habitat

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By effectively creating a floating saltmarsh, the project aims to provide vital habitat for fish and marine life, enhance biodiversity, and restore valuable ecosystem functions to heavily modified coastal environments.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

To help control it and provide habitat for fish and birds, California agencies have been building berms and sending water flowing into man-made ponds along the shore, creating new wetlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The committee’s authority is limited to very uncommon circumstances in which there are no “reasonable and prudent alternatives” that would avoid jeopardizing a listed species or impair a species’ critical habitat.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

After two years of careful preparation, licensing and habitat creation, the beavers were released into a purpose-built enclosure at the estate.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In 1920 Australian entomologists were sent to North and South America to study insect enemies of the prickly pears in their native habitat.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson