Sentences with phrase «freshwater wetland habitat»

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Since 2010, the property has undergone a tremendous freshwater wetlands restoration — the most ambitious effort of its kind ever in the Northeast — in which wildlife agencies, including the state Division of Ecological Restoration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been working with Mass Audubon and the visionary couple who currently own the property to convert the agricultural land into a vibrant and beautiful habitat for plants and animals that were once commonly found throughout southeastern Massachusetts.

This spectacular land contains vernal pools, forested upland, and freshwater wetlands including an active heron rookery and a beaver pond that provide habitat for several unusual species.

Mass Audubon is inviting the public to experience the remarkable restoration of a former Plymouth cranberry bog to its original freshwater wetland and free - flowing stream habitat, in a series of free guided walks taking place at Tidmarsh Farms Thursday evening, May 18, 6 - 8 pm; and two Saturday mornings, June 3 and June 17, both from 9 - 11 am.

«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.»

Restoring ridges can protect important habitat, provide storm surge protection to nearby communities and help prevent saltwater intrusion into freshwater wetlands.

Expected impacts on Australia of warming at this level include: the shut - down of the Murray - Darling river system; disappearance of Kakadu's freshwater wetlands under rising seas; loss of most of the core habitat of vertebrate species; a 40 + per cent decline in livestock carrying capacity; trebling of

Freshwater wetlands and a small stream are among the sensitive wildlife habitats located on the property, which lies within the state - recognized Shaupeneak Ridge Biologically Important Area.

These rates are expected to increase over the coming century, imperiling the survival of 7,000 acres of freshwater tidal wetlands that protect riverfront communities and critical infrastructure from flooding and provide habitat for species on which commercial fisheries along the entire Atlantic coast depend.