Habitat Restoration!
Here are some information for fellow Michigander's who are interested in reading up on habitat restoration, Habitat restoration is huge right now because so many animals in the wild are having their habitats taken away from them from either climate changes (global warming), Housing taking over forests, and many more reasons... Here are some links that have about different sorts of habitats such as praries,wetlands,grasslands,swamp,etc..
http://miwildlife.org/h-prairies.asp - History of Praries
http://miwildlife.org/h-wetlands.asp - Over a dozen reasons to restore wetland habitats
http://miwildlife.org/h-pge.asp - Establishment of Praries Grasses
older update about baby siamese crocs but if you haven't read it here it is!
Nineteen Baby Siamese Crocodiles Released in Lao PDR by Wildlife Conservation Society and Partners
Feb. 21, 2013 — The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today the successful release of 19 critically endangered baby Siamese crocodiles into a local wetland in Lao PDR, where they will be repatriated into the wild.
The 19-month-old hatchlings, approximately 70 cm (27 inches) in length, are part of a head-starting program where crocodiles are hatched at the Lao Zoo for eventual release into their native habitat.
Conservationists estimate that less than 250 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild due to overhunting and habitat loss.
The release took place in the village of Than Soum in the Xe Champhone wetland complex in Savanakhet Province near where the eggs of the 19 crocodiles were found during wildlife surveys in 2011.
The hatchlings were transported from the Lao Zoo to a 'soft release' pen and will remain for several months to acclimate with the local area. Members of the Village Crocodile Conservation Group will guard the pen and provide supplementary feeding of the hatchlings to ensure their survival. Once the rainy season begins, the water level in the wetland will rise and allow the crocodiles to swim away, where they will be monitored periodically by conservationists.
A public ceremony will take place on March 6th in Than Soum where local community members will celebrate this collaborative effort with WCS, Government of Lao PDR, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Minmetals Resources Limited, and the Lao Zoo.
WCS Lao PDR Program designed and implemented the release as part of the Community-based Crocodile Recovery and Livelihood Improvement Project. The goal of the program is the recovery of the local Siamese crocodile population and restoration of associated wetlands, linked by socio-economic incentives that improve local livelihoods.
"We are extremely pleased with the success of this collaborative program and believe it is an important step in contributing to the conservation of the species by involving local communities in long term wetland management," said Alex McWilliam a conservation biologist with WCS's Lao PDR Program. "The head starting component of this integrated WCS program represents a significant contribution to the conservation of this magnificent animal in the wild."
Rick Watsford, General Manager, MMG Lane Xang Minerