Sentences with phrase «to improve habitat»

I began spending much of my time working on improving habitat for wildlife and spreading the word about global warming.

However, by lowering the bar regarding «shade,» it can have the effect of removing some incentives to truly improve habitat.

Spend a day outdoors monitoring, maintaining and improving habitats so you, your community and our native animals all have green spaces to enjoy.

Improving habitat for native fauna is something anyone can do.

However, by lowering the bar (again, focusing on «shade»), it can have the effect of removing some incentives to truly improve habitat.

To improve habitat by generating new growth of native plants and boosting the resilience of aquatic and riparian vegetation to support riverbank stabilisation.

Daylighting also improves habitat for wildlife because it restores the Saw Mill River's bed and banks to a more natural state.

It will focus on a representative degraded ecosystem surrounded by protected areas and carry out measures to improve habitats as well as to enhance the conservation status of 47 targeted flora and fauna species.

«How to improve habitat conservation for migrating cranes.»

Over 5,300 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was delivered to Hattah Lakes in spring 2015 to provide improved habitat and food resources for native fish and waterbirds, and support the ongoing reestablishment of water dependant vegetation.

The team spent the day clearing scrub from a Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve in the Polden Hills, improving the habitat networks as part of a Heritage Lottery Fund project to ensure these threatened butterflies become more sustainable and spread to new areas within the landscape.

LEWPA has also utilized Scott Naturals funding to plant trees and shrubs along stream banks and to improve habitat in 5 locations throughout the watershed.

The team is conducting follow - up studies to test mitigation strategies that may improve habitat conditions for prairie chickens.

Instead, Lewis and other committee members say that the focus of recovery efforts must be on improving habitat for spawning and rearing.

«We found that more dynamically altering the water levels in wetland units at the refuge improves habitat for migratory birds,» said Rosenberg.

For instance, existing plans that enlarge the conservation scope of refuges by promoting wildlife corridors show how conservation reserves can simultaneously improve habitat, reduce nonclimate impacts, and enhance resilience to climate change.

This reduced browsing on willows, enabling the willows to flourish, thus improving habitat for songbirds and increasing biodiversity.

Once we figure out where pollinators are doing poorly, we can start improving habitat to help them.

«This project is so much more than just improving habitat for endangered species,» said Frank Dean, acting superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The first phase of the Hawk Hill / Battery Construction 129 Restoration and Trail Improvement Project was recently completed with the restoration of approximately six acres of coastal scrub and prairie vegetation, to create improved habitat for declining bird populations and the endangered Mission blue butterfly, and the preservation of the historic resources at Battery Construction 129.

From improving habitat for endangered species to protecting clean drinking water, people like you make incredible work possible across New Mexico.

They've also made an effort to improve the habitat surrounding the pier, such as building artificial reefs and installing special nets on the back side of barge moorings to cultivate water - cleaning muscles.

By covering dirt with leaves, sticks, old plant stalks and other natural materials, you will not only make it less attractive to cats, but also improve habitat for bumblebees and other ground - nesting insects and help fertilize the soil for your plants, Lawson says.

Naperville Park District crews will conduct prescribed ground - level burns throughout the city over the next few weeks in an effort to improve the habitat for native plants.

«We will be working together to deliver environmental water to smaller local wetland and floodplain sites to improve habitat and provide refuges for endangered and threatened native bird and fish species such as the Regent Parrot and the Murray Hardyhead,» Mr Reilly said.

Goals included reforestation and creation of forest corridors to improve habitat, especially for migratory birds, and working with coffee farmers to re-establish shade trees and convert to organic production.

PITTSFIELD, MA — Mass Audubon's Berkshires Sanctuaries will be working this fall to improve habitat for bobolink and other grassland birds in a field at its Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Pittsfield.

Mass Audubon's Berkshires Sanctuaries will be working to improve habitat this fall for bobolink and other grassland birds in a field at its Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Pittsfield.

Cuomo says the initiative will improve habitats for New York marine life.

A federal judge ruled last week that a federal agency's actions to improve habitats for endangered species along the Missouri River exacerbated floods, causing damage to local farmers whose land was temporarily inundated.

That's how a new and improved habitat — whimsically called La Chalupa, Spanish for a type of fishing boat with a tendency to capsize — got its start.

Yesterday was Earth Day, and we invited everyone to send us photos and videos of how they were celebrating the 45th annual event — or pitching in to improve our habitat.

«If we use low - impact development approaches to storm - water management instead of just building bigger storm water pipes, we can reduce flooding, have cleaner water, and improve habitat for wildlife.»

Fire events and grazing may improve habitat and / or hunting success for the predators of small mammals, however, such impacts have not been documented.

«This strategy's four actions areas - tackling feral cats, providing safe havens for species at risk, improving habitat and intervening to avert extinctions - are commendable,» said Kelly O'Shanassy, Australian Conservation Foundation chief executive.

Since 2009, NPS and Parks Conservancy staff have worked together to improve habitat for endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout, maintain habitat for threatened California red - legged frogs, decrease flooding on nearby roads, and create a self - sustaining ecosystem that requires minimal future intervention.

The recent removal of feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island should improve habitat for harvest mice, which may become more widely and densely distributed on the island.

Several months ago, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced a new agreement with farmers and ranchers that requires them to «voluntarily» implement measures that will improve habitat for a variety of species.

Improving Habitat With Art «It was great to have artists this year that understood the importance of using only natural materials and techniques that would not harm the environment of the wetlands nature preserve and help to improve the habitat for the wildlife,» Allen wrote on the project's blog.

The project aimed to enhance bird conservation by improving habitats.