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Ecological restoration, despite being focused on plants, may also have "umbrella species" for individual ecosystems and restoration projects. [109] For example, the Monarch butterfly is an umbrella species for conserving and restoring milkweed plant habitat, because Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants to reproduce.
It is the largest dam removal project in history and the second largest ecosystem restoration project in the history of the National Park Service, after the Restoration of the Everglades. The controversial project, costing about $351.4 million, [1] has been contested and periodically blocked for
The highway elevation is part of a massive state-federal project, approved by Congress in 2000 with bipartisan support, that aims to undo damages wreaked upon these wetlands. “This is the biggest, most complicated and most expensive ecosystem restoration project in the world," said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.
The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992 was signed by the first President Bush after it was passed by Congress. The project was projected to cost $350 million. [9] The act authorized the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and remove the two dams on the river and restore the ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries.
The project just secured a $3 million WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project grant from the federal Bureau of Reclamation. The total cost for planning, permitting, design and ...
An STA covering 17,000 acres (69 km 2) was constructed in 2004, making it the largest environmental restoration project in the world. Fifty-five percent of the land necessary for restoration, totaling 210,167 acres (850.5 km 2), has been purchased by the State of Florida. A plan named "Acceler8", to hasten the construction and funding of the ...
The United Nations decade on Ecosystem Restoration began on World Environment Day, 5 June 2021. In a June 2021 report to help launch the decade, the UN called for nations to deliver on existing ecosystem restoration commitments, which in total add up to over 1 billion hectares, an area bigger than China. About half the world's GDP is directly ...
And yet California needs beavers — they are nature’s superlative ecosystem and water engineers. ... With pilot beaver relocations and the codification of the restoration project, California is ...