Sentences with phrase «sensitive habitat in»

The route will be temporarily closed at the end of the boardwalk to relieve pressure on the sensitive habitat in this area.

Help restore sensitive habitat in Marin County.

BASC North regional officer Gareth Dockerty said: «The film shows how upland gamekeepers and those involved in the provision of land for shooting engage with their communities to manage sensitive habitats in a sustainable way for wildlife and people.»

Not exact matches

Today we are increasing our commitment to protect even more sensitive fish habitat in the future.

In addition, certain arthropods, especially carabids, are considered as sensitive indicators of habitat quality49.

The priority habitat designation program allows the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game's Fisheries and Wildlife Division to review projects in environmentally sensitive areas and make recommendations for landowners to avoid impacts to these vulnerable species.

They have helped entomologists capture rare insects on disappearing virgin prairie, taken part in a skit on the whooping crane's perilous migration, learned to identify invasive weeds choking sensitive waterways, done surveys on native bee numbers, and signed petitions to pass laws to better conserve monarch butterfly habitat.

Prairie roadsides had twice as many of these less common, habitat - sensitive species; in addition, the numbers of these butterflies were five times higher at prairie roadsides than at grassy roadsides.

«These species were highly sensitive to the changing habitat and therefore more likely to disappear in landscapes that encompass only a small proportion of intact forest.»

«This demonstrates that while wood thrushes are sensitive to breeding forest fragmentation, it is not the main cause of declines, rather the loss and / or degradation of habitat in the winter range in Central America is the culprit,» Taylor said.

Headwater streams, which provide the coldest available habitat in many areas, are often assumed to be the ultimate refuges for coldwater species, but many of these species are also acid - sensitive — and many headwaters of the southern Appalachian region are already too acid to support them.

The researchers focused on streams draining seven national forests in the southern Appalachian region, first mapping out how much of the area's current habitat is suitable for acid - and heat - sensitive aquatic species such as the native brook trout.

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University and the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that habitat fragmentation and the addition of makeshift perches such as transmission polls in sagebrush ecosystems are creating preferred habitat for common ravens that threaten sensitive native bird species, including greater sage grouse.

The Pulitzer Prize — winning author of American Lion (2008) brings to bear his focused and sensitive scholarship, rich prose style, and acute sense of the need to ground his subject in time and place and observe him in his natural habitat.

Here we see that the conclusion is «The influx of subsidized cats to natural habitats, combined with their high vagility and low trappability, makes TNR an unlikely solution for controlling feral cats on a large, rugged island like Catalina and, more generally, in other locations where human populations abut ecologically sensitive areas.»

The influx of subsidized cats to natural habitats, combined with their high vagility and low trappability, makes TNR an unlikely solution for controlling feral cats on a large, rugged island like Catalina and, more generally, in other locations where human populations abut ecologically sensitive areas.

I think environmental educators, myself included, need to be more careful, sensitive, and consistent in their explanations of habitat restoration.

This invasive wood sorrel is indigenous to South Africa, and is generally unwelcome in gardens (and in the sensitive habitats of our parks!).

Invasive Plant Patrol April 11, 2018 Wednesday, 10 am - 2:30 pm Location: Marin County, Marin Headlands Help restore sensitive habitat while enjoying a hike on some of the most scenic trails in the park.

Park Stewardship San Mateo April 14, 2018 Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm Location: Mori Point, San Mateo County Help protect endangered species and restore sensitive habitat while enjoying a day in the park.

Nestled amongst a natural oasis of coastal lagoons, and surrounded by swathes of tropical palms and endemic rainforest — a rich habitat that provides a home to dozens of native species - this resort has its roots firmly grounded in sensitive eco-tourism.

From stopping bottom trawling in sensitive habitat areas to protecting sea turtles from commercial fishing gear, our victories represent a new hope for the world's oceans.

«In addition to working to help America's farmers as the Chair of the Senate Ag Committee, Senator Stabenow is fighting to preserve Great Lakes health and protect sensitive habitat.»

A study published Monday shows that solar power developers in California have been using mostly undeveloped desert lands with sensitive wildlife habitat as sites for new solar power installations rather than building on less sensitive, previously developed open lands.

The heliostats will be placed in between the radial access roads and will be inserted directly in the ground, without the need for cement posts and avoiding areas of sensitive habitat.

Formerly a taboo topic among conservationists, «assisted migration» or «managed relocation» — literally moving sensitive species to new habitats in order to save them — has recently started to come in for serious consideration.

Due to the rapid increase in wind development projects in the Northeast, Wildlife Biologists and Natural Resource Managers are expressing their growing concerns regarding large scale development and its impacts to sensitive habitat and the wildlife that inhabit these areas.

More recently, Governor Schwarzenegger issued Executive Orders in 2008 and 2009 that established the Renewable Energy Action Team to develop a plan for renewable development in sensitive desert habitat, accelerated the Renewables Portfolio Standard requirement to 33 percent by 2020, and directed the Air Resources Board to adopt regulations by July 31, 2010, to meet that requirement.

Many unanswered questions exist regarding the impacts of wind development on wildlife in these sensitive habitats and it may take years to more fully understand.

While H. arborea is sensitive to habitat fragmentation, habitat restoration (beginning in the 1980s) has been successful to increase populations.