Sentences with phrase «including wildlife populations»

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Although considered one of the most successful predators on Earth due to the high kill - rate their cooperative hunting achieves, African wild dog populations are declining due to pressures including habitat loss and human - wildlife conflict.

Scientists trying to develop efficient and effective wildlife monitoring techniques to track Arctic populations face great challenges, including the remoteness and associated logistical constraints of accessing wildlife.

In the case of the Korean DMZ, population growth on both sides, as well as land conversion and development, has forced wildlife — including rare species — into the zone.

This area is home to approximately 40 percent of the world's reef wildlife population, including more than 75 percent of coral species and some 3,000 individual species of fish, as well as sea turtles, mollusks, crustaceans, and marine mammals.

Recovery measures might include construction of wildlife passages beneath highways, fencing to prevent road kill, and importing cougars from elsewhere to inject fresh DNA into genetically stranded populations, he said.

The scientists, including several retired former officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, said in a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington that drilling for oil and gas in the refuge would be «incompatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established,» protecting fish and wildlife populations and the environments in which they live.

It undertakes practical conservation projects, surveys and scientific studies, conducts annual monitoring of seabird populations, rescues wildlife in trouble, publishes guides and information on many aspects of the Falkland Islands environment, and involves islanders of all ages in its activities, including running a WATCH group for children.

The greater sage - grouse is an umbrella species, emblematic of the health of sagebrush habitat it shares with more than 350 other kinds of wildlife, including world - class populations of mule deer, elk, pronghorn, and golden eagles.

Vermejo Park is home to abundant wildlife populations, including large herds of elk, deer, pronghorn antelope and bison, along with black bears, mountain lions, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

Our specialized patient populations include companion animals, exotics, and wildlife from rescues, aquariums and zoos.

This agenda includes addressing the persistent issue of pet abandonment, stopping the failed practice of TNR, and removing cats from particularly sensitive conservation areas with highly vulnerable wildlife populations.

«The studies included in this round of funding demonstrate the wide range of health challenges wildlife populations experience, but also give us hope that today's researchers can find ways to protect at - risk populations and ensure they exist for generations to come.»

Control of canine distemper outbreaks includes the removal of carcasses of animals which have died from the disease, vaccination of susceptible domestic species to decrease the number of susceptible hosts, and a reduction in wildlife populations which also reduces the number of potential hosts.

Strategies for how best to deal with feral cat populations differ depending on a variety of factors, including availability of dedicated feeders, skilled humane trappers, spay / neuter funds, resources for food and vet care, health of the cats themselves, impact on human community and local wildlife, attitude of human community towards their presence, and more.

Learn about the reserve's diverse wildlife populations, including rare bird and butterfly species.

Today, one of the primary purposes of Katmai National Park and Preserve, based on legislation, is to protect habitats for and populations of fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown bears and their denning areas, and maintain unimpaired the watersheds and water habitat vital to red salmon spawning.

But it is also home to a vast array of wildlife species, including a large population of African Elephants.

ANILCA redesignated the monument as Katmai National Park «to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geologic, cultural, and recreational features.»

ANILCA states that Katmai National Park and Preserve is to be managed for the following purposes, among others: to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; to maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geological, cultural, and recreational features.

Jasper is also home to large populations of wildlife including grizzly bears, moose, caribou and wolves.

The tremendous selection of wildlife includes nearly 400 bird species recorded and over 100 species of mammals, most notably massive herds of elephant and a healthy population of predators including lion, plus zebra, buffalo, giraffe, kudu, impala, steenbok, wildebeest and sable.

In the northwest, you can witness wildlife in all its glory — the Hwange game reserve is home to nearly 400 bird species recorded and over 100 species of mammals, most notably massive herds of elephant and a healthy population of predators including lion, plus zebra, buffalo, giraffe, kudu, impala, steenbok, wildebeest and sable.

There is prolific wildlife throughout the Island: visitors can expect to see some of the 325 species of birds including Australia's stork, the jabiru, several species of wallaby, possums, flying foxes, echidnas and eastern Australia's purest population of dingo.

Cayo Guillermo is also home to a rich and diverse wildlife population, including pelicans and flamingos.

The wildlife that visitors to Fraser Island can expect to see is some of the hundreds of species of birds including Australia's stork, the jabiru, possums, flying foxes, echidnas and eastern Australia's purest population of dingo.

The Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement includes a program to rebuild fish populations, more predictable irrigation water allocations for farmers, reliable water supplies for the basin's national wildlife refuges, and assistance for counties impacted by the removal of PacifiCorp's dams.

Whereas this has had noticeable, negative impacts that are expected to worsen in every region of the United States and its territories, including, among other significant weather events and environmental disruptions, longer and hotter heat waves, more severe storms, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect problems, threatened native plant and wildlife populations, rising sea levels, and, when combined with a lack of proper forest management, increased wildfire risk;

Mangrove forests play key ecological roles, including sustaining fish populations and other wildlife, preventing erosion along coastlines, and acting as an overall carbon sink.

It's a whimsical design that tackles an important issue in its own small way: with various wildlife populations declining around the world, it will be essential for humans to figure out how to include concrete ways to boost local biodiversity in the design of sustainable buildings today, and for the future.

Our clients have long urged the Crown to look directly at the impact of development, including cumulative impacts, on the exercise of Aboriginal and Treaty rights, rather than focusing on impacts to, for example, specific wildlife populations.