Sentences with phrase «prime habitat for»

Park lands are prime habitat for prairie falcons, and are a release site for California condors that have been hatched in captivity.

We also know that mattresses and pillows are a prime habitat for dust mites due to the presence of dead skin cells - their food of choice.

«A national / provincial approach would include all remaining forest landscapes in a REDD scheme, including highly threatened lowland forests, prime habitats for primates and other species, and also huge carbon stores,» said Gaveau.

Not exact matches

In order to protect moth populations at risk of extinction, the authors suggest that land - use managers should try to eliminate street lighting as much as possible in prime moth habitats, for example by turning off light at critical times in the year.

In 2010 Russia's then deputy prime minister Sergei Ivanov, arguing for the park, told the 14th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society that the current state of the leopard habitat is degraded and exploited; for example, there are several military facilities located within the Leopardoviy refuge.

Our destination is the Gulf of Nicoya on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, where our star lodge, set in a prime bird and wildlife habitat, is reserved exclusively for your stargazing and recreational pleasure.

Fewer than 800 individuals remain, and the construction of a dam and road threaten the prime habitat of the ape, which is distinguished from its cousins by, among other things, frizzier hair and a taste for caterpillars.

My wife and I live in an area just outside of Jacksonville that is prime tick habitat, and it's been necessary for us to come to terms with this reality.

The ideal habitat for Western snowy plovers consists primarily of coastal beaches, sandbars, sand dunes, and river - mouths, above the high tide line — making Ocean Beach and Crissy Field prime real estate for overwintering and finding their food source (small insects and beach invertebrates).

The proposed action (Alternative # 5 — Beaver Pond Terrace) called for a reorientation of management and use to more adequately preserve and interpret the area's globally significant Alaskan brown bear viewing opportunities and prime brown bear habitat, and to manage these elements as integral parts of an evolving environment that also contains nationally significant cultural resources, scenic values, and world - class sport fishing opportunities.

This donation will be used to install conservation signage on the Belize River, which is prime Manatee habitat, and a frequent area for aerial Manatee spotting by our passengers.

And these humans» demands for fuel for heating and cooking mean prime panda forest habitat is disappearing more than four times as fast as it was before the reserve was established in 1975....

Despite the proximity of the proposed oil wells to prime panther habitat, «no biological opinions or environmental assessments have been done for this project,» said Meyer.

To make the case bearded seals were threatened, the BRT argued sea ice is a critical habitat required for birthing, nursing, molting and for resting while over prime foraging habitat.

«Drilling near breeding areas would be prohibited during mating season, and power lines would be moved away from prime habitat to avoid serving as perches for raptors who prey on sage grouse,» notes Bette Grande, a research fellow at the Heartland Institute and a former North Dakota state legislator.

Mr. Sullivan's letter to Secretary Johnson describes how the new anchorages could provide targets for terror attacks — two are located within three miles of the Indian Point nuclear plant — and that increased traffic of barges filled with crude oil and other hazardous materials raises the potential for collisions and spills, «which in the tidal Hudson would be difficult, if not impossible, to clean up without incurring immediate and long - term damage to drinking water resources and prime wildlife habitat.»

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.

These are prime habitat locations for voles, mice and other small rodents.

Michael Fry, conservation advocacy director for the American Bird Conservancy, said that the project could «reduce prime offshore sea - duck foraging habitat» and that data suggest «that loons will likely abandon the area for years to come, and there may be significant impacts to endangered roseate terns, which breed in nearby Buzzards Bay and feed in Nantucket Sound.»