Sentences with phrase «over the wetland area»

Britain has already made the use of lead shot over wetland areas illegal but it continues to be used instead of the steel alternative in 70 % of cases, bird protection groups have argued.

Several of our trips take a kayaking trip there, and all trips go for a short walk to a view point over the wetland area.

For each municipality and county we compute the population living 0.5 — 15 m below MHHW in increments of 0.5 m, assuming census blocks of uniform density, except for zero density over wetland areas (16).

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The package includes laws that would protect the State's wetlands by giving the Department of Environmental Conservation authority over wetlands greater than one acre and requiring violators to repair damaged areas near wetlands.

Most shooting in the UK involves walking between areas of woodland looking for game birds, often without any shooting over wetlands.

Already projects are being designed to store carbon over decades in newly planted native vegetation, to restore connectivity and biodiversity in large - scale protected areas, and to train workers in restoring and maintaining wetlands and removing invasive species.

«Ironically the crossing of the «red line» on wetlands probably results from trying to achieve the «red line» on agricultural land,» says Spike Millington, chief executive of the South Korea — based East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), «since any agricultural land taken over for development has to be compensated by an equivalent area of newly created «agricultural» land elsewhere.»

But for some reason, the terrain beneath the trough slowly gained elevation over millions of years, and those lakes gradually gave way to a long - lived region of wetlands covering an area the size of Egypt or larger.

This easy trail poses no challenges as it crosses over a boardwalk and small wetland area (image shown).

Areas to unwind and reminisce over the days spectacular outings to the nearby tourist attractions such as the lush vineyards of the Barossa, pristine beaches of Victor Harbor, the wetlands of the beautiful River Murray, or the breathtaking views of the Adelaide Hills.

To accommodate mass development of coastlines, flood plains and wetland areas were paved over, decimating an important source of natural flood control.

Large areas of wetlands have been drained over the same time period, presumably offsetting the claimed cooling effect.

«Wetlands» in this context refers to areas that maintain a wet soil surface over a certain period of time.

he new ACR methodology provides an incentive to landowners in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and other historically natural wetland areas in California to convert their most subsided and marginal agricultural lands to wetlands or to produce wetlands crops such as rice, which will stop land subsidence and reverse it over time.»

Fifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced Bill Mitsch that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration.

Watch the sun set over miles of coastal wetlands sinking behind the bridge that crosses Lazaretto Creek and connects Tybee Island with one of the most fabulous scenic areas in all of Georgia.