Sentences with phrase «forest habitat management»

Left to right: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service District Conservationist Brad Michael and Emily Heggenstaller, a golden - winged warbler biologist, meet with private landowners Mike and Laura Jackson to discuss young forest habitat management on their property.

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The Plan merely calls on forestry companies operating in caribou ranges to prepare spatial harvest sequences within their Forest Management Plans to meet caribou habitat requirements, and states that Alberta Forestry may impose additional terms and conditions into harvesting plans and operating ground rules (at pp 49 - 52).

Two Landscape Management Boards (LMB) will provide participatory forest landscape governance, helping to monitor and control the surrounding 61,190 hectares (151,139 acres) of forest reserves, which are critically important habitat for the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and other species.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds, including the coordination of Mass Audubon's Foresters for the Birds program.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds.

Noh - Bec's forest management practices not only provide good habitat and a sustainable wood harvest, they also ensure these trees will help keep carbon out of the atmosphere.

Hurricane Katrina destroyed the habitat of breeding colonies in Louisiana's Pearl River Basin, for instance, but bird numbers held steady, researchers noted in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

«If future studies continue to not find strong longer - term salvage harvest effects on forest understory vegetation,» Knapp said, «the debates about pros and cons of post-fire management could then narrow to topics such as snag habitat and woody fuel levels that are unequivocally impacted by salvage harvest.»

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.

Large genetic distance, multiple genetically fixed nucleotide site differences, morphological and habitat distinctions, and extremely limited hybridization of gene flow between forest and savannah elephants support the recognition and conservation management of two African species: Loxodonta africana and Loxodonta cyclotis.

One of the management activities that the park is really focusing on is especially on these woodlands, of restoring the forest floor and make sure that leaves remain, not raking them up and when branches fall, letting them remain in place so that they could decompose, this again because it's going to restore the whole forest system and also it's good foraging habitat for all these wild birds we are seeing here, kicking through the underbrush and kicking through the leaves looking for worms and other insects and other invertebrates.

The research, published in Forest Ecology and Management, adds to understanding of the southern pine beetle and confirms previous research from the beetle's southern habitat on the importance of characteristics that increase forest susceptibility to theForest Ecology and Management, adds to understanding of the southern pine beetle and confirms previous research from the beetle's southern habitat on the importance of characteristics that increase forest susceptibility to theforest susceptibility to the pest.

«Given the rapid depletion of both forest and savanna elephant numbers in the past century and the ongoing destruction of their habitats, the conservation implications of recognition and species - level management of these distinct taxa are considerable,» the authors write

Additional habitat management strategies that account for their presence in forests affected by logging and other human activity are needed to ensure the species» survival.

«The nearly 4 million hectares of Sabah's forests are a kaleidoscope of many different habitats and management histories, which required a wall - to - wall mapping effort to truly quantify the amount of carbon they contain,» Asner explained.

Sierra Pacific Industries is incorporating these newly understood habitat needs into its modern forest management practices that already closely mimic natural forest events.

NWTF recently aired a two - part video on the importance of responsible forest management and certification to wildlife habitat.

Based on a methodology developed in a previous study that estimated wood supply on four National Forests in northern Arizona [33], we subtracted from the total area of ponderosa pine in the watersheds — 0.68 million ha (1.68 million acres)-- those areas that are typically excluded from mechanical thinning projects due to steepness, restrictions in land management, previous treatments, or considerations of soil, habitat, or wildlife conditions (Table 1).

The Forests and Fish Law set in motion an adaptive management program to monitor and take steps to reduce the impact of forestry on fish, water and wildlife habitat, while maintaining a viable forest products industry.

In Europe, where this forest management wasn't practiced, there was and still is little habitat for critters.

By purchasing Improved Forest Management Carbon Offsets you can balance your unavoidable household carbon footprint while supporting sustainable forest management practices that improve water quality and habitat for wilForest Management Carbon Offsets you can balance your unavoidable household carbon footprint while supporting sustainable forest management practices that improve water quality and habitat forManagement Carbon Offsets you can balance your unavoidable household carbon footprint while supporting sustainable forest management practices that improve water quality and habitat for wilforest management practices that improve water quality and habitat formanagement practices that improve water quality and habitat for wildlife.

Beverly Law, co-author, said that misconceptions have influenced decisions in the past, «If our ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, producing bioenergy from forests will be counterproductive...... Some of these forest management practices may also have negative impacts on soils, biodiversity and habitat.

SFI standards for forest management and fiber sourcing include strict measures to conserve water quality, biodiversity, and healthy wildlife habitat.

«This is the development of practical, effective and affordable forest management options that sustain and create more bird - friendly habitats,» says Mike Parr, American Bird Conservancy vice president and chief conservation officer.