind lobbying groups.

Extending the estimates to cover other species — such as mammals, amphibians and some reptile, fish, plant and invertebrate groups — pushes the estimate to US$ 76.1 billion annually, a relatively small increase because these other species benefit greatly already by the protection of lands targeted for bird conservation efforts.

To fill this gap, the Wildlife Conservation Society, in conjunction with other groups, has built the Wildlife Picture Index, a global network of camera traps used to assess the health of medium and large - sized terrestrial birds and mammals.

Of the more than 47,000 species surveyed, about 17,000 are at serious risk — of those 21 % of the world's mammal species, 12 % of birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisis.

The sanctuary states, «Today, Pandemonium is one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the US, and we are among the few groups addressing the issue of birds disappearing from the wild and from aviculture by conservation breeding of endangered species.