It is apparently some kind of wildlife habitat, because there are all kinds of tiny livestock roaming about.
For Houck, it was just the beginning of a career in crusading for preserving wildlife habitat within the city limits.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust objected to the development because of the loss of hedgerow, wildlife habitat, and grassland with "diverse botanical composition".
The reinvestment of revenues from oil and gas extraction into the permanent protection of parks, open spaces, wildlife habitat, and access for recreational activities.
The dirt, like other Miracle-Gro soil, includes peat from a "precious wildlife habitat, " says Craig Bennett, a senior corporate campaigner for Friends of the Earth.
The company has 10 programs certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council.
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In this position he established the firm's first wildlife habitat.
Located mid-way between the town of Jackson Hole and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, close to the Grand Teton National Park and the Snake River, the community of some 27 homes on about 640 acres includes hundreds of protected acres on which there is a wildlife habitat with swans, elk moose, eagles, and osprey.
Additionally, certain sections of the Walmart green roof will feature wildlife-attracting habitat features such as compost piles and water basins.
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Now if you too want to turn your back garden into a haven for our feathered friends, the RSPB is holding its Feed the Birds event on Saturday and their local teams have lots of advice on transforming your garden into a wildlife-rich habitat.
The churchyards also make a perfect habitat for wildlife such as butterflies, slow worms, lizards and bats.
He added that the findings had implications for habitat and wildlife management strategies.
This program pays farmers to convert cropland into grassland or forest, in order to preserve soil and create more habitat for wildlife.
Although conventional parks, with ball fields, playgrounds and tennis courts, are important, natural habitat where wildlife can thrive is also critical, Houck says.
There are 17 known spots designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as critical habitat for the rock frog, all of them on private land.
Recognising this concern, the SDC recommended that any project given the green light would have to be in "full compliance" with EU habitat and wildlife directives.
The council said it is working to restore the rare habitat and Lancashire Wildlife Trust has bought part of the land to turn into a nature reserve.
The researchers say that 98% of the money raised is spent on purchasing or leasing habitat within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Environmental Program said the wetlands, which had been regarded as "a key natural habitat for people, wildlife and fisheries, " have bounced back to about 40 percent of the area they covered in the 1970s.
So much wildlife has been displaced from its natural habitat that deer were running loose in the streets, desperate for water.
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"The Fish and Wildlife Service is really interested in trout habitat, designing culverts so fish can move to cooler waters, " Prickett said.
At the time, it was also used as a habitat for a range of wildlife, including buffalo, zebra, gazelles and leopards, which frequently strayed onto the farmland from the neighbouring grasslands.
Warner Bros. also works with global organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the World Wildlife Fund and Doctors Without Borders.
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And since 1937, Ducks Unlimited, a hunting conservation group, has protected 60 million acres of wetlands critical habitat for ducks and 900 other wildlife species.
This year, we also mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, which provided permanent and dependable funding for habitat conservation.
According to Paul Balkenbush, stream fish biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, improved culvert designs allow native smallmouth to reach necessary habitat at high flows.
Nearly 10, 000 square miles were effected by the spill, including a national forest, four national wildlife refuges, three national parks, five state parks, four state critical habitat areas and a state game sanctuary.
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