Sentences with phrase «prime habitat of»

Join us on an early morning breakfast tour out to the tranquil Arkaroola Waterhole, prime habitat of the beautiful Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby.

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.

Not exact matches

The knowledge spurred forest managers to change the rules and get horses out of prime panda habitat.

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.

The Wyoming pocket gopher, which is only native to Wyoming and is roughly the size of a guinea pig, was a prime example of a secondary species that did not fare all that well under the umbrella of sage grouse habitat, Carlisle says.

A study by researchers at the University of Tennessee on how cougars use wildlife passages along the Trans - Canada Highway in and around Banff National Park found the cats prefer underpasses to overpasses — particularly those near prime habitat.

In the next few years, the government will consolidate and expand protection across 15,000 square kilometers of prime cat habitat and conservation areas.

In his speech to the Earth Summit, Major listed «building up an inventory of the most important species and habitats» as a prime aim of the initiative.

There remain pockets of prime ape habitat, but they are often in protected areas.

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.

Humans are pushing sea turtles to the brink of extinction by entangling them in fishing gear, tossing plastic garbage into their habitats, and building resorts on prime nesting beaches, among other affronts.

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.

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 restoration and enhancement of this rugged edge of San Francisco with its rich history and prime bird habitat ensures that this beautiful park will be enjoyed by generations to come,» said Greg Moore, executive director of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

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.

As the native species recover on Anacapa, Howald said, biologists are making sure the rats are gone by putting out thousands of traps in prime rat habitat over a sustained period.

Paula Del Giudice, Director of NWF's Northwest Natural Resource Center, notes that «global warming will add an enormous amount of pressure onto what's left of the region's prime cold - water fish habitat.»

The Prime Minister has received 66 letters from climate action groups saying they «believe that you have abandoned your duty of care to protect the Australian people as well as our species and habitats from dangerous climate change».

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.

Including adjacent Clermont State Historic Site, these protected properties span nearly 1,200 contiguous acres, safeguarding local aquifers — a prime source of drinking water — and the interconnected network of habitats on which many wildlife species depend.

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.»

Currently the Greenland Shark, whose primary habitat might actually be in Canadian waters, is the prime suspect behind hundreds of seal carcasses turning up on Sable Island.