Sentences with phrase «make better habitat»

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During this engaging program students will listen to a guided imagery story while sitting in a natural setting; learn the life cycle of a bird through imaginary play and determine what makes a good home for specific native animals as they explore and compare the resources available in forest and field habitats.

Narrow species ranges and fragmented appropriate habitats (as well as man - made and natural barriers like cities and mountains) will make it hard for more temperate and tropical plants to move.

Its accessible habitat has made it one the world's best documented large whales.

«Beavers, they're really good at making a mess of a system, and it's that messiness that's exactly what we're looking for, by creating more complex fish habitat.»

«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.

The problem is made greater by climate change, which means the best way for us to help wildlife survive is probably to maintain corridors of habitat so species can migrate.

Using DNA extracted from the remains of extinct giant lemurs like this sloth lemur (genus Palaeopropithecus), researchers aim to better understand why Madagascar's largest lemurs were wiped out, and what makes some lemur species more vulnerable to hunting and habitat loss today.

And it is a mass extinction entirely caused by the relentless expansion of human habitat and agriculture, as well as human domination of the natural systems — such as the climate — that make life possible.

«There may be ways in which the Endangered Species Act could be changed to make it more effective, so we could spend more money to protect habitat and species — is there a better way of doing what the Endangered Species Act is supposed to do?»

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.

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) populations have decreased by about 95 % in the last fifty years, but the reasons are not well understood; it doesn't help that their preferred breeding habitat, stunted conifers deep in the wetlands of the boreal forest, makes finding and studying them difficult.

«I think there's a lot we need to understand better about the passenger pigeon's ecology and the effect that the passenger pigeon would have on that habitat before we can make a sufficiently educated decision.»

For ideal survival, then, Vernasco says fledglings do well with a «mosaic» of habitats made up of forests that differ in age and thus vegetation structure.

Although MPAs can work well at protecting habitats like coral reefs and nonmigratory wildlife such as the coconut crab, the authors say that more effort needs to be made to protect migratory species such as the green turtle and the hawksbill turtle from poachers, marine debris, and fishing gear entanglement.

«It's amazing that something we now take for granted, cooking, was such a transformational technology which gave us the big brains that have made us the only species to study ourselves and to generate knowledge that transcends what was observed firsthand; to tamper with itself, fixing imperfections with the likes of glasses, implants and surgery and thus changing the odds of natural selection; and to modify its environment so extensively (for better and for worse), extending its habitat to improbable locations.»

If you can't migrate to a habitat with better winter food options, it makes sense to simply change your body size.

RESOURCES INCLUDE: INFORMATION Bear species information pack, Bear flashcards A5, habitat, facts posters, fact cards, map of the world LITERACY Alphabet flashcards, Hand writing worksheets, Days of the week flashcards, Months of the year flashcards, Alphabet train with bears, poem posters, writing worksheets and activities, adjectives cards, sight word cards, story board, word mat, «air» sound word cards includes words such as bear, dare, hair etc Air and ear cards to be completed by pupils with topic cards and worksheet ACTIVITIES Bear face masks, Hand puppets, Bingo game, Colouring pages, cut and stick activity, Dress the teddy — drawing activity, several drawing activities, pairs cards game, colouring pages, mind map, make a 3D bear, quiz, writing activities, book marks, well done cards, word search, fact cards etc DISPLAY Bear photo pack, Useful images for display, display borders, long banner, large lettering, key word cards, drawer labels, triangle bunting, and other display materials.

We want to make the school a good habitat for local species as well as for the students.

They also developed their art skills by drawing sketches of their animals and then making a model of it using chicken wire, as well as creating a representation of it's habitat.

It can also help to point out that a habitat is a long - term investment, and that a well - made habitat will last for many years.

Unfortunately, loss of habitat is occurring all over the US, as well as Central and South America, where migratory birds make their winter homes.

A: You can clean up areas of the yard that make good tick habitats.

Cubic Feet: 1.9 Suitable Housing For: 1 - 3 Dwarf Hamsters (Campbell Dwarf Hamsters and Winter White Dwarf Hamster pairs generally need more floor space, Roborovski pairs get along better in this cage) Average Price: $ 35 - $ 65 New Pros: Flexible and durable plastic construction, well made accessories, integrated carrier, expandable with additional habitats and accessories, full length second floor with walls Cons: Floor space is partially dominated by wheel and tube access to second level.

Cubic Feet: 1.3 Suitable Housing For: 1 - 2 Dwarf Hamsters (Campbell Dwarf Hamsters and Winter White Dwarf Hamster pairs generally need more floor space, Roborovski pairs get along better in this cage) Average Price: $ 25 - $ 45 New Pros: Flexible and durable plastic construction, well made accessories, integrated carrier, expandable with additional habitats and accessories Cons: Not suitable for campbell dwarf hamster or winter white dwarf hamster pairs (roborovskis do better), floor space is partially dominated by wheel and tube access to top level.

