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The Northern Right Whale
Right whale habitat is being degraded or lost to shipping and military operations in key regions. Furthermore, although the 1994 critical habitat designation (see below) of three feeding and/or nursery grounds may help to curb habitat degradation, the pollution of these areas due to ...
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The Northern Right Whale Page 2
Critical Habitat Designation and the No-Approach Zone: Effective July 5, 1994, three areas of the right whale's range in the United States were declared to be critical habitat by the NMFS.(8) This designation increases public awareness of the species' plight and strengthens the protection offered by the ESA and the MMPA by insuring that habitat is not ...
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Land Letter
With so much new land exposed in the Glen Canyon National ... areas to which the flycatcher can retreat when the habitat becomes immersed again. Humphrey said those considerations are included in the new critical habitat designation for the bird, proposed last week (Land ...
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Critical Habitat - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Critical Habitat Designations Critical habitat designations must be based on the best scientific information available, in an open public process, within specific timeframes. A critical habitat designation does not ... The Secretary of Commerce may exclude an area from critical habitat if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of designation, unless excluding the area will result in the ...
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Feds Approve Critical Sturgeon Habitat
Portland, Ore. challenged the initial habitat designation as too small. "The sturgeon is on the brink of extinction and desperately needs restoration of critical habitat to survive," center spokesman Noah ... Act requires the designation of habitat that is critical to the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management or protection. The designation does not ...
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Spotted owl habitat slashed as population declines - Los Angeles Times
East Coast cousin that migrated across Canada and has been working its way south. Conservation groups said the critical habitat designation and a ... Bush administration agreed to produce a new spotted owl recovery plan and review the critical habitat designation under terms of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the timber industry. An updated ...
latimes.com

Catholicos Karekin II Work Project kicks off -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l
Thank you for visiting the official Habitat for Humanity International Web site. © 2008 Habitat for Humanity® International. All rights reserved. "Habitat for Humanity" is a registered service mark owned by Habitat ...
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NCMC Conservation News - NCMC Asks for Habitat Protection for Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico as a "habitat area of particular concern" (HAPC) under its Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan ... yellowfin tuna longline fisheries still threatens the dwindling spawning population. An HAPC designation under the Essential Fish Habitat provisions of federal law (the Magnuson-Stevens Act) would provide additional ...
savethefish.org

Heritage Conservancy: Congress Approved Wild and Scenic River Designation for the Musconetcong River
Scenic River Designation for the Musconetcong River Congress Approved Wild and Scenic River Designation for the Musconetcong River Congress Approved Wild and Scenic River Designation for the ... naturally reproducing trout populations and regionally important populations of wildlife and critical habitat for state-listed threatened, endangered or rare species present within the river corridor ...
heritageconservancy.org

Office of Habitat Conservation
Unlike many shallow-water tropical corals, cold-water corals grow, mature ... Fisheries Management Council has made the identification of cold-water corals a priority on the designation of their HAPC's to note particular attention to these vulnerable habitats. HAPC's ...
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