Sentences with phrase «by conservancy»

Located just off the California coast, the island is run by a conservancy that restricts car ownership — there's currently a 15 - year waiting list to bring a car to the island.

Through a major public awareness effort by the Conservancy and its partners, nitrogen pollution from sewage is now recognized as the biggest environmental threat facing Long Island.

The Institute is managed by a team of Conservancy staff, with oversight by Conservancy managers and trustees.

Led by Conservancy staff, this four - day backpacking program introduces students to backpacking, basic map reading, and navigation skills while nurturing students» relationship to nature and the national parks.

Facilitated by the Conservancy's Park Stewardship program, RYC gives a diverse group of Bay Area youth an intensive six - week crash course in ecology, restoration, and land management.

Once the shutdown is in effect, all volunteer programs run by the Conservancy and the National Park Service (or on NPS lands) are canceled, including intern activity.

Not exact matches

By 2013, Atlantic Coast Conservancy's syndications business was booming.

This didn't seem to hurt the Atlantic Coast Conservancy's business, as syndicators rejected by other land trusts brought even more deals to him.

Around the same time, in March 2016, Becker installed static thermal cameras capable of identifying human forms and vehicles near a fence line often used by poachers in the national park of Lake Nakuru, around 300 kilometres north of Heath's conservancy.

Launched in 2009, the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) is a global partnership founded by organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Institute, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) dedicated to promoting the responsible use of freshwater.

The Abkhazi Garden has a pretty interesting history (it was created by the actual Prince and Princess Abkhazi and their story is rather amazing) and today it is owned by The Land Conservancy of BC and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteer gardeners.

Working paper commission by The Summit Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Specialty Coffee Association of America, The World Bank.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group is doing their part by continuing to support The Nature Conservancy on several projects that protect vital water resources in Texas.

The 15 ha farm was acquired in 2006 by ProAves, the Colombian partner of the American Bird Conservancy (ABC).

(That project is managed by a coalition of Brazilian NGOs and led by the Nature Conservancy.)

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Motivated by a deep passion for conservancy and keen grasp of business investments, his foresight guided the acquisition of the company's four historic Charleston venues — including three properties in the heart of Upper King Street.

Check out this user - friendly web - based tool, developed by Mass Audubon in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and LandVest.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and LandVest, has developed a web - based interactive map to assist the Massachusetts land conservation community and state and municipal environmental planners in identifying parcels best suited to meet land protection goals as birds, other animals and plants, and the habitats they depend upon are impacted by climate change.

Our avian research was generously supported by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Foundation M, Island Foundation, Nuttall Ornithological Club, A. J. Stout Foundation, Minerals Management Service, Sea Duck Joint Venture Program, and the Wild Waterbirds Conservancy.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, big spenders can support Chicago's new sommelier - training organization, the International Wine Institute, by attending its kickoff and fundraiser for the Grant Park Conservancy.

Mass Audubon, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and LandVest, has developed a web - based interactive map to assist the Massachusetts land conservation community and state and municipal environmental planners in identifying parcels best suited to meet land protection goals as birds, other animals and plants, and the habitats they depend upon are impacted by climate change.

Protection of the most recent 75 acres was made possible by the Town of Rowley, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Open Space Conservancy, an affiliate of the Open Space Institute, and many other foundations and individuals.

Raising funds to supplement those provided by the county budget and allow the Conservancy to maintain a minimal operating budget

The New Year's Eve event will be hosted by the Association for a Better New York, Blasters, Drillrunners and Miners Local 29, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, Central Park Conservancy, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Historical Society, the New York Mets, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Transit Museum, Partnership for New York City, Real Estate Board of New York, Regional Plan Association, NYC Sandhogs Local 147, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The package of environmental proposals was backed by green groups like the Nature Conservancy.

Those camps will have to close by 2018 under terms of the Nature Conservancy sale of the property to the state.

On this week's Gazette: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction has been overturned by a federal appeals court, the city of Albany partners with the Nature Conservancy on a carbon agreement and we speak with a Democrat challenging Republican Congressman Elise Stefanik of New York's 21st District.

Rory Lancman has sued the mayor over the conservancy deal, and by all accounts the other CMs whose districts border the park are also annoyed.

«A project by project type of approach where we have to amend the constitution each time for Catskill and Adirondack communities wasn't efficient and it was» t working,» said Amanda Lefton of the Nature Conservancy.

The land was originally held by the Finch, Pruyn paper company and was transferred to the Nature Conservancy which has been selling the land to the state in portions.

After the second world war, it suffered its share of «marsh cowboys» and as a result the sporting rights held by the Crown Estates were taken over by the Nature Conservancy Council, now the CCW, when the area was designated as a National Nature Reserve in 1968.

Fried presented an unorthodox plan calling for a Central Park conservancy model, which allows for parks to be cared for by a semi-private entity, while Day presented his own record of fighting for open spaces as a civic association leader.

The city Parks Department said the tree was supposed to be maintained by the Central Park Conservancy.

John Jablonski and Lyle Hajdu from Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy stop by the WRFA Studio to update listeners on the organization's events and initiatives for 2017.

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Daniel J. Rizzo along with Parks department personnel, members of the Chestnut Ridge Conservancy, and community members to plant part of a group of 50 true American Chestnut tree seedlings at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park.

Since de Blasio came into office, donations to the Gracie Mansion Conservancy dropped by 90 percent last year, its latest tax filings show, according to the New York Post.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy capitalized on the warm weather boom in the region by announcing the launch of its interactive app for park visitors this summer.

The Adirondack Park Agency will meet later this week to vote on the classification of the Boreas Ponds land tract purchased by the state from the Nature Conservancy in April 2016 for $ 14.5 million.

They were joined by other lake organization representatives — including Erin Brickley from the Chautauqua Lake & Watershed Management Alliance; as well as representatives from Chautauqua Lake Association, Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, Audubon Community Nature Center, and Chautauqua Lake Partnership.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Peg Breen, President of New York Landmarks Conservancy and Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League of New York State.

Adams was joined by Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Toba Potosky, president of the Cadman Park Conservancy and members of veteran groups.

The OSI also helped finance another major wilderness acquisition in the Adirondacks, lending $ 25 million to the Nature Conservancy to buy 161,000 acres of timberlands formerly owned by Finch, Pruyn & Co., a paper company, in 2007.

In addition, Mr. Levy, who described Mr. Amper as a «gadfly» who doesn't represent all environmentalists, said the bill was coauthored by environmental groups Citizen's Campaign for the Environment and The Nature Conservancy.

Here, the conservancy is partnering with the City of Niagara Falls and Applied Ecological Services to restore habitats on the land owned by the New York Power Authority and managed by the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

As a result of degradation, overharvesting, and human activity, the global abundance of this habitat has declined by 85 percent, according to the Nature Conservancy.

«We think the meat is more tasty that way,» explains Cun «Angela» Yan Fang, who went from guiding Western tourists as a local Naxi to guiding her fellow locals through the biogas technology and environmental conservation promoted by Western environmental groups such as the Nature Conservancy and Rare.

The research was conducted by a scientific working group at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) with support from the Washington, D.C. - based Ocean Conservancy.

The CEAP assessment, led by Jeffery Larkin, professor of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and forest bird habitat coordinator with the American Bird Conservancy, evaluates the effectiveness of young forest management in creating quality habitat for the golden - winged warbler and other wildlife species.