Wildlife Management Articles
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Water Monitoring & Research in the Great Fen
The Great Fen, a vast landscape located in Cambridgeshire, England, and home to two National Nature Reserves, is currently undergoing one of the largest restoration projects of its type in Britain – the restoration and transformation of a landscape for the benefit of both wildlife and people. What started out as wildlife recording in the 1800’s, an annual program of ...
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Managing Waste in the Most Remote Regions of the World
REMOTENESS...for some the dream, for others despair. For mining and oil companies it's a commonly faced obstacle in the way of their waste management strategies. It is easy for people to forget their own morals when no one is looking, to not care about leaving waste with no one around. As the world's population grows, remote locations become fewer and those small areas of untouched earth should ...
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What Is a Sponge City?
New approach to infrastructure uses nature-based planning to mitigate urban impacts on hydrology The Sponge City concept is a Chinese urban planning model that relies on natural stormwater management infrastructure, with a focus on flood control and mitigating urban development’s impacts on hydrology and ecosystems. Its goal is to increase infiltration, detention, storage, treatment, and ...
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Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Guidelines
The Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Guidelines provides the desired concentration of substances in the environment to enforce the protection of pathways. It includes protection of water, air, soil and sediments. The pathway-specific criteria applied in the guidelines are informed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. The Ministry of Environment is responsible for the ...
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The Basics of Goose Prevention
Winter is on its way. Along with colder temperatures, this season also brings an overwhelming number of migrating Canada Geese. As a passerby, these birds can be innocuous or even charming. However, when it is your land that the geese have claimed as their winter vacation getaway, they suddenly stop seeming so harmless. Not only are geese irritating—they can be dangerous as well. Part of ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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Wild Life Conservation - Case Study
There is an increasing pressure on our natural resources due to rapid industrialization and commercialization. The resultant pollution is not only harmful to humans but also to plants and animals. Moreover, there is the threat of poaching in wildlife areas. The Prkruti device can be helpful to track the pollution and atmospheric levels within the wildlife protected ...
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Abu Dhabi Pivots from Thermal to Reverse Osmosis Desalination
Technological advances are making membrane processes more efficient than ever Currently, reverse osmosis (RO) desalination accounts for 60% of Oman’s capacity, and the majority of Saudi Arabia’s planned capacity will rely on reverse osmosis. While reverse osmosis has become the preferred desalination process worldwide, the Middle East has remained a stronghold of large-scale thermal ...
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Don`t Let Material Shortages Hurt Your Business
Have you noticed your orders are taking longer than usual to ship? Or that suppliers are frequently out of stock with extremely long wait times? Or, perhaps you’ve been perplexed by the seemingly high number of empty shelves in many stores you’ve visited? There’s a reason for this—what you’re witnessing is one of the most prominent rippling effects of the Coronavirus ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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British Columbia Approved Water Quality Guidelines: Aquatic Life, Wildlife and Agriculture
The British Columbia (BC) Water Quality Guidelines (WQG) was developed by the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV), and it provides the safe levels for substances to enforce protection of water used for drinking, agriculture, aquatic life, recreation and wildlife. The Environmental Management Act provides the basis for the formation and implementation of WQG through ...
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How can sediment control help your construction site?
Soil erosion and sediment runoff to waterways are significant problems that affect many construction sites. Sediment controls are essential to managing your construction effectively and ensure no sediment is lost during your project. What is Sediment Control? Sediment control is a practice or method designed to keep eroded soil on a construction site. Erosion and sediment runoff result in the ...
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Safe Wildlife Crossing in Monticello, Utah - Case study
The Oldcastle Infrastructure three-sided bridge offered a solution for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to create a large, open underpass crossing in a remote part of the state to allow elk to continue migrating safely past US-191. THE CHALLENGE Elk migration patterns created a need for a structure that was large enough to not disrupt their routine, and ...
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Great American Outdoors Act Provides Billions of Dollars for Overdue Repairs and Maintenance of U.S. National Parks
Congress recently passed the most significant piece of land conservation legislation in a generation. The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA)—a rare bipartisan effort—will provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually and will put $9.5 billion over the next five years toward the deferred maintenance backlog on public lands. The GAOA provides ...
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Golden Algae Treatment Success
The Challenge: In recent years Golden Algae has become a growing problem, causing fish kills and aquatic health issues in the fall and winter. Chemical management through the use of copper sulfate is not very effective even in the short term. In the long term, copper sulfate is toxic to many of the beneficial aquatic algae, bacteria and protozoa that can potentially compete with the golden ...
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British Columbia Approved Water Quality Guidelines (Canada)
1. Why do we have British Columbia Approved Water Quality Guidelines? The British Columbia Approved Water Quality Guidelines (BC WQG) are policy statements that stipulate environmental benchmarks. The guidelines provide safe levels of substances for the protection of given water use, including drinking water, aquatic life, recreation and agriculture. The guidelines are developed so that water ...
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Waste Recycling: An Opportunity for Refiners?
The Circular Economy has been established as the number one priority in the European Green Deal and innovative recycling technologies are helping refiners to apply the concept to downstream. Our new blog post explores the implications of the circular economy for refiners and the opportunities that waste recycling technologies offer, including the potential of chemical recycling. The Circular ...
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Why Horizontal Directional Drilling Is Preferred Today
Horizontal directional drilling can be defined as any processes which are carried out to reduce the need for surface excavation. There are many reasons why contractors prefer the trenchless approach. The first is to minimize the cost associated with ground excavation. The second main reason is environmental protection. Directional drilling is quickly getting adopted as the method for laying ...
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Our kids are starting a climate revolution. Let’s join them before it’s too late.
A few days ago, I sent a memo to all my staff encouraging them to leave the office today, Sept. 20 (or Sept. 27), and join the youth-led strikes and marches across Canada to highlight the need for urgent action to address climate change. After that, I sent emails out to fellow CEOs and business leaders I know urging them to give their staff time off to strike. It’s not something I did ...
By GLOBE Series
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Frankfurt Airport uses the Aerolaser Handheld, a very safe bird control tool - Case Study
Frankfurt Airport (Germany) is the largest airport in the country and one of the busiest airports in Europe. The airport is surrounded by forests, nature conservation areas, several lakes, and a river. And most importantly, there is the largest undeveloped grassland in the region which attracts many bird species such as buzzard, kestrel, pigeon, starling, and heron for feeding, resting, and ...
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Laser bird repellent solves bird problem in wine grape industry - Case Study
Griffin’s vineyard achieved a 99.8% reduction in birds with laser bird repellent Location: Sonoma County, California, USA Application context: Vineyard Problem definition: Crop loss due to bird damage in the vineyard Pest bird species: Finches (Passerida) Bird behavior: Foraging and perching Time of bird presence during the year: June – September Time of bird presence during ...
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Storage Solution for WDDGS
You’re familiar with the issues: Wet cake / WDDGS has a short life. It spoils after a few days in the summer. And because it’s kept outdoors, it attracts rodents and other animals. Besides this, it makes a mess. It doesn’t pile high and can spread into roadways. So, what would it be worth if you could reduce the mess and increase the lifespan of your wet cake? By storing wet ...
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