Sentences with phrase «riparian vegetation»

The larger islands (Santa Cruz, Santa Catalina, and San Clemente) also have perennial streams that support riparian vegetation and tree species.

Extensive details however are provided on Lake Elementaita Wildlife Sanctuary boundary modification project, which aims to address encroachment, clearance of natural riparian vegetation and tourist development, in the areas adjoining the lake.

The new creek alignment will be fully connected as the main channel in a couple of years, once riparian vegetation is established and the channel has stabilized.

Explore the mountain fynbos, wetlands, riparian vegetation along the Palmiet River, and indigenous forest.

Habitats are savanna woodlands with a perennial grass layer, dissected by riparian vegetation along the edges of creeks.

The GCMRC makes consistent, long - term repeated measurements using scientifically accepted protocols to measure status and trends of key resources, including native and nonnative fish, sandbars, water quality, aquatic food base, riparian vegetation, and cultural sites.

As a result, replanting of riparian vegetation along the rivers as an incentive scheme with local farmers has reduced the flow of these pollutants into the sea.

Purchase of temporary water could contribute to achieving annual basin watering priorities including the Northern Basin fish refuges priority, the Basin - wide in - stream and riparian vegetation priority, and the Basin - wide flow variability and longitudinal connectivity priority.

Environmental water contributed to in - stream base flows and freshes in the Goulburn River throughout 2014 - 15 in support of riparian vegetation condition, native fish reproduction and condition, hydrological connectivity and water quality.

Not exact matches

A total of 367 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was released from Hume Dam to support in - channel, wetland and low elevation floodplain habitat throughout the River Murray for improving the condition, movement and recruitment of native fish — both silver (critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and golden perch were detected spawning in the Mid Murray in response to flow variability; improve riparian and wetland vegetation condition; and contribute to the managed export of salt from the River Murray system.

The authors also point out that the focus of the Forest Code on riparian forest patches should not undermine the need to maintain and restore native vegetation in areas further away from the streams.

Topsoil and natural vegetation would ordinarily filter many of these pollutants out, but the impermeable pavement that covers much of the surface where these pollutants originate carries it right into storm drains and into streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean where it can poison marine life — which we might eat — as well as entire riparian or coastal ecosystems.

Much of the fossilized vegetation was riparian, living along the river valleys.