Sentences with phrase «wildlife surveys with»

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This technology is helping DEC with everything from petroleum spills and wildlife surveys to search and rescue missions, forest fires, and natural disasters.»

He began in 2008 with standard wildlife surveys, observing species at six sites — three logged and three unlogged, including two in a forest adjacent to Iwokrama.

The survey investigated landowners» experiences with the habitat program and what they thought the effects of management were for their land and its wildlife.

Carried out on Ashmore Reef (tropical) and Macquarie Island (Sub-Antarctic), the research found that the ever - increasing precision provided by drones, along with the ability to survey hard - to - reach populations, may mean that wildlife monitoring projects move from traditional methods to drone technology.

Although carbon capture and storage has attracted a growing number of advocates, including environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council, it has also attracted its fair share of detractors, such as Greenpeace, and skeptics including the U.S. Geological Survey's Yousif Kharaka (pdf), who has shown that leaking CO2 can make surrounding water acidic, mix with brine and leach metals, and pose potential health risks to people and wildlife.

Even more dangerous is lead shot in gut piles left behind by hunters and consumed by scavengers, including endangered condors, said Barnett Rattner, a wildlife toxicologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and a co-author of the review.

It's clear that eliminating DDT as a common agricultural pesticide has had marked environmental benefits, according to Chandler Robbins, an 89 - year - old wildlife biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, who worked directly with Carson in the 1940s.

During the two - week survey of Penang Hill — a rolling, mountainous landscape thick with tropical hardwood trees — the international team created species lists that will contribute valuable data for mapping the region's distribution of wildlife.

With two research icebreakers, over 100 geologists and geographers from Canada and the United States, three Inuit mammal spotters on the watch for vulnerable wildlife, and two underwater autonomous vehicles that can operate beneath sheet ice, a geological survey team set out last night to crush their way through the last untrammelled regions of the Arctic, mapping the sea floor as they go.

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.

(I blurbed her book: «With humour and accuracy, Helen Pilcher surveys the wondrous array of wildlife de-extinction and preservation projects that employ current breakthroughs in genomic technology.»)

Had a personal encounter with a rare baby snake making its way inside my sleeve outside my office while this character was absorbed in describing the projects he undertook, some paid - most unpaid, doing surveys and head counts and relocations for wildlife bodies and for exploration companies.

'» The park is working with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and other institutions to survey wildlife during the next year and compare the diversity they find to that recorded by surveys taken between 1908 and 1945.

NYSERDA's aerial wildlife survey is being conducted in coordination with visual surveys planned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Navy, BOEM and others, which will ensure maximum synergy in data collection and provide corroboration of species identification, distribution and behavior.

Expert at budget and proposal preparation, hiring and training field survey crews, coordinating with clients, designing wildlife studies to meet the needs of clients and resource agencies, study implementation, and report preparation including Bird an...

Park Ranger — Duties & Responsibilities Highly trained in resource and wildlife management in academic and field settings Assist Texas Parks and Wildlife with prairie restoration project Responsible for trail clearance, seed collection, and seed cleaning Conduct agricultural and wildlife surveys, inventories, and analysis Manage wildlife projects such as alligator relocation and mourning dove banding Direct elk, Montezuma quail, and scaled quail capture and blood sampling Oversee cattle and horse tagging, vaccinations, branding, herding, and training Perform telemetry work and utilize industry equipment including Locate 3 Operate machinery including backhoes, skid steer, tractors, and welding equipment Serve as a public speaker for Sul Ross State University and Texas Parks and Wildlife Recognized for excellence in leadership and dedication to natural stewardship Represent profession with poise, integrity, and positivity