Undisturbed habitat set aside to protect certain species of fish or wildlife. In the US, a wildlife refuge is administered at the federal level by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wildlife Conservation Efforts Have Limited Impact
Although limited conservation efforts within Africa and internationally are helping some of these species remain barely viable, fighting extinction is an uphill battle, ...
wildlife refuges - land set aside to protect certain species of fish or wildlife (administered at the federal level in the U.S. by the Fish and Wildlife Service).
windpower - power or energy derived from the wind (via windmills, sails, etc.).
wildlife habitat Suitable upland or wetland areas promoting survival or wildlife.
wildlife refuge An area designated for the protection of wild animals, within which hunting and fishing are either prohibited or strictly controlled.
wildlife refuge: An area designated for the protection of wild animals, within which hunting and fishing are either prohibited or strictly controlled.
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Wildlife Ecology and Management
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Destruction of wildlife habitats by increasing pressure for land by fast-growing human populations, pollution and over-exploitation.
Help America's wildlife refuges manage invasive plants.
I am in danger of extinction because the sea ice where I live is melting. I was recently added to the list of threatened species in the United States.
Health damage to wildlife, vegetation and crops have prompted concern about the health effects of contaminants in humans.
AANWR- Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AAP- Asbestos Action Program
AAPCO- American Association of Pesticide Control Officials
AARC- Alliance for Acid Rain Control ...
These brackish water ecosystems shelter and feed marine life, birds and wildlife. evapotranspiration Water loss from soil including evaporation and transpiration from the surfaces of plants.
Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit This free tool helps teachers tell their students about individual climates and how they are affected by global warming.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) used to develop wetland data bases. The system was developed by Lewis M. Cowardin of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others. The five major systems are Estuarine, Lacustrine, Marine, Palustrine, and Riverine.
They can be found in salt flats, places where salt water is evaporated commercially to produce salt and are an important food source to many wildlife species, such as flamingos.
Short for National Parks and Wildlife Service, which works under the Department of the Environment, ...
Forests are often used to reclaim former mine lands so that formerly unproductive areas provide wildlife habitat, clean water, and forest products.
planting trees on abandoned agricultural fields to improve wildlife habitat and provide future income, ...
reintroduction: a wildlife management technique used to place species back into an area where they had disappeared or become dangerously low in numbers.
A rating that indicates the capability of land for some use such as agriculture, forestry, recreation, or wildlife. In the Canadian system, it is a grouping of lands that have the same relative degree of limitation or hazard.
They pile up in reservoirs, rivers and harbors, destroying fish and wildlife habitat, and clouding the water so that sunlight cannot reach aquatic plants.
ecotourism: Ecotourism is when people visit a place to see the exotic wildlife and natural habitats. Many countries use ecotourism money to help their economy while protecting their natural habitats.
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species
Wildlife Management
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Multiple Use: Use of land for more than one purpose; e.g., grazing of livestock, watershed and wildlife protection, recreation, and timber production. Also applies to use of bodies of water for recreational purposes, fishing, and water supply.
dioxin: the popular name for a family of organic compounds that bio-accumulate with toxic effect in humans and wildlife.
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(adapted from G. A. Cole, Textbook of Limnology, 4/e, Waveland Press, 1994; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Aquatic Habitat Inventory Training Materials; M.J. Caduto, Pond and Brook, University Press of New England, 1990) ...
PBT-a material that is considered to be persistent in the environment, Bioaccumulative, and toxic to fish and wildlife.
Land used for crops, pasture, and livestock; the adjacent uncultivated land that supports other vegetation and wildlife; and the associated atmosphere, the underlying soils, groundwater, and drainage networks.
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1. In recreation management, the amount of use a recreation area can sustain without loss of quality. 2. In wildlife management, the maximum number of animals an area can support during a given period.
Instream flow: The amount of flow required to sustain stream values, including fish, wildlife, and recreation.
grazing of livestock, wildlife production. recreation,
watershed, and timber production. Could also apply to use
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Economics interfaces with environment in three main areas: the environment is a source of natural resources; the environment provides "natural goods" (landscape, scenic views, wilderness, all species of wildlife), ...
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) - An area on Public Lands where special management attention is required to protect and prevent irreparable damage to historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources, ...
Integrated resource planning: The management of two or more resources in the same general area, such as water, soil, timber, grazing land, fish, wildlife and recreation.
area that is regularly saturated by surface or groundwater and, under normal circumstances, capable of supporting vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; they are critical to sustaining many species of fish and wildlife, ...
Certified Wood: Under the guidance of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), wood-based materials used in building construction that are supplied from sources that comply with sustainable forestry practices, protecting trees, wildlife habitat, ...
Many of these substances have been associated with developmental, reproductive and other health problems in wildlife and laboratory animals. Some experts suggest these compounds may affect humans in similar ways.(9) ...
Areas with more impervious, or nonporous, surfaces generate more runoff, which not only can contaminate and warm stream waters but also can degrade stream channels and banks. These changes have major impacts on the fish and wildlife that inhabit ...
The space you live on pushes aside wildlife. You contaminate the rivers and oceans with your waste. Your garbage piles up in enormous heaps. The sum total of this damage is your ecological damage is your footprint.
DEC administers programs that regulate discharges into air and water, the disposal of solid and hazardous waste, protection of natural resources and wildlife management.
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