Sentences with phrase «protection as a national park»

The scenic qualities of this area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural practices continued to impinge on the area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.

Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Together with the Foundation, Brown is leading a program which protects Tasmania's Tarkine Wilderness from a renewed push for mining in the region and lay the groundwork for its permanent protection as a national park, to be managed by Aboriginal leaders.

Not exact matches

For example, we impose very stringent and effective protections against human development within our national parks, such as Yellowstone, without giving rights to Old Faithful.

Schneiderman sent a letter seeking a review of regulations on gas drilling as proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commision, an interstate federal body led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and includes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Parks Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Some 60 % of the island is designated as the Virgin Islands National Park, and this protection extends to encompass much of the surrounding waters, coral reef, and shoreline.

The national park status offers some protection from development, but Isla Carmen is privately owned, and there are some plans to develop it as a hunting destination.

Often referred to as the «Father of Our National Park System,» Muir was an advocate for the protection and preservation of significant nature areas.

Overall levels of trust remain high, however, for scientists (76 %) and for federal agencies that deal with climate change, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (76 %); the National Park Service (73 %); the Center for Disease Control (69 %); the Environmental Protection Agency (62 %); and the Department of Energy (59 %).

Climate change has been identified by Jonathan Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service, as a high priority for the service because implications for management and resource protection are unprecedented.

The new act will see national parks and groundwater protection zones at risk from fracking as the government backtracked on amendments agreed only weeks ago to increase the safety of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas.

In addition to preserving the Union, ending slavery and establishing Thanksgiving as a holiday, Abraham Lincoln created the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Academy of Sciences, and approved federal protection of the land that would become Yosemite National Park.

WildEarth Guardians has released a report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is important.

The Malenad - Mysore tiger landscape currently maintains > 220 adult tigers, one of the greatest concentrations in the world, mainly due to intensive protection of its source sites such as Nagarahole National Park, where tiger numbers have increased by 400 % after protection began in the early 1970s [17], [18], and has now maintained a high density for 30 years -LRB-[19], unpublished data).

The Commission notes that the joint management of national parks and other conservation reserves (including Indigenous Protected Areas) with Indigenous traditional owners is increasingly being accepted as an appropriate option for the management and protection of these areas.