Sentences with phrase «wetland habitat»

If precipitation increases in this region, the amount of wetland habitat for plovers could continue to decline.

This is part of the Parks Conservancy's long - term partnership with the National Park Service to restore the entire Redwood Creek Watershed, into Muir Woods and Dias Ridge, to protect wetland habitat for threatened and endangered species, such as Coho salmon and California red - legged frog.

Exploring the fields, forests, and wetland habitats at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in Leesburg

This treaty is intended to protect wetland habitat of migratory shore birds whose numbers are in severe decline worldwide.

PLYMOUTH, MA — Mass Audubon's new Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, situated on a former Plymouth cranberry bog being restored to its original freshwater wetland habitat, is now open and welcoming all visitors from the community, throughout Southeast Massachusetts, and beyond.

Plans for the 6 - acre site involve re-creating and preserving a natural wetlands habitat for passive recreation and education for area schools, said Sharon Adams.

Malaysia and Indonesia are the world's main producers of palm oil; here, plantations are leading to rapid rainforest and wetland habitat destruction.

Birds — improved wetland habitat for waterbirds with a total of 52 species of waterbirds observed across 49 survey sites, including threatened and listed species such as the threatened blue - billed and freckled ducks recorded in wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water

For more than 40 years, the boardwalk has enabled visitors to enjoy the property's expansive wetland habitat and observe birds and other wildlife it supports.

Ducks Unlimited has complained that the bill would lead to the destruction of wetland habitat mallards need to survive and reproduce.

The slicks threaten the birds and their fragile wetland habitat only a few months after brown pelicans were removed from the US federal endangered and threatened species list in November last year.

But the model can identify a solution that increases the area of wetland habitat with the best use of available water, labor and financial resources.»

Study co-author David Rosenberg, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at USU, says if refuge managers implement the model's recommendations, they could nearly double the area of productive wetland habitat using existing resources.

The floral turnover may have affected terrestrial vertebrate communities as the loss of wetland habitat space and an increase in arid climate adapted plants may have dwindled the supply of palatable vegetation for herbivores.

According to Joseph P. Gill, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, impacts associated with sea level rise are already being seen along Maryland's coast, such as the documented loss of islands within the Chesapeake Bay, as well as visible changes to wetland habitats all along Maryland's low - lying eastern shore.

Our core programs include the conservation / restoration of wetland habitats through direct acquisition, agreements with landowners, working with industry groups and advancing government programs and legislation.

Dunsapie Loch, one of two man - made lochs within the park, is an important wetland habitat for birds and other wildlife.

Rabbits, coyotes, opossums and other small mammals dwell there, as well as many amphibious creatures - all attracted to its rich and unique wetland habitat.

All rooms have an ensuite and are spacious and tastefully decorated with views of the garden's thriving wetland habitat.

The lagoons provide valuable wetland habitat for many birds, reptiles, fish, and plant species.

The Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge provides 700 acres of some of the last remaining natural wetland habitat in Hawaii.

Your first stop on this two day tour will be the Window on the Wetlands where you can learn about wetland habitats.

In Florida, the New Tampa Nature Park features access to wetland habitats via an elevated boardwalk.

Mass Audubon's new Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, situated on a former Plymouth cranberry bog being restored to its original freshwater wetland habitat, is now open and welcoming all visitors from the community, throughout Southeast Massachusetts, and beyond.

«We're going to be taking 50,000 cubic yards of dredged sentiment from the Buffalo River and utilizing it here on Unity Island to help restore 10 acres of wetland habitat, providing an access for fish and wildlife to move freely between the Niagara River and isolated water bodies here on the island,» said Lieutenant Colonel Adam Czekanski, the Army Corps of Engineers» Buffalo District Commander.

The 209 hectares of rice fields on IRRI's experiment farm form a mosaic patchwork of different crop stages and varying degrees of wetland habitats, which make them a bird Keeping a healthy rice ecosystem is a target for IRRI on the farm.

Watch the pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, and cows in the farmyard; see how crops are sustainably grown; walk the trails explore field, forest, and wetland habitat; and observe resident owls, hawks, a fisher, and a fox in the native wildlife exhibit.

While exploring field, forest, and wetland habitats, students will search for the food, water, and shelter their animal needs for survival.

Their purchase of the former Girl Scout camp included a beaver pond and marsh to the east of the lake across Swamp Road, and it is this wetlands habitat which the couple presented to Mass Audubon.

The acquired land is situated within a wetland habitat known locally as the Barnum Street Swamp and will further support groundwater protection, biodiversity, and passive recreation.

In 2010, Liddell - Grainger criticised plans by the Environment Agency and Natural England to create a wetland habitat at Steart on the Severn estuary as part of a realignment of coastal flood defences.

The City of Buffalo and United States Army Corps of Engineers are partnering to restore a wetland habitat on Unity Island, using sediment removed from the Buffalo River to help build it.

Dr. J. W. Duckworth, the IUCN SSC Red List Authority for small carnivores, adds, «The conservation status of the carnivores which occur nowhere but Borneo and those of upper highland, extreme lowland and wetland habitats is particularly worrying.

Most of our drinking water comes from these upland peats and several iconic bird species such as the dunlin, golden plover and red grouse depend on these wetland habitats for nesting and feeding.

Actual construction of the facility will remove approximately 16 acres of upland and 3 acres of wetland habitat, and cut off nearly 3 more acres of wetland from the sea.

The Picayune Strand, the first CERP project under construction, is an area in Southwest Florida that was substantially disordered by a real estate development project, which disrupted the flow into the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, altered regional groundwater flows in surrounding natural areas, and drained a large expanse of wetland habitat.

We also manage over 6.4 million acres of wetland habitat that we have active agreements on.

In 2008, the Merrie Way parking facilities were expanded, views restored, and coastal dune scrub and wetland habitat protected.

Meander through wildflower covered meadows, pass through wetland habitats or walk miles of uninterrupted beach.

The Cannon Beach Trail follows the winding creek, passes through woodland and wetland habitat and the lagoons just east of downtown on 2nd Street.

Paths provide peripheral access to the wetland habitat.

A choice today between a day trip to Daydream Island's Living Reef or you could explore the wetland habitat around Airlie Beach.

The marking of a series of vertical lines on the wall is a manifestation of not only the sculpture's spatial relationship to its immediate surroundings, but also of the birds» fragility as defined by their migration movements, in search for ideal feeding conditions depending on human intervention on wetland habitats.

To address wildlife concerns, ACCIONA conducted environmental impact studies on birds, bats, and wetland habitat, which were shared during an extensive county permitting and review process during the project development phase.

Working together with more than 45,000 landowners and 3,000 conservation partners, the Program has successfully restored over 1,000,000 acres of wetland habitat; 3,000,000 acres of upland habitat and 11,000 miles of streams.

This project was approved under the condition that there would be no clearing within buffer zones designed to protect important rainforest and wetland habitats.