FAIRFIELD COUNTY may be the engine of Connecticut's economic growth, but a few cities and towns in this critical corridor are challenging Connecticut Light and Power Company's current proposal to provide it with more power.
We used 587 interviews with local people in 441 36-km2 sampling units to assess the presence of jaguar and six prey species in a critical corridor in Central America, linking Bosawas Biosphere Reserve and Wawashan Nature Reserve in Nicaragua.
Page A8 BATTLE OVER AFGHAN ROUTE American and Afghan troops have killed at least 115 insurgents as part of a tough fight to gain control of a critical corridor and resupply route to a important American base in northeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and American military officers.
ASADABAD, Afghanistan — American and Afghan troops have killed at least 115 insurgents as part of a tough fight to gain control of a critical corridor and resupply route to a key American base in northeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and American military officers.
This is the establishment of critical green corridors that should be preserved and maintained for predominantly ecological functions, in advance of or in conjunction with new development.
Ed Arnett, chief scientist for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, said that some of this recent leasing is now taking place in large areas that serve as critical migration corridors for wildlife in the West.
The act has duly been watered down with the inclusion of "critical wildlife corridors," which promise more tribe-free wilderness playgrounds for rich people bouncing around in Land Rovers.
While it defends its turf on highway funding, ARTBA also is also pushing a proposal for a "critical commerce corridors" program, a long-term initiative focused on breaking up bottlenecks, widening roads, expanding access routes to airports and seaports and other projects related to freight movement.