Surveys of Snowy Plovers, school visits to the Ballona Wetlands, habitat restoration in the Baldwin Hills, and other programs really make a huge difference in a city and region that is not well known for conservation of our natural resources.

It can also help to point out that a habitat is a long - term investment, and that a well - made habitat will last many years.

Make best efforts to agree on the location of critical habitat areas in your community, so that the protection of those areas can be taken into account when establishing appropriate locations for RTF programs.

These observations guide park management to make informed decisions on how to best protect the threatened shorebird and its sensitive habitat.

It makes it one of the best place to visit the wildlife in their natural habitats.

If You Chicken Out: Your choice: head over to the Australian Big Brother House (on the park property) and watch caged reality show contestants battle it out; or make a beeline to Tiger Island, Dreamworld's exclusive big cat habitat, which features both Bengal and Sumatran tigers behaving better than the Big Brother contestants.

But the gray whale watching is the best in the world and the importance of this area as a major winter habitat for huge bird concentrations can make up for those shortcomings.

It is one the best places in the world to experience these beautiful, intelligent creatures in their natural habitat as a great deal of effort is made to support conserving their habitat.

There are many things to do on the island, such as quests to complete and puzzles to solve, all in an effort to make your new tropical habitat the best it can be.

The charcoal in soil also imparts properties to the soil which makes it a better growing medium for plants; better water holding capacity, better nutrient holding capacity, better habitat for benficial soil microorganisms, better tilth and friability of the soil, and better cation ion exchange capacity (CEC), all to make water and plant nutrients more available for growing plants.

A simple composite measure of the resources that went into a product (e.g. water, trees), as well as natural resources degraded (e.g. water pollution, air pollution, carbon release, habitat destroyed) in the production for a wide variety of consumable goods (not just food), would enable people to make smarter everyday decisions.

We have made a mess of our habitat; we are too clever for our own good.

Around the country, Christmas trees are recycled for an unlikely purpose: they make for good fish habitat.

Second, Director Hall will issue guidance to Fish and Wildlife Service staff that the best scientific data available today can not make a causal connection between harm to listed species or their habitats and greenhouse gas emissions from a specific facility, or resource development project, or government action.

The Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) has called on the Alberta government to cease new surface leasing and new disturbance permits in Alberta caribou ranges and to make good on its promises to maintain and restore caribou habitat.

However, if yearly payments could be made on the basis of measured soil organic matter, rather than merely the withdrawal of the land for economic use, we would see much more wildlife habitat created, more grassfed beef raised, better water quality, a more secure income for landowners based on stewardship, and perhaps less conversion to monocrop grain production.

In what may well be a world first in species conservation, a vanished animal has been reintroduced into its habitat but only after engineers built a man - made system in order to recreate a lost ecosystem.

Commit to making significant progress towards restoring the natural environment by 2020, including the doubling of UK woodland cover, meeting other habitat targets and ensuring that protected sites are in good condition; through utilising reforms to agricultural incentives, planning policy and other measures to create high quality landscapes rich in nature and able to adapt to climate change.

Whether through our research projects like Costa Rica's Sustainable Coffee (working with local farmers to develop and refine coffee growing techniques that are good for the environment and the local economy), or Macaws of the Peruvian Amazon (seeking data to protect endangered birds and habitats as well as promote responsible eco-tourism practices in the region), to name just two, we try to make sure that emerging and developing local economies don't continue along the unsustainable path we've perfected in the US.

But whatever it's called, it's clear that palm oil production is leading to massive deforestation due to carbon - emitting activities like slashing and burning the forest to make way for palm plantations, as well as habitat loss for a wide variety of species like orangutans, tigers, rhinoceros, and elephants.

Sunken ships can make for some pretty great habitat for sea life, providing good structure for corals or plant life to grow upon, which leads to a whole diverse ecosystem sprouting up.

Preferred habitat: moist or seasonally moist open places + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in winter + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 1/2 to 2 pounds of pure live seed per 1,000 square feet, or 3 feet apart for garden accents + + + + Wildlife value: dense growth makes it good wildlife habitat, and large seeds attract various birds; important source of food for ground feeding songbirds and game, also a butterfly larval food plant.

A practical goal for a habitat garden, say the Bowens, «is to have at least 50 % Upper Texas Gulf Coast native plants and to have the other 50 % made up of well adapted plants from other regions.»

Still, it isn't as easy as saying, «That's it, clear all the people out and don't let them back,» since the human race made the mess, we need to help clean it up — the ani would eventually take over most or all of the bird habitat on this island if left unchecked, and that wouldn't do anybody any good.