Word: habitat
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What's clear is that humans have expanded into habitat that was once the relatively exclusive domain of the cougar. "We're having more encounters because we're moving into their territory," says Lynn Sadler, executive director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, a national pro-cougar lobbying group based in Sacramento, Calif. "We are not only reducing the size of their available range but fragmenting it." She recalls a recent incident in Roseville, Calif., where a lion walked right through a brand-new apartment complex. The site straddled a natural pathway that lions used to travel between neighboring ranges. "There...
Ride your bike or take the #74 bus to Belmont center to Habitat for the Environment. It's a 15-minute walk from the bus stop to the site and the first visit is free to students...
Worse still, the heavy nets tear up the sea floor, damaging the habitat that provides food and shelter for the sea life being harvested. Environmentalists are pushing for the creation of zones where bottom trawling would be prohibited. Expect vigorous opposition from the fishing lobby...
Prospects have been bleak for sea turtles lately, but at least two species, Kemp's ridley and the loggerhead, are enjoying something of a population boom. New turtle-safe nets and government efforts to protect the animals and their habitat have helped, but experts also credit volunteers who patrol the beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs, protecting and, when necessary, moving the nests...
...trucking company, knows just how Graham feels. Last June she and her husband Ross, the firm's president, cashed in about 400,000 of their 2 million Northwest miles at a similar auction for the chance to build homes for the poor in rural Kentucky. Their partners on this Habitat for Humanity International project were Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. "How often do you get to swing a hammer and help change someone's life, while being in the company of a former President and First Lady?" Hare asks...