Sentences with phrase «quality river habitat»

• Restore over 3.4 miles and reconnect 160 miles of high - quality river habitat.

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Commonwealth environmental water was delivered to maintain water quality in refuge pools and to provide habitat for large - bodied native fish species present in the Lower Darling River.

New York has awarded more than $ 440,000 in grants for 10 projects to help communities protect water quality and habitats in the Hudson River watershed.

• Erie County's Natural Habitat Pocket Parks along the Buffalo River, with staff from the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning helping to secure federal Great Lake Restoration Initiative Funding to provide better access to the River, improve the water quality and provided habitat for wildlife;

• $ 775,000 for Willsboro, Essex County, to stabilize 2,000 feet of shoreline; a project that will reduce the deposition of contaminated sediment and improve both the water quality and the fish habitat of the Boquet River and Lake Champlain.

She assessed the environmental effects of these dams in 14 categories, including the area and quality of habitat lost, the length of river channel affected, the amount of conservation land impacted, and the landslide risk.

Dams can prevent or impede fish passage and degrade the habitats upstream by inundating formerly free - flowing rivers, reducing water quality, and altering fish communities.

Dams damage rivers: Dams disrupt flows, degrade water quality, block the movement of a river's vital nutrients and sediment, destroy fish and wildlife habitat, impede migration of fish and other aquatic species, and eliminate recreational opportunities.