Sentences with phrase «wildlife departments in»

Dr. Atkinson was also instrumental in establishing veterinary units for the state wildlife departments in Montana and Nevada before leading a transboundary health policy initiative in Southern Africa.

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In early January, Moose Hill was awarded a Wildlife Habitat Management Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (Mass Wildlife) to increase upland habitat diversity and improve early successional habitat for plants and wildlife.

Mass Audubon has worked with local landowners, the Housatonic River Natural Resource Damages Fund, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to add almost 120 acres to the wildlife sanctuary in Sheffield, which will now total more than 360 acres.

The state's largest conservation nonprofit has worked with local landowners, the Housatonic River Natural Resource Damages Fund (HRNRDF), and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to add almost 120 acres to the wildlife sanctuary in Sheffield, which will now total more than 360 acres.

While last year the Farm Bureau secured nearly $ 1 million earmarked by Senator Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) for deer fencing to protect local crops, Mr. Gergela said this year his organization has $ 200,000 it will contribute to expanding wildlife sharpshooting efforts on the East End through the United States Department of Agriculture — a service Southold Town has utilized in recent years.

The federal Department of the Interior runs an adopt - a-horse-or-burro program to control the animals» populations in wildlife reserves.

«David Cameron must see to it that every department across Whitehall plays a part in cutting emissions and building a greener, wildlife - rich future.»

The city, however, didn't make the decision lightly, said Sarah Aucoin, the chief of wildlife and education at the Parks Department, in a statement.

Disapprove Alaska Predator Control Rule — Vote Passed (225 - 193, 12 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Interior Department on Aug. 5, 2016, that prohibits certain predator control practices in national wildlife refuges in Alaska (such as the taking of mother bears and their cubs, the killing of wolves and their pups at den sites, and aerial shooting).

ERIE COUNTY, NY — In collaboration with the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center, the New York State Department of Health and the USDA / APHIS Wildlife Services, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») is participating in a wildlife baiting rabies vaccination initiativIn collaboration with the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center, the New York State Department of Health and the USDA / APHIS Wildlife Services, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») is participating in a wildlife baiting rabies vaccination initiativin a wildlife baiting rabies vaccination initiative.

In April of 2011, the Parks Department provoked outrage among wildlife lovers who noticed signs warning of rat poison posted next to the hawks» nest in Riverside ParIn April of 2011, the Parks Department provoked outrage among wildlife lovers who noticed signs warning of rat poison posted next to the hawks» nest in Riverside Parin Riverside Park.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently secured state funding for a year - long biological survey of plant and wildlife on the island which is being conducted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation starting in January 2015.

But this past April the service largely succeeded, determining that enough wolves live in key areas and that they can be managed by most state wildlife departments.

«It's indiscriminate, intentional poisoning of wildlife,» says Brian Rowe, who recently retired as pesticide section manager at the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development in Lansing.

John Hargrove, a doctoral student in UF's wildlife ecology and conservation department, is the lead author on the study, published online June 5 in the journal PLOS ONE.

Researchers in the University of Wyoming's Department of Zoology and Physiology and Program in Ecology discovered that size does matter — as it pertains to the effectiveness of secondary species» wildlife protection relative to the size of a wildlife reserve set aside for an umbrella species.

«This is one more tool we can add to our tool box to help us combat this invasive species,» said Brian Smith, a graduate student in the UF / IFAS wildlife ecology and conservation department and lead author of a new study documenting the radio - tagging experiment.

Researchers in the University of Wyoming's Department of Zoology and Physiology and Program in Ecology discovered that reserve size and species similarity are the primary factors in determining whether multiple wildlife species are indirectly protected under the umbrella of a reserve created to enhance conservation for one species — in this case, the greater sage grouse in Wyoming.

Recently, some Iowa counties» departments of transportation are actively returning roadsides to the classic prairie vegetation — more to reduce maintenance costs than to benefit wildlife, says Leslie Ries, a conservation biologist at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

«Conservation of bird species should include decreasing noise in sensitive wildlife areas,» said Aaron Grade, who led the study as part of his master's thesis in the UF / IFAS wildlife ecology and conservation department.

«The Department of Wildlife Conservation [DWC] has been transferring elephants for many years,» says Prithiviraj Fernando, a wildlife biologist at the Centre for Conservation and Research in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, and the lead author of the new study.

Then, in 1990, the Indonesian wildlife department authorised the capture of 1000 of the birds, although only 90 were actually exported.

To find out, in 2004, Fernando, his colleagues from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, and DWC began monitoring those animals that the wildlife department identified as «problem elephants.»

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.

«We started this because state and federal agencies, such as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the U.S. Geological Survey, were interested in the effects of habitat change on nongame species of wildlife,» she says.

