The vast body of EU environmental law which now exists has played a vital role in improving habitat and species protection in Europe as well as contributed to improvements in air and water quality and waste management.
That allows grasslands and meadows to recover, improving habitat for small mammals and songbirds.
Among other things, the bill would help cities develop parks and recreation areas, compensate state and local governments for lost tax revenue when they buy land from private owners, and offer incentives for improving habitat for endangered wildlife.
As tourism has soared in the last two decades, and as Park Service biologists have spent thousands of hours improving habitat for endangered birds and turtles, gas drilling has declined sharply.
"This strategy's four actions areas – tackling feral cats, providing safe havens for species at risk, improving habitat and intervening to avert extinctions – are commendable," said Kelly O'Shanassy, chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Timber executives these days do not talk about "getting out the cut," as Mr. Mulligan said, but about improving habitat for elk, whose numbers near the North Fork, one of the Clearwater's wildest areas, dwindled to about 2,600 last year from about 11,500 in the late 1980's, according to Idaho Fish and Game.
Instead, Lewis and other committee members say that the focus of recovery efforts must be on improving habitat for spawning and rearing.
Limiting the modification of remaining habitat (e.g. removing stock grazing) and improving habitat quality are required to assist in the conservation of this species.
We suggest that restoring connectivity, improving habitat quality and removal of invasive species could be effective conservation strategies for the declining populations of crucian carp in agricultural landscapes.
