Sentences with phrase «in wildlife research»

The GGRO is dedicated to the conservation of raptors and to community involvement in wildlife research.

Within the Ecosystems mission area, the FY 2018 budget proposes a $ 10.7 million cut in wildlife research and related programs as well as a combined $ 8 million reduction to Greater Everglades and Chesapeake Bay research and monitoring.

Felix Neck offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Moose Hill offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Habitat offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Wachusett Meadow offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Broad Meadow Brook offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

We offer many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer in our monitoring and survey projects.

Endicott offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Oak Knoll offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

Arcadia offers many opportunities to participate in wildlife research and protection efforts as a citizen science volunteer.

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Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.

As a leader in conservation, the work of San Diego Zoo Global includes onsite wildlife conservation efforts (representing both plants and animals) at the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, as well as international field programs on six continents.

«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.

If you are interested in wildlife and research, you can participate in one of Mass Audubon's ongoing wildlife studies, such as Horseshoe Crab Population surveys, vernal pool monitoring, snake surveys, and others.

At the event, visiting bookworms can purchase «The Ark and Beyond» and learn about the role scientific research and conservation initiatives play in protecting Earth's wildlife.

Three years ago, this research group discovered that the horses that farmers introduced to the forest for extra income in effect shoved pandas away from the bamboo buffet in the Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China, the famed home of the vulnerable giant pandas, as well as other threatened wildlife.

«The research fills an important gap in our understanding of the vulnerability of tropical river - forest systems to changes in climate and land cover,» said the project's leader, Leandro Castello, assistant professor of fish and wildlife conservation in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.

Sanderson: We were pioneers in this field in the Wildlife Conservation Society, because we've been doing wildlife health for over a 100 years and that's because we operate zoos and parks, and we are engaged in research on wildlife health.

A recently published paper provides a history of scientific research on mountain ecosystems, looks at the issues threatening wildlife in these systems, and sets an agenda for biodiversity conservation throughout the world's mountain regions.

Arnaudo, an avid birder, also joined other attendees in several field trips to nearby wildlife sites that offered scientists a chance to see the tremendous research possibilities offered in the South Atlantic region.

According to lead author Seth Lutter, a master's student in fish and wildlife conservation, the goal of the research was to understand how effective these habitat programs are from a social perspective.

Bicknell was familiar with research on the benefits of reduced - impact logging for forest preservation, but few studies had examined how sustainable forestry practices affected wildlife in the rainforest.

Local involvement in, and support for, wildlife research is particularly important in the event that isolated or threatened populations are identified, as resulting management decisions could directly impact their lives.

Most wildlife research has been done in grasslands, where it's much easier to work, but «there is a vast amount of information still to be learned from rainforests,» Karesh says.

The rapid expansion of the North Slope's snow - free season has had consequences for water resources, wildlife behavior, the plant growing season and more, the research team reported in the new paper.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

«It's a large feast table of eggs that would never have hatched,» says Glenn Gauvry, director of Ecological Research & Development Group Inc., a wildlife conservation organization based in Milton, Delaware.

Research by Michigan State University, published in the current issue of Bioscience, explores the paradox that although ecologists share findings via scientific journals, they do not share the data on which the studies are built, said Patricia Soranno, MSU fisheries and wildlife professor and co-author of the paper.

The research is unique in linking local population changes for multiple bird species to broad - scale climate changes, says Beatrice Van Horne, a wildlife researcher at the U.S. Forest Service in Arlington, Virginia: «Things that happen at a large scale are hard to see because local variance often confuses us.

(DeStefano and Stein shared a stage January 23 for a discussion of urban wildlife at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Mass.) Where the wily things are At the forefront of this research into coyote behavior is Stanley Gehrt, a wildlife biologist at The Ohio State University, who has studied coyote populations in the Chicago area for more than a decade.

Congress has asked for more oversight of facilities that conduct research on livestock, effectively ended the use of so - called «random source» cats and dogs in biomedical research, and rejected a number of provisions that would have made it harder to protect threatened wildlife.

