Sentences with phrase «several wildlife refuges»

This has the potential to damage the valuable riparian forest ecosystem along the river, cutting off organisms that need to get to the river and preventing people from accessing several wildlife refuges along the river used for ecotourism.

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The scientists, including several retired former officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, said in a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington that drilling for oil and gas in the refuge would be «incompatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established,» protecting fish and wildlife populations and the environments in which they live.

Several hundred acres within this valley are a protected wildlife refuge where native bird populations thrive.

This wildlife refuge is an important nesting site for several species of sea.

If your gang is feeling adventurous, rent a boat and head out to Pleasure Beach, home of Connecticut's largest ghost town and a wildlife refuge featuring several threatened bird species.