Dr. Kirk Winemiller, Texas A&M AgriLife Research fisheries scientist and Regents Professor in the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences at College Station, and Caroline Arantes, Winemiller's doctoral student, were the authors.

Dr. Hsiao - Hsuan «Rose» Wang, an AgriLife Research scientist at the wildlife and fisheries sciences department's ecological systems laboratory, is lead author on the recently published «Quantitative models of Rhipicephalus ticks: historical review and synthesis,» which appeared in the Sept. 14 Ecosphere Journal.

The Feral Swine / Pseudo-rabies Working Group co-organizers are Graham Hickling, research associate professor in the department of forestry, wildlife and fisheries at UT Knoxville and NIMBioS associate director of partner relations; Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics at UT Knoxville and NIMBioS associate director for education, outreach and diversity; and Les Real, professor of biology at Emory University.

He completed a residency in wildlife medicine at UCD and worked for California Department of Fish and Game as a wildlife veterinarian before coming to Hawaii in 1992.

«It is regrettable when a wildlife encounter results in human injuries and requires we euthanize the animal,» Alexandra Sandoval, the director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, said in a statement.

Osceola County animal control officers are putting their traps away after Health Department officials decided last week to halt a practice of trapping and killing wildlife when a rabies case is discovered.Before Friday, whenever a rabies case was confirmed, traps were set in the area where the rabid animal lived.

In addition to keeping your pet current on it's rabies vaccine, the Milwaukee Health Department recommends keeping pets on leashes and away from wildlife.

In New York State, the Department of Environmental Conservation licenses wildlife rehabilitators who can provide assistance and care for injured wildlife.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is reminding everyone to stop feeding wildlife in the wake of two separate javelina attacks near Sedona.

June 2, 2011 — Representatives from the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Rescue Services Department are assisting pets, wildlife and livestock in distress in the wake of Wednesday's devastating tornadoes in the Brimfield and Monson areas.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources handles wildlife issues in Anne Arundel County.

During Burns» first years as chief executive the Hawaiian Humane Society came under vehement activist criticism for allegedly sidestepping conflict with legal animal use industries, cockfighters with connections in high places, and especially ---- and perhaps most controversially ---- with the longtime Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources policy of trying to purge the islands of feral cats, mongooses, and other non-native wildlife.

Dr. Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC), explains how the New York State Wildlife Health Program — a partnership between AHDC and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that examines wildlife mortalities — recently discovered that out of 300 bald eagles tested in New York state, 17 percent had lead levels high enough to cause death from lead poisoning.

The Department of Natural Resources addresses not only wildlife, but also issues permits for zoos and inspects animals involved in an entertainment environment.

She was promoted to Animal Operations Manager in early 2008 and in addition to the current areas of oversight she has also previously managed the reception, volunteer and wildlife departments.

Because free - roaming community cats are in contact with wildlife, consider getting a rabies vaccination from your local Health Department or doctor.

Before becoming a veterinarian, he worked in Arizona for the Game and Fish Department, wrangling wayward wild creatures out of backyards and front porches (coyotes, javalina, alligators, Gila monsters, rattlesnakes, birds of prey, and even pelicans, to name a few) and also giving live wildlife presentations at school and outdoor venues.

Specialty areas in the department include wildlife health, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, genetics / genomics, neuroscience, cardiovascular science, and immunology.

In adopting the Florida Endangered and Threatened Species Act, (ETSA) the Legislature declared that the «State of Florida harbors a wide diversity of fish and wildlife and it is the policy of this state to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatened.»

The results from your investigations will supply vital baseline information on the Belizean coastline to enable the sustainable management of natural resources in the region and the protection of the marine wildlife in partnership with the Belize Fisheries Department.

Captivating cuisine: regionally sourced menus and partnership in the Gulf of Maine's Research Institute's Culinary program; Green by Design; features that range from recycled flooring and sheet rock to solar panels; Habitat Restoration: collaboration with the Department of Conservation around restoring habitat for endangered wildlife; and Indigenous Landscape: which supports local wildlife as well as fun and educational classes for guests.

A federal wildlife refuge has been taken over and all Interior Department offices in the area are shuttered.

Three of the confiscated tortoises were determined to be among others stolen in October from a wildlife sanctuary in central Myanmar, where WCS and TSA conservationists have been working with the Myanmar Forest Department to reintroduce the species back into the wild.

Over at another tall gray building, the United Nations, a campaign was unveiled involving the State Department, a couple of celebrities, and a coalition of countries and groups seeking to curb the trade in illegally - harvested wildlife and related products.

That's why it was encouraging to see Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton take an hour today at State Department headquarters to stress the importance of stemming the booming illicit global trade in wildlife.