The research «really is novel and addresses an important societal question, especially given the growing interest in developing nuclear energy worldwide,» says Timothy Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina in Columbia who studies Chernobyl - area wildlife.

Lead author Paul - Yannick Bitome - Essono, from the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, France, explains: «We thought the tsetse fly might be a good candidate in our study, as both sexes feed on blood, they are large and easily trapped, present in large numbers in Central Africa, and are opportunistic feeders with no strong preference for a particular host animal, so would feed on a large range of wildlife.»

It's clear that eliminating DDT as a common agricultural pesticide has had marked environmental benefits, according to Chandler Robbins, an 89 - year - old wildlife biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, who worked directly with Carson in the 1940s.

«This research highlights a common problem in the illegal wildlife trade — the invisibility of trades that have not been researched and are not recognised in official government databases.»

In all, scientists captured 14 new pythons during 33 tracking periods, said Smith, who conducts research under the supervision of assistant professor Christina Romagosa, a faculty member in wildlife ecology and conservatioIn all, scientists captured 14 new pythons during 33 tracking periods, said Smith, who conducts research under the supervision of assistant professor Christina Romagosa, a faculty member in wildlife ecology and conservatioin wildlife ecology and conservation.

He added: «Our research has the potential to improve the way we manage conflicts between wildlife conservation and agricultural activities — not just involving large grazing bird species — but perhaps lions which prey on livestock in rural Africa, or hen harriers feeding on economically valuable grouse in the UK.»

Geoff has worked on a number of ground - breaking research projects to identify adverse health effects in wildlife and the molecules responsible.

Lead researcher Prof Rachel Warren from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at UEA said: «Our research quantifies the benefits of limiting global warming to 2 °C for species in 35 of the world's most wildlife - ricResearch at UEA said: «Our research quantifies the benefits of limiting global warming to 2 °C for species in 35 of the world's most wildlife - ricresearch quantifies the benefits of limiting global warming to 2 °C for species in 35 of the world's most wildlife - rich areas.

«It was fantastic to run into this little bird that had made the long trip north just like us,» said Williams, associate professor of wildlife ecology who oversees a Waterfowl and Upland Gamebird research program in UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

As a leader in conservation, the work of San Diego Zoo Global includes onsite wildlife conservation efforts (representing both plants and animals) at the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, as well as international field programs on six continents.

«The hazard ranking of plastic within policy about debris needs to be reassessed, and funding from industry, not just government, [needs to be] directed towards research that adequately tests the safety of plastics in relation to humans and wildlife,» Browne says.

Rotary - wing aircraft, such as Apache and Chinook helicopters, play vital combat and logistical roles across the U.S. military services, but new research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin reveals how vulnerable these aircraft are to wildlife strikes.

A research team led by Dr. Brian Washburn from the Wildlife Research Center used records from the Army, Navy, U.S. Air force and the Coast Guard to identify statistical trends in wildlife research team led by Dr. Brian Washburn from the Wildlife Research Center used records from the Army, Navy, U.S. Air force and the Coast Guard to identify statistical trends in wildlife Research Center used records from the Army, Navy, U.S. Air force and the Coast Guard to identify statistical trends in wildlife strikes.

«The Department of Wildlife Conservation [DWC] has been transferring elephants for many years,» says Prithiviraj Fernando, a wildlife biologist at the Centre for Conservation and Research in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, and the lead author of the new study.

That active engagement included posting online endorsements from experienced scientists and others, providing compelling «lab notes» containing updates and project background, and offering donors a nonmonetary reward such as visits to the research lab and, in the case of wildlife studies, offering photographs of subject animals.

Examining how land - use changes may affect water quality and fisheries resources in lakes and rivers will help natural resource agencies manage wildlife populations, according to Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at South Dakota State University.

Emilio Bruna (above right), a wildlife ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, talks to Next Wave's Robin Arnette about his research in the Amazon.

But the study may raise more questions than it answers, says Merav Ben - David, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, who was not involved in this research.