FWS coastal habitat programs

Article Abstract:

The Fish and Wildlife Service believes in the need to conserve coastal ecosystems, prompting it to start a coastal conservation effort, which has three core programs. While the Coastal Program identifies resource problems, forms partnerships for conservation projects and promotes public involvement, the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program inspires improvement of coastal wetlands and tidelands by providing grants to coastal states. Meanwhile, the Coastal Barriers Resource System limits government subsidies for development in certain coastal barriers.

Laws, regulations and rules, Protection and preservation, Conservation of natural resources, Natural resource conservation, Coastal ecology

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A lost piece of the puzzle

Article Abstract:

The extinction of the dodo, raphus cuculatus, may have been responsible for the decline in tambalacoque, Sideroxylon grandiflorum. The large Mauritian tree was feared to be in danger in the 1970s. It is possible that the tough seeds of the tambalacoque may have resulted from an adaptive resistance to crushing in a dodo's gizzard. This may have made the seed pit so thick that it is unable to germinate without abrasion of its outer wall. The survival of the tree has been promoted by abrading its seeds.

Research, Analysis, Environmental aspects, Wildlife management, Trees, Trees (Plants), Extinct birds

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Working with states to conserve wetlands

Article Abstract:

The Fish and Wildlife Service has launched a competitive matching grants program to help States conserve valuable coastal wetlands. Hawaii restored its Hamakua wetlands to regain habitat for four endangered birds, while Florida received matching funds for the protection and improvement of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The program was introduced after the passage of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act.

Political aspects, Wetland conservation

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