Sentences with phrase «wildlife preserves»

From hiking and fishing to exploring local wildlife preserves, this charming small town offers many different outdoor opportunities for local residents and tourists.
When the World Wildlife Fund installed a camera on the grounds of a forest in Indonesia's Riau Province, they were hoping to better understand the movement of the highly endangered Sumatran tigers that live there — but what they captured instead was devastation.The WWF installed heat - activated cameras in the forests of Indonesia to track the elusive and endangered tiger between two important protected wildlife preserves in Bukit Batabuh.
In addition to a Trump administration filled with climate deniers, and that wants to gut the EPA and cut NASA climate research funding, the schemes by many GOP lawmakers to transfer control of public lands — which includes national parks, national forests, wilderness areas and wildlife preserves — presents a unique, yet ultimately avoidable problem.
In states across the country, they're working to overturn conservation measures that protect land and wildlife preserves.
While there are still a few brown deserts, including a visit back to a location from the original game, for the most part you'll be exploring snowy ravines, lush wildlife preserves, acid swamps and more, making Pandora feel like a much richer place to explore and enjoy.
These group and family Costa Rica rainforest tour packages also include a guided tour of Tortuguero National Park plus many of Costa Rica's most famous attractions including beaches, volcanoes, rainforests, wildlife preserves and biological reserves.
If you make us your go - to resort for private or group tours of ecological wonders, wildlife preserves, exotic caves, scuba diving, Mayan ruin tours, tubing and other extraordinary experiences, you'll be doing exactly what our first visitor did: falling in love and spreading the word, so you too become part of our history.
In addition to historical sites, there are natural forests and wildlife preserves that flank the area and offer recreational opportunity to observe the area's natural beauty and experience outdoor adventure.
Take the trip of a lifetime on this secluded private retreat that boasts 10 miles of pristine beaches, 123 acres of natural wildlife preserves, and 30 miles of scenic biking trails!
In addition to the offshore attractions, these small beach towns also provide easy access to ancient Mayan sites, national parks, and wildlife preserves.
State parks and wildlife preserves provide outdoor adventure, while amusement parks add to its family - friendly appeal.
Tourists help the local economy and wildlife preserves keep the areas pristine and well maintained.
Amazingly, over 23 % of Costa Rica is now protected through nature wildlife preserves, biological reserves (to preserve the country's unique flora and fauna) and unbelievable National Parks, many with untouched virgin rainforests.
On the other hand, the B.S. degree is an intensive four - year program that will prepare you to work in a wide range of settings, including aquariums, biotechnology, hospitals, schools, laboratories, wildlife preserves, and zoos.
We have access to many beaches and wildlife preserves.
One problem that is often faced by wildlife preserves and zoos is that animals exhibit negative behavior traits and antisocial behavior because the environment that they are in is not their natural habitat.
Finally, the B.S. represents the epitome of Veterinary Technician training, and will prepare you to work in diverse and specialized settings, such as aquariums, biotechnology companies, veterinary hospitals, vet schools, research laboratories, wildlife preserves, and zoos.
Zoos, aquariums, wildlife preserves and parks need veterinarians to care for all the different types of animals that live there.
Many zoos and wildlife preserves make extensive use of animal behaviorists in order to help create enclosures that promote the comfort and health of their occupants.
In this activity, students simulate the effect that managed wildlife preserves have on endangered species.
«Republican sportsmen and sportswomen cherish America's protected wildlife preserves and understand how quickly protected lands can be snatched away from future generations by short - sighted political chicanery in Washington,» said NYLCV president Marcia Bystryn.
It would also be banned on state lands, like parks and wildlife preserves.
«Teen Camp emphasizes the development of leadership skills and the campers plan their own activities, which might include visiting different neighborhoods in the city or outdoor education in forest or wildlife preserves,» says program executive Jill Kawulok.
Fall is the perfect time to check out local nature trails or wildlife preserves.
We take the children to nature camps and on hikes in wildlife preserves.
