Sentences with phrase «critical habitats including»

These destructive and unsustainable practices lead to the loss of critical habitats including sea grass, backreef flats and mangroves.

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.

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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.

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.

Jamie Clark, FWS director from 1997 to 2001, says the «thoughtful and incisive» study should help the agency shape its efforts, which she thinks should still include multispecies planning and critical habitat designation.

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.

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.

Redwood Creek provides a critical spawning and rearing habitat for several threatened species, including coho or silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Mongabay points out that a new report by the IUCN says that the Ganges River dolphin, whose range also includes the Brahmaputra River, faces multiple threats and may face extinction in there unless critical habitat is protected: Of an estimated total population of 2,000, some 240 - 300 live in the Brahmaputra (in northeast India, flowing into Bangladesh, for those not up on South Asian geography).

The new policy targets several of the major criticisms against APP, including deforestation, degradation of high carbon peatlands, conservation of critical wildlife habitat, and social conflict with local communities.

Requires the Secretary to develop a Habitat and Corridors Information System that includes maps and data on fish and wildlife habitat corridors and that identifies, prioritizes, and describes key parcels of non-federal land located within the boundaries of specified types of public land that are critical to maintenance of wildlife habitat and migration corridors.

In what the military refers to as Alaska's «premier» joint training exercise, Alaskan Command aims to conduct «Northern Edge» over 8,429 nautical miles, which include critical habitat for all five wild Alaskan salmon species and 377 other species of marine life.

«I know firsthand what is at stake — Florida has over 1,100 miles of coastline including pristine beaches and sensitive mangrove forests; is home to 84 % of our nation's coral reef ecosystems; and possesses critical habitat and breeding grounds for myriad marine species that must be preserved for the benefit of future generations.

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.

Old trees are critical to forest ecosystem health, including after they topple, when they provide grub habitat and replenish the soil.

These wildlands also serve as critical habitat for Oregon's wildlife, including many threatened and endangered species.

But, as a non-polluting energy source, wind energy is one of the most environmentally benign ways to generate electricity and is far less harmful to wildlife than energy sources it displaces — including to birds, and their critical habitats.

If the Kinder Morgan pipeline were to go ahead without addressing impacts to marine species, including increased tanker noise, the Southern Resident killer whale's population's survival and recovery would be jeopardized and their critical habitat would be threatened.

Living Oceans Society and Raincoast Conservation Foundation provided evidence on the Southern Residents and their critical habitat addressed project - related contamination (including from a catastrophic oil spill), impacts on prey availability, and impacts from vessel noise.