Sentences with phrase «critical habitat areas»

Make best efforts to agree on the location of critical habitat areas in your community, so that the protection of those areas can be taken into account when establishing appropriate locations for RTF programs.

The population of the critically endangered large primate known as the drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) has been largely reduced to a few critical habitat areas in Cameroon, according to a recently published study by researchers with the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research.

Both those for and against the project note that the outcome of the jaguar habitat could have implications for future interpretation of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, which currently requires the FWS to establish critical habitat areas for species on the list.

Not exact matches

May 1, 2018: Yesterday, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada released the first ever section 63 report under the Species at Risk Act, (SARA), where the Minister found that outside of protected areas, provinces and territories have failed to protect almost all of boreal caribou critical habitat.

«Protecting and restoring this critical waterway, which has suffered from pollution and overdevelopment over so many years, is so important to improving our area's water quality, restoring our area's natural habitats, and improving Long Islanders» quality of life.»

Naming Long Island Sound and the Peconic Estuary as one of eight national critical designation areas would help fund agricultural conservation efforts, habitat restoration efforts and the sustainable use of soil, water and other natural resources, according to Mr. Bellone's office.

The noise maps could help scientists identify key areas to keep quiet, such as critical habitats for endangered species, he adds.

A «critical habitat» designation, which is what the group is seeking for the big cats, would not halt development, rather it would mean denying any federal - level permits for landscape alteration — say, draining a wetland or filling in a riparian area — that would make the area less advantageous for the cats.

Others who have worked with jaguar conservation are not convinced that the critical habitat is necessary, pointing to the apparent dearth of jaguars in the U.S. as a sign that the prospective area is not its preferred home.

They say that coastal nursery grounds and offshore refuging areas for scalloped hammerheads are therefore critical habitats where protected marine reserves should be sited.

The listing could lead to further protections for areas where these corals live, perhaps earning them designation as «critical habitat.»

Furthermore, when researchers analyzed patterns of remaining forest, they found a global loss of interior forest — core areas that, when intact, maintain critical habitat and ecological functions.

If the proposed critical habitat designation is approved, other federal agencies will be required to consult with NOAA Fisheries on actions such as oil exploration and drilling that could destroy or adversely affect the area.

«Interestingly, while some individuals that we tagged left the Red Sea and headed into the Indian Ocean, most remained relatively close to where they were tagged, suggesting that the area represents a critical juvenile habitat for this population,» Thorrold added.

FWS was more likely to listen to peer reviewers who recommended removing proposed areas of critical habitat for reasons such as because it had not been properly identified.

Intensify conservation efforts in the large landscapes required for snow leopard survival by identifying and designating critical habitats of key snow leopard populations as no - go areas for destructive land uses, maintaining their integrity and connectivity through natural corridors, and strengthening their protection on the ground.

And of course, you should never return cats to critical wildlife habitat or areas where there is known, ongoing violence towards community cats.

Click the map below for a closer look at Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas including individual island maps, critical species and habitat information, photos and videos.

Regulating no - fishing zones and limiting tourist access to critical habitats including breading grounds, nurseries, and congregation areas to maintain and regrow identified target zones throughout the reserve.

Setting aside the question of how well officially protected areas actually protect anything, poor planning means these areas often completely omit critical habitats and key species.

Critical - habitat designations ensure that federal agencies must study the impact that any activities they conduct or approve in that area might have on the species at risk.

Considering the apparent importance of the Gulf of Boothia and Lancaster Sound as summer feeding areas for the eastern Canada - west Greenland bowhead whale population, as indicated by recent IPY results, every effort should be made to maintain the integrity of these ecosystems by limiting additional environmental alterations and human activities within their critical habitat.

He believes that unlike MPAs, which protect just certain areas, this approach can protect all of a country's critical ocean habitats and species while continuing to provide a stable food source for people.

Areas of the Hudson River could be made off limits to barges carrying crude oil and other petroleum products on the basis of the risk they may pose to critical fish and wildlife habitats, waterfront communities, drinking water infrastructure and navigation safety.

Browns Canyon National Monument, including the Wilderness Study Area, helps produce clean water by protecting watersheds, provides critical wildlife habitat, maintains biological diversity, offers outdoor recreation opportunities, provides scenic beauty and serves as a spiritual or psychological haven from modern day pressures.

It recognizes much of the land in the Browns Canyon area, including the WSA, as an «area of critical environmental concern» for its wildlife habitat and scenic values.

And in nearby Hyde Park, we supported a new wetlands ordinance extending buffers around these critical wildlife habitats and flood - abatement areas.

Finally, the Services adopted a final policy regarding the implementation of ESA Section 4 (b)(2) for exclusion of areas from critical habitat designation.

Taken together, the rules increase the likelihood that the Services will make adverse modification findings and could make it more likely that the Services will designate critical habitat and do so across larger areas of land than in the past, impacting landowners and project proponents alike.