With various national wildlife preserves around Boston that allow hunting.
Located in northern Florida, Jacksonville is a city with plenty to offer, including several zoos and wildlife preserves.
I'm lucky to have a wildlife preserve behind my house, and the highlight of my morning is being greeted by an overly excited catbird waiting for my breakfast offering of golden raisins and oranges.
Further, over 5,000 acres of the estate has been transformed into a wildlife preserve, home to jaguars, giant anteaters, macaws and owls.
There are mixed feelings: some have suggested treating Mars as a wildlife preserve, while others argue that existing planetary protection rules are too strict and could even hamper the hunt for life by making the most interesting destinations the hardest to explore.
Yet the human exodus has created a thriving wildlife preserve, scientists agree.
At present, the hot zone is in the northwest Republic of the Congo, where White says Ebola is advancing «like a weather front» on the border of Odzala National Park, a 3,475 - square - mile wildlife preserve that is home to about 50,000 gorillas.
The vibe in this wildlife preserve is sure to inspire.
Johnson stars in Rampage as Davis Okoye, a primatologist at a San Diego wildlife preserve who prefers the company of animals after his years of service in the military, and his time leading an anti-poaching unit.
Now working for a San Diego wildlife preserve, he has bonded with an albino gorilla he's named George (as the game's primate is known), with whom he communicates via sign language.
Bill Paxton gives a likable, low - key performance as zoologist Gregg O'Hara, who «rescues» Joe from his poacher - infested home in the African jungle and places him in a Southern California - based wildlife preserve, where Joe gets antsy.
In Koontz's class, each child maintains a folder that documents the monarchs» flight from a wildlife preserve in the mountains outside Mexico City, where the brilliantly hued insects look like a dazzling kimono as they cover the branches of the local oyamel trees.
Lineberger and her fellow teachers raised money from local businesses and the National Science Foundation to create a wildlife preserve and nature trail behind their 5 - year - old school.
These cats are currently being cared for by a community of fisherman and their families, but their proximity to a wildlife preserve requires that we move the cats onto private property.
Meet with a naturalist to learn about ongoing research in the wildlife preserve.
* Family: Xcaret An amusement park meets a wildlife preserve at Xcaret, which encompasses spider - monkey and jaguar islands, a bat cave, underground rivers, a saltwater aquarium and a re-creation of a Mayan village.
This park is the second biggest wildlife preserve in Europe and the biggest in the Alps, extending over a territory of 1,800 square km.
The park is the second biggest wildlife preserve in Europe and the biggest in the Alps, extending over a territory of 1,800 square kilometres.
Our excursion today, takes us by coach to Krimml in the Hohe Tauern National Park, the second largest wildlife preserve in Europe and home to the glorious Krimml Waterfalls, the largest waterfalls in Austria and thought to be the highest in Europe.
The hotel is located on a 1,100 - acre (445 - hectare) wildlife preserve on St. Andrews Bay.
In a pristine tropical landscape nestled between the Caribbean Sea and a wildlife preserve.
Ixtapa is located in the State of Guerrero, Mexico on the Pacific Coast in the area known as the Mexican Rivera, 200 Km north of Acapulco, is just 5 minutes drive from the fishing village of Zihuatanejo, 15 minutes from the endless virgin beaches of Troncones and about 30 minutes from the fabulous beaches and wildlife preserve lagoons at Barra de Potosi.
While the lodge is surrounded by tropical flora, a cluster of white sand beaches, wildlife preserve and waterfalls are nearby.
From this hotel you will find the famous waterfall with a short hike away and there is also a wildlife preserve, the best surfing beaches, a National Park you will find with a short driving distance.
Set on the Caribbean along a two - mile stretch of beach, Playa Mujeres feels wonderfully remote yet this resort oasis is only 20 minutes north of downtown Cancun, situated on the mainland sheltered by Isla Mujeres, on a 20 - mile peninsula separating the Caribbean and the Chacmochuc Lagoon, a national wildlife preserve.
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