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«We expect the remodeling market will also get a boost this year from ongoing restoration efforts in many areas of the country impacted by last year's record - setting natural disasters.»
According to Blue Living Ideas, between the stimulus bill and the new, approved budget, restoration efforts in the Everglades are going to get a much needed shot in the arm.
He said climate change adaptation and mitigation measures should be adopted and integrated into Ghana's national development agenda, adding that developing countries should be supported with grants to engage in landscape restoration efforts in degraded lands.
The event provided some participants their first opportunity to roll up their sleeves and actively participate in Gulf Coast restoration efforts in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
All the animals caught are gathered before they are released in order to better understand the success of these restoration efforts in the future.
Vital to our restoration efforts in the parks, they're also important to the indigenous Ohlone tribes of the area.
Make the most of Cleveland dating with an afternoon of kayaking fun on the Cuyahoga, which has been subject to some pretty lofty restoration efforts in recent years.
We are currently involved in large restoration efforts in MT, ID, Yellowstone, Glacier and Waterton Parks through inoculation of out - planted seedlings with native mycorrhizal fungi specific for this 5 - needle pine.
Even if the government ultimately prevails, the case may still have a chilling effect on river restoration efforts in the future.
Park District naturalists and volunteers will discuss restoration efforts in progress at the swamp and several nature walks and family activities are scheduled.
The St. Charles Park District has scheduled an «Earth Day / Work Day» program from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday in Persimmon Woods Natural Area to showcase restoration efforts in progress at the site.
A crew of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. workers left Maryland on Saturday morning to join restoration efforts in Puerto Rico, where hundreds of thousands of people remain without power.
This project will be the most significant dam removal and river restoration effort in the world — never before have four dams of this size been removed at once which inundate as many miles of habitat (4 square miles and 15 miles of river length), involving this magnitude of budget (approximately $ 295 million) and public works.
Initiative 20x20 is landscape restoration effort in Latin America and the Caribbean that has now reached nearly 28 million hectares (nearly 70 million acres) and $ 730 million in investment.

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«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration in the Caribbean at the University of Miami, told Business Insider for a recent story on coral restoration efforts.
Most experts think restoration efforts could play a large role in bringing reefs back from the brink, but if they don't solve the most serious problems reefs face, it could all be for nothing.
In a press briefing Thursday, State Department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the commercial flight resumption is «just one step» in the two countries» efforts to normalize relations since last year's restoration of diplomatic tieIn a press briefing Thursday, State Department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the commercial flight resumption is «just one step» in the two countries» efforts to normalize relations since last year's restoration of diplomatic tiein the two countries» efforts to normalize relations since last year's restoration of diplomatic ties.
Vox's Alexia Fernández Campbell reported that the Puerto Rican government's own missteps in the reconstruction effort, including botching a massive recovery contract with Whitefish Energy, have further hampered the power restoration effort.
This puts them far ahead of schedule compared with the restoration effort after Hurricane Wilma in 2005, where 3.2 million of Florida Power & Light's customers lost power but only 13 percent had the lights back on at the same point after the storm.
For instance... 7/16 ″ OSB... a product that will sell like hotcakes in the wake of the restoration efforts....
Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.
I predict your posterior composite restorations will be enhanced for the effort and skills learnt in the kitchen!
This presented an ideal opportunity to translocate a sub-population of Murray hardyhead from the Riverland sites to Brickworks Billabong in the Mallee Wetlands area of Victoria, where restoration efforts also include the delivery of Commonwealth environmental water.
In California, Arrowhead has partnered with Inland Empire Waterkeeper to support «Crest to Coast» restoration efforts for the last several years.
They went through some of the original Raynor intent, the restoration efforts, and how the course plays for the best pros in the world on a week like this.
Since 2010, the property has undergone a tremendous freshwater wetlands restoration — the most ambitious effort of its kind ever in the Northeast — in which wildlife agencies, including the state Division of Ecological Restoration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been working with Mass Audubon and the visionary couple who currently own the property to convert the agricultural land into a vibrant and beautiful habitat for plants and animals that were once commonly found throughout southeastern Masrestoration — the most ambitious effort of its kind ever in the Northeast — in which wildlife agencies, including the state Division of Ecological Restoration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been working with Mass Audubon and the visionary couple who currently own the property to convert the agricultural land into a vibrant and beautiful habitat for plants and animals that were once commonly found throughout southeastern MasRestoration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been working with Mass Audubon and the visionary couple who currently own the property to convert the agricultural land into a vibrant and beautiful habitat for plants and animals that were once commonly found throughout southeastern Massachusetts.
