Sentences with phrase «remove invasive»

The students joined 25 other groups in a two - hour poster presentation, sharing their progress to that point with an audience of land managers from public agencies, academic researchers, and others working to remove invasive plants to restore important California ecosystems.

The project will return extremely hard - packed soil to a permeable state, remove invasive plant species, install smart water capture and reuse features, and introduce an edible garden and landscaping that prioritizes native plant species.

The museum's work with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to remove invasive species will drastically improve soil conditions at the site, contributing to the health of native trees and the recruitment of young native species.

Receive your PADI Lionfish Culling certification while learning how to safely remove the invasive Indo Pacific Red Lionfish.

Fortunately, the remaining native species of Floreana and the people of the community who work hard every day to protect them are not alone in the quest to remove invasive species.

Honokowai Valley in the West Maui Mountains is usually not open to the public, but you'll get a rare glimpse of this protected area by volunteering to remove invasive plants, helping to restore and preserve the valley.

Invasive Plant Patrol April 18, 2018 Wednesday, 10 am - 2:30 pm Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands Volunteers hike park trails throughout Marin and remove invasive plants to restore critical habitat.

Help restore South Maui sand dunes, maintain an oceanside trail, pick up litter, and remove invasive plants from various public beach parks along the South Maui coast.

Lucian visitors are now authorized by special permit to remove the invasive Lionfish from our reefs as part of a win - win sustainable tourism partnership.

Hike into Haleakala and help remove invasive plants or work on other projects to protect the area's unique eco-system.

Help spear and remove the invasive Lionfish.

The rains give us a chance to plant native species in our watersheds and remove invasive species.

Help remove invasive species and plant indigenous trees, and learn the powerful history that lives in lush Honokowai Valley.

You'll do things like remove invasive plants, collect seeds, and help count native animal populations.

As a result, the federal government has made it a priority to remove invasive vertebrates from islands where they pose the most severe threats to native plants and animals.

This is partly because, should a fibrosarcoma develop at these sites, limb amputation is possible and offers a better chance of complete removal than trying to remove an invasive tumour from the neck region.

Then they walked to the West Rock site to remove invasive species, haul tons of illegally dumped garbage, and build a school from the ground up.

Genetically engineering mammals so they breed themselves out of existence, using a sex - biasing gene drive could be a way to remove invasive mammals — which have been extremely difficult to control on Mauritius — without harming native wildlife.

Fortunately, the remaining native species of Floreana and the people of the community who work hard every day to protect them are not alone in the quest to remove invasive species.

Like other proponents of gene drive research, Kuiken contends that they could help control disease, remove invasive species, and create pest - resistant crops.

Gene drives have the potential to eradicate insectborne diseases, Saey wrote, or remove invasive species from non-native environments.

Landscape proposals include removing invasive species and restoring woodlands with young oak trees from existing plants and seed banks.

There have been other projects such as creating butterfly gardens and removing invasive plants at Lake Arlington.

Work projects suitable for all abilities ranged from preparing gardens and spreading wood chips to clearing trails, hauling brush, and removing invasive plants.

Habitat's resident Nigerian Dwarf goats provide ecological care by clearing several acres of meadow land each year, reducing carbon emissions and removing invasive species.

Past Shedd Stewards events have included removing invasive plant species, followed by canoeing in the Skokie Lagoons.

This year's to - do lists include (depending on the sanctuary) removing invasive species; preparing garden beds to attract a variety of visitors, from birds and butterflies to people; cleaning nature play areas; restoring habitats; maintaining trails; and improving entrance areas.

Examples of projects include trail maintenance, boardwalk construction, removing invasive plants, burning brush piles, or planting native plants.

Some people speculate that rapidly removing an invasive species could shock that system and have unknown costs.

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.

«Removing invasive species is almost like hitting an island's reset button,» says Heath Packard, a spokesperson for Island Conservation.

The nongovernment organization's stated mission is to prevent extinctions by removing invasive species from islands.

The authors used modeling approaches to predict how removing invasive mammals on different islands could reduce extinction risk for threatened species.

In one of many examples, they showed that removing invasive mammals from small, dry islands could halve the extirpation risk for threatened native birds and mammals, but doing so on large, wet islands may have less benefit.

To foster a more positive impression, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources sponsors bow - fishing tournaments for carp («Bow - fishing is a great way to enjoy the outdoors... an exciting and fun way to catch fish — while also highlighting the importance of removing invasive Asian carp from our waterways»).

But recent research by University of Cincinnati Biologist Denis Conover, working alongside Tim Sisson, president of the Western Wildlife Corridor, reveal their approach for safely killing and removing invasive plants, thus leading to a natural resurgence of native species at Bender Mountain Preserve and other natural wooded areas in southwestern Ohio.

The Floreana Restoration Project's main goal is to restore the island by removing invasive rodents and feral cats so that in the near future, some, if not all the extirpated species, can return to Floreana.

He also played a pivotal role in building the NGO Island Conservation, whose mission is to prevent extinctions by removing invasive species from islands, from a five - person operation to a multi-million dollar organization that now works in over a dozen countries.

For example, we found that removing invasive mammals from small, dry islands could halve the extirpation risk for threatened native birds and mammals, but doing so on large, wet islands would have less benefit.

Removing invasive mammals has proven to be a very effective tool for protecting island species.

Wolfback Ridge >> The Park Stewardship program has focused on removing invasive plants to restore the Mission Blue butterfly habitat at this site in Marin County.

More than 1,400 neighbors and friends of the park have volunteered 40,000 hours toward removing invasive plants, salvaging native ones, collecting seed, installing protective fencing, and supporting trail construction.

Volunteers may find themselves cleaning city parks, removing invasive species, repairing fencing, restoring shorelines and more.

Removing invasive rats from islands is a powerful conservation tool, and practitioners are now targeting larger islands for rat eradication.

The Floreana Restoration Project's main goal is to restore the island by removing invasive rodents and feral cats so that in the near future, some, if not all the extirpated species, can return to Floreana.

The Flight Centre volunteers were put to work cutting and removing invasive mangroves.

In 2017, as part of Phase I of the Master Plan, The Contemporary Austin also began the process of removing invasive shrubs, vines, and trees from throughout Laguna Gloria's fourteen acres.

I recall hearing somewhere that removing invasive Eucalyptus species is having the same effect in areas of drought in Africa.

College seniors have designed and implemented a forest recovery plan, removing invasive species and planting layers of native vegetation.

Removing the invasive ruminants from the island was an intensive effort that took the National Park Service years to accomplish.