Sentences with phrase «open habitat for wildlife»

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Jane Kirchner has spent more than 20 years helping save open lands and advocating for the protection of wildlife habitat.

It will improve wildlife habitats, help control flooding, improve streamwater quality, avoid added congestion and protect property values, said Kaaren Oldfield, a Glen Ellyn marketing and media consultant who headed an ad hoc advocacy group called Neighbors for Open Space, which supported the proposal.

Changing environmental conditions open unprecedented opportunities for industrial development that has the potential to compromise wildlife habitat.

Predators can take advantage of more open habitats for hunting, which puts more pressure on wildlife.

This pristine location is protected from the open ocean by Fraser Island and Inskip Point and is an important mangrove habitat for many local wildlife.

So most of the funding goes for things like buying land for nature preservation, wildlife refuges, and to maintain open spaces, running outdoor nature education facilities, protecting and enhancing the habitat of wildlife and endangered species, building and maintaining hiking trails and outdoor recreation spaces, as well as engaging in political activities.

Forest prescriptions for «group - selection» stands called for two post-treatment basal areas, one for «open» areas that would be evenly thinned and another for «group» areas where thinning would be minimal to enhance wildlife habitats by retaining greater tree densities.

A study published Monday shows that solar power developers in California have been using mostly undeveloped desert lands with sensitive wildlife habitat as sites for new solar power installations rather than building on less sensitive, previously developed open lands.

The group recently completed the acquisition of Arrow Park lands in Monroe, adding 254 acres of pristine woodlands to Sterling Forest and creating a greater amount of contiguous open space — crucial for wildlife dependent on a variety of habitats.

It replaces a brownfield site with an open space that will provide habitat for wildlife, open areas for recreation, and will help reduce storm water runoff and the urban heat island effect, all on prime - land near downtown.

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.