This new award recognizes an individual for success in the preservation, enhancement, and restoration of a New England species and / or their habitat, as well as an enthusiasm for sharing information about their efforts and a commitment to inspiring future generations of conservation professionals.
The students have taken great pride in putting forth the effort to complete professional boat restorations that will be displayed as part of the state - wide effort to boost tourism and the local economy in the Finger Lakes Region.
Meanwhile, the governor issued yet another budget veto, striking legislation that he said lawmakers altered in a backdoor effort to enact a $ 600 million restoration to education aid.
Don't expect cuts to the federal program that funded the cleanup of the Buffalo River, sturgeon restoration in the Niagara River, beach forecasting programs on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and other research and rehabilitation efforts in the Great Lakes, Rep. Chris Collins said.
Key to that effort so far has been a commitment of $ 12,000 and a staff leader to head the preservation effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension Service of Rockland County, headquartered in Thiells; and Rockland County BOCES, which has committed its vocational education home building students to the actual work effort, as part of a new construction major in historic restoration and preservation instead of concentrating solely on new construction techniques, their emphasis for the past half - century.
Onondaga Lake has seen major improvement in water quality since remediation efforts began, but some remain dissatisfied and blame corporate influence for preventing a full restoration.
The effort is meant to coincide with the park's 150th anniversary to take place next year, the Alliance said, though one project — the restoration of woodlands and slopes damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — will begin this fall with $ 725,000 in funding from the the state's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
«The efforts of the Nigerian Armed Forces towards restoration of peace, security and order in Nigerians continue to receive appreciation to changing the security environment from what it was before.
The Yoruba elders urged the President to intensify efforts on the release of the remaining Chibok girls and full restoration of peace in the North - East.
For example, 10 of the 14 burned areas in the study, which include well - known wildfires like the Moonlight (2007) and Power (2009) fires, did not meet Forest Service stocking density thresholds for mixed conifer forests, making them good candidates for replanting and restoration efforts.
For example, clearing part of a forest for a project may produce a lot of emissions in a short time frame; however, if the project calls for replanting or other restoration efforts over the long term, emissions could be neutral.
It is the largest forest restoration project in Forest Service history, an effort borne of years of planning and negotiations among dozens of groups here in northern Arizona.
A final victory by the plaintiffs could prompt landowners in other river basins, such as the Klamath River in Oregon and California to claim similar damages from restoration efforts, Echeverria says.
«The implications of this ruling are huge,» says Brad Walker, who headed river restoration efforts for the Missouri Coalition for the Environment in St. Louis before retiring earlier this month.
Restocking efforts are underway, but because the eel reproduce late in life, restoration could take several generations — 60 to 200 years.
If new restoration efforts succeed, it also could save insurance companies a lot of money in claims for damaged artwork.
«Our estimate can guide policy makers and the oil industry in determining not only how much should be spent on restoration efforts for the Deepwater spill, but also how much should be invested to protect against damages that could result from future oil spills,» said Boyle.
These wildlife captures are a testament to the success of the park's restoration: Some species, like these warthogs, are now so abundant that managers are able to send them to other parks to help in their conservation efforts.
* The early NRDA projects include oyster reef restoration in Mississippi and Alabama as well as sea grass and dune restoration in Florida, efforts that are based on sound science.
The reef effort is the kind of science - based project many Gulf stakeholders had in mind when they pushed for a federal act, called RESTORE, that allocated to Gulf restoration much of the potentially billions of dollars in fines and penalties that will be paid by those responsible for the oil spill.
The findings, published in the of the journal Coral Reefs, offers a guide for successful restoration and recovery efforts of the threatened species worldwide.
With the exception of women living on the edge of the Mesopotamia Marshland National Park, created in 2013, where restoration efforts have seen some success, Marsh Arab women reported that their daily lives had narrowed to domestic tasks in the home.
«Given that sharks are in decline on reefs worldwide, largely due to the shark fin trade, this information may prove integral to restoration and conservation efforts
The variety of threats that corals face make the prospect of genotype selection a difficult one, and it is important to maintain as many genotypes as possible in any restoration effort.
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