Sentences with phrase «declining rural populations»

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Rural regions lost large numbers of residents (Allegany County, 2.47 percent; Cattaraugus County, 2.14 percent; and Chautauqua County, 2.11 percent) while suburban towns had mixed results (Amherst's population grew by 2.12 percent, while Cheektowaga's dropped by 0.44 percent and Tonawanda's declined by 0.17 percent).

It therefore seems important to identify the causes of population decline in rural colonies such as Canna, and find ways to conserve the birds at these sites, especially since gulls that fail to breed successfully are known to seek breeding opportunities elsewhere, including in towns and cities.»

The fragmentation of districts and declining populations has led to a wave of school consolidations in rural America.

Meanwhile, in a state with the 6th highest population of rural students in the country, declining enrollments and less funding plague Indiana's rural school districts.

In contrast to nationwide declining rural student populations, Idaho's rural charter school enrollment is growing — increasing 19 percent between the 2013 - 14 to 2014 - 15 school years.

Like so many others interested in blaming cats for declining bird populations, Longcore et al. refer to a 1996 article in Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine [1], in which the authors estimate that 8 — 219 million birds are killed annually by «free - ranging rural cats» in the state.

The global rural population is now close to 3.4 billion and is expected to decline to 3.1 billion by 2050.

Rural populations have been displaced from their land by conflict, drought and flooding, and coupled with economic decline this has caused pressures on food security and resultant hunger.

Rural populations are declining, and the human pressure in some regions is decreasing.