habitat

Example Sentences

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The group hopes to improve the rare habitat by carrying out veteran tree care, glade creation and invasive-species control.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

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

The villages form a ring of human settlement around the volcano, and the ring is steadily closing around the forest on its slopes, a noose that is strangling the wild habitat of the mountain.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston