Sentences with phrase «wildlife group says»

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It will improve wildlife habitats, help control flooding, improve streamwater quality, avoid added congestion and protect property values, said Kaaren Oldfield, a Glen Ellyn marketing and media consultant who headed an ad hoc advocacy group called Neighbors for Open Space, which supported the proposal.

Experts from a wildlife conservation group say a dead whale that washed up on a New York beach was likely hit by a boat.

The Liberal Democrats are said to oppose the «Boris Island» idea and environmental groups have warned it would be «a disaster for the climate, and, as a result, for people and wildlife in this country and globally.»

Governments should stop imposing conservation rules on communities and instead involve them in discussions, giving them power over how wildlife protection is carried out on their lands, says Francine Madden of the conservation group Human - Wildlife Conflict Collaboration.

A mismanaged government and widespread corruption have been the major stumbling blocks in saving Kenya's famed wildlife, says Agi Kiss, principal ecologist at the World Bank's Africa Environment Group.

«It's a large feast table of eggs that would never have hatched,» says Glenn Gauvry, director of Ecological Research & Development Group Inc., a wildlife conservation organization based in Milton, Delaware.

Environmental groups say that migration corridors are crucial for the recovery and survival of wildlife along the border.

«The predator - removal mind - set is deeply ingrained in many people, including those at these agencies,» says Bethany Cotton, attorney and wildlife program director at WildEarth Guardians, another advocacy group that challenges federal wildlife agencies over alleged lapses.

«We find the whole thing unconscionable and a clear indication that Alaska wildlife decision making is firmly rooted in the 1880s,» says Wayne Pacelle, the group's national director.

The findings from Otaki's group are «groundbreaking,» says Timothy Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, who also studies the effects of radiation on wildlife near Fukushima and Chernobyl.

«It's an unprecedented engagement that happened with private landowners and with state agencies to make sure that bird was not listed,» says Land Tawney, president of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a Montana - based group that advocates for public lands access and wildlife protections.

A more precise estimate of the antelope's range would help to target conservation efforts, says Nicholas Wilkinson, a Vietnam - based wildlife ecologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who is working with the conservation group WWF.

A proposal to ban plastic straws from bars has been put forward by campaign group Final Straw Cornwall who say the move would protect local wildlife.

«Feral cats are documented predators of native wildlife,» said Travis Longcore, science director for the Urban Wildlands Group.

Mariners share the concern of wildlife officials and environmental groups, said Dick McKenna, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, which monitors all vessel traffic in and out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

Traditional campaigns to protect wildlife tend to be conducted species by species, focused on, say, pandas or gray wolves, or on specific hot spots like Madagascar or on groups of species like whales.

The short book, Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World (published online as a pdf), says wildlife groups need to help encourage communities to shift mindsets, not just park boundaries.

The work, led by Kashmira Kakati, a wildlife biologist, and financed by the Government of Assam and a group of conservation organizations including the Wildlife Conservation Society, suggest that the forest is home to a range of valuable species, scientists familiar with the work said in announcing the findings.

«There are no Javan rhinos in captivity — if we lose the population in the wild, we've lost them all,» Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist at the wildlife group, said in a news release.

The company has fended off dozens of lawsuits from environmental groups and Alaskan tribes who say that drilling could threaten sensitive wildlife habitats.

First Wind has followed that ethic in New England, said Ted Koffman, executive director of Maine Audubon, a nonprofit wildlife conservation group that has monitored large wind developments for more than a decade.

Speaking on behalf of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), a campaign group that lobbies for tougher immigration laws and sterilisation, Sir David said: «I've seen wildlife under mounting pressure and it's not just from human economy or technology but behind every threat is the frightening explosion in human numbers.