Sentences with phrase «critical habitat in»

Kinder Morgan's proposal to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline would increase the amount of oil transported from Edmonton to Burnaby's Westbridge Terminal from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day, and increase tanker traffic through part of the Southern Resident killer whales» critical habitat in the Salish Sea by nearly seven times, from 60 tankers per year to over 420.

Earth Day present for Coachella Valley habitat The federal government has approved a $ 6 million grant that will finance the purchase of hundreds of acres of new land for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, an incredible victory for the more than two dozen endangered and protected species who live in the critical habitat in Southern California.

The department's proposal said that «at this time» the lands and waters most critical to the bears» protection, called critical habitat in the law, were «not determinable.»

This project is designed to work with a broad array of landowners certified to SFI standards to identify priority habitats for bird conservation, improve management scenarios for these habitats, and focus on locations where the lands intersect with critical habitats in North America.

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What is disappointing to me here is that even under the NDP reign, the Alberta government still pretends it is serious about protecting and recovering endangered species but refuses to do just about anything meaningful in relation to the most important step in the process — which is to protect critical habitat.

RENO, Nev. (AP)-- Newmont Mining Corp. officials signed an agreement Tuesday with the U.S. government and the state of Nevada to protect some of the most critical sage grouse habitat in the West in exchange for assurances it will be allowed to develop...

The most significant shortcoming in the Plan may be that it allows for significant continued industrial logging in already excessively disturbed critical habitat for woodland caribou in the boreal forest.

It all started with an article in The Guardian that examined NGO - sponsored blogging trips from a somewhat critical perspective, questioning the effectiveness of writers «being flown to dirt - poor regions to solemnly observe the impoverished in their natural habitats before returning home with an interesting infection and an exalted sense of enlightenment.»

Acts of parliament need to be passed, as in the state of Victoria in Australia, that provide for the preservation of species by preserving critical habitats.

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There, you can read about Hispaniola's great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.

With that they hope to restore a large chunk of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, which is critical habitat and a prominent carbon sink.

Publicly - owned lands play a critical role in protection of natural habitats, wildlife, and water resources.

Through our fieldwork, community outreach and a role in the protection of critical habitat, iguana populations are beginning to recover.

Mass Audubon recognizes and appreciates the sporting community's contributions to wildlife management and in conserving critical wildlife habitat, including thousands of acres in Massachusetts through their federal duck stamp purchases and fees collected from Massachusetts fishing, hunting, and sporting licenses.

In addition to protecting critical habitat for native species, Mass Audubon's land conservation efforts provide many quality - of - life benefits, including clean drinking water, locally grown food, and places to learn about and enjoy nature.

Grasslands and shrublands provide critical habitat for a wide range of plant and animal species, yet they are among the most rapidly declining types of habitat in Massachusetts.

«This is one of the best examples we have of linking long - term research data with management to show how important that is in restoring this critical habitat,» says Karen McGlathery, an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who wasn't involved in the research.»

Wolfe's group is pressing the Interior Department to categorize the walrus as either «threatened» or «endangered,» a move that would give the federal government more oversight of commercial activity — like oil drilling — in the walrus's critical habitat.

«Protecting and restoring critical habitats that also provide connectivity between habitats are the main goals for which we have to work together in order to ensure the survival of jaguars in the Amazon River Basin,» said Diego Amorocho.

In order to protect moth populations at risk of extinction, the authors suggest that land - use managers should try to eliminate street lighting as much as possible in prime moth habitats, for example by turning off light at critical times in the yeaIn order to protect moth populations at risk of extinction, the authors suggest that land - use managers should try to eliminate street lighting as much as possible in prime moth habitats, for example by turning off light at critical times in the yeain prime moth habitats, for example by turning off light at critical times in the yeain the year.

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.

Saline lakes, which provide critical habitats for migratory birds, are threatened globally and especially in the arid western United States.

The results could provide an essential baseline of fish spawning habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, which is critical knowledge should another disaster occur.

The agency will publish a draft critical - habitat proposal in May and will make its final decision on the bird's threatened status by the end of the year.

In the new study, he and his colleagues sought to quantify those costs by mapping each corridor along with the estimated human occupancy and the environmental values, including endangered and endemic vertebrates, plant diversity, critical habitats, carbon storage, and climate - regulation services, inside a 50 - kilometer - wide band overlaid onto each corridor.

The findings also suggest that previous techniques using satellites to measure drought stress in rainforests may be missing dire impacts of a warming global climate, which many scientists believe will cause more droughts in those critical habitats.

Crops like alfalfa provide critical habitat for the Long - billed Curlew, the largest shorebird in North America and a species of continental conservation concern.

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.

It could be due to environmental change, or perhaps mammals had acquired a «critical mass» of «key innovations» — such as live birth, hot bloodedness, and fur — that enabled them to thrive in different habitats and diversify ecologically,» said Dr Close.

«The fundamental importance of this process in freshwater wetlands across broad biogeographic provinces underscores the critical role that anaerobic oxidation of methane plays on Earth, even in freshwater habitats.»

Pinon seedlings take decades to become pinon pines, a critical habitat for hundreds of species in the western U.S..

To delve further into how winter habitat affects songbirds, Taylor has recruited a new PhD student, Fabiola Rodriguez of Honduras to study wood thrush during the over-wintering period in these critical Central American forests.

Researchers say that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would harm critical habitat

The groups first began to petition for critical - habitat expansion in 2009.

On 10 April, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) in Tucson, Arizona, joined three other organizations — the Humane Society of the United States, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation — to file a federal lawsuit calling for the government to increase the amount of space designated as critical habitat for the whales under the US Endangered Species Act.

During the Bush Administration, there were high - profile cases of political interference with the science involved in the designation of critical habitat.

She says the findings are consistent with a paper she published in 2008, which showed that FWS preferred using biological criteria, such as proximity to a nest or den, that tend to minimize the amount of critical habitat.

... Scientists may not always agree on the conclusions of a scientific analysis, especially in analyses as complex and challenging as critical habitat designations.

High levels of noise pollution were also found in critical habitat for endangered species, namely in endangered plant and insect habitats.

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.

As the result of our settlement, in 2013, the Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the Mono Basin sage grouse, along with a proposed designation of 1,868,017 acres of critical habitat (at a point at which the population had declined by up to 70 percent).

Snow leopards function as a keystone species — although they occur in relatively low abundance, snow leopards play a critical role in regulating the populations of other species, preventing any one species from dominating the habitat.

Population indices for wild carnivores: a critical study in sand ‐ dune habitat, south ‐ western Queensland

Wolf Education Project — Julian To increase public awareness and understanding as to the true nature of wolves and the critical role they play in maintaining ecological balance in their natural habitat.

Population indices for wild carnivores: a critical study in sand - dune habitat, south - western Queensland.

Population indices for feral carnivores: a critical study in sand - dune habitat, south - western Queensland.

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 Ninth Circuit, in Palila I held that the destruction of critical habitat upon which an endangered species depended for food, shelter, and nesting harms the species within the FWS's definition of harm.