Sentences with phrase «several endangered species»

Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species.

India has over 441 animal sanctuaries and 80 national parks which are home to several endangered species of animals (Bengal Tigers, Asiatic Elephants, Snow Leopards, Indian Rhinoceros) and many different species of birds (Great Indian Bustard, Himalayan Monal Pheasant,, White Breasted Swiflet, Griffon Vultures) just to name a few.

In the process, habitat for several endangered species, like the aforementioned tigers and orangutan but also elephants and other species, becomes further and further reduced.

Using the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Obama blocked drilling in large portions of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the Arctic, home to several endangered species, including the bowhead whale, fin whale, Pacific walrus, and polar bear.

An estimated 42,656 bats were killed by Ontario wind turbines between May 1 and Oct. 31, 2015, including several endangered species, the study said.

The authors write that «the extensive tracts of deciduous forests destroyed by [mountain top mining and valley filling] support some of the highest biodiversity in North America, including several endangered species.»

The national park is home to world - famous Mayan ruins and rainforest that protects several endangered species.

This is due in part to the fact that the Belize Barrier Reef is part of the habitat of several endangered species including manatees, whale sharks, and crocodiles.

This trip takes you to the magical islands, home of several endangered species of birds like the Blue Footed, Boobies, which are only found in the Galapagos islands and the Islands of the Sea of Cortez.

These islands are also home to several endangered species of birds, including the Blue Footed Boobie seen in only two other areas of the world.

They kill several endangered species, including the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Key Largo wood rat, northern bobwhite quail and hatchling sea turtles.

Prevailing currents seemed likely to smash the wreck, still carrying 60,000 gallons of fuel oil, into the coral reefs of Johnston Atoll, critical habitat for several endangered species.

Still, Admiralty Inlet is the crossroads for several endangered species, including three types of rockfish, Stellar sea lions and orcas.

«Read has identified and helped focus attention on a real problem that is most probably critically impacting several endangered species of cetaceans,» he says.

The pronghorn is one of several endangered species whose habitat is severely impacted by human encroachment in the form of highways, access roads for increased border patrols, fences and other barriers.

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In February 2015, a sub-population of Murray hardyhead were translocated to this site from the South Australian Riverland, as part of ongoing efforts by several agencies to restore the population of this endangered fish species.

Several studies have found traditional Chinese herbal supplements to be tainted will all sorts of things, including actual pharmaceutical drugs, heavy metals and even DNA from endangered species like the snow leopard.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District was awarded $ 750,000 to acquire a 67 - acre parcel adjacent to Blackberry Maples Forest Preserve in southern Kane County, home to several species of birds and reptiles on the state's endangered list.

Get up close and personal with all of our resident turtles as well as several special guest species, and learn about how the Museum is working with the endangered Blanding's Turtle in the Chicago region.

New data from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora found that about 1800 apes have been seized by authorities since 2005, far greater than the previous estimates of several hundred.

«The Dam Impact Analysis Model provides managers with a way to assess the levels of survival needed for Atlantic salmon at several large mainstem dams in the lower Penobscot River,» said Jeff Murphy, an endangered species biologist at GARFO.

Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences reported that in the last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

And just this March, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to ban undocumented sales of several hammerhead species, threatening to sanction countries that don't Species (CITES) voted to ban undocumented sales of several hammerhead species, threatening to sanction countries that don't species, threatening to sanction countries that don't comply.

The U.S. Department of the Interior Wednesday listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several dspecies under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several dSpecies Act (ESA) of 1973 based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several decades.

In its 10 years, the centre (known as the Primatology Centre of Rio de Janeiro) has pioneered captive breeding programmes of several species of endangered primate including the Wied's marmoset, the buffy - tufted - ear marmoset, the yellow breasted capuchin and the famous golden lion tamarin.

Several other species of storm - petrels are similarly endangered.

Scientists climbed several rare and endangered tree species on Penang Hill to document the orchids, ferns, and epiphytes (or air plants) thriving at such heights and to press leaf samples for further study.

«We're trying to protect an endangered species,» said INHS herpetologist and postdoctoral researcher Sarah Baker, a collaborator with Allender on several studies.

A fishmonger who will sell horsemeat for several hundred dollars a kilo isn't likely to baulk at including an endangered species either.

As a result, understanding changes in population size for social species — several of which, such as African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their own.

Several weeks ago I was contacted by Endangered Species Chocolate, and I am so glad they reached out!

Have students explore the maps from several months, then provide each student with the name of one country, and ask students to list threatened and endangered species native to their assigned country.

It is obviously son - of - Greenbackd (deep value, contrarian and activist follow - on) and, although it deviates in several crucial aspects, it is influenced by the 1999 Piper Jaffray research report series, Wall Street's Endangered Species.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards iSpecies of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards ispecies under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards iSpecies Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards iSpecies Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards iSpecies Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

Now that they have been de-listed from the endangered species list in several states, too many people will shoot them on sight.

«Feral cats have become a chief concern as a health risk for people, and they're responsible for the continued deaths of several birds on the endangered species list,» said Napier, a native of Boston, Mass..

«In a 1993 Biological Opinion, the FWS investigated the effects of vertebrate control agents on endangered and threatened species and determined that several chemicals (e.g., Pival) would jeopardize the continued existence of the Lower Keys marsh rabbit.

Ornamental Fish International (OFI), an aquarium trade association, also presented on several subjects, including the direction and impacts of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) listings on the attending businesses and trade in general.

You can kayak Morro Bay in all its moods, sharing it with harbor seals, sea lions and sea otters, as well as literally hundreds of species of birds, including several rare and endangered species.

The Pismo and Oceano Dunes are home to several rare and endangered species.

You will also come across several other endangered species of animals such as the Antillean Manatee who only breeds in this atoll system.

[1] It is an important breeding site for northern elephant seals and the endangered Steller's sea lion, as well as several species of seabirds, including rhinoceros auklets, Brandt's cormorants and western gulls.

Manuel Antonio National Park is home to more than 100 mammal species and a refuge in Costa Rica for several endangered monkey species.

Many different species of birds call the park home, and you'll have a rare opportunity to see several species of woodpeckers (including the endangered red - cockaded woodpecker).

Encompassing thirteen vegetation types including montane and cloud forests and palm and mangrove swamps, Corcovado is home to more than 500 tree species, and an astonishing host of wildlife, such as: two and three toed sloths, the endangered squirrel monkey, white faced capuchin and mantled howler monkeys, and several jungle felines, including jaguar and puma.

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

Lamanai's wide variety of habitats in a small area promotes species diversity, as seen by its healthy populations of several endangered animals and nearly 400 species of birds.

The Peruvian cloud forest contains 40 species, including several classified as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable.

Dugong, common dolphins, the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, sperm whales, minke whales, several shark and ray species, innumerable reef fish and critter species have all been spotted here.

Endangered hawksbill and loggerhead turtles nest on Long Caye's beaches, as to several species of iguanas, lizards and large land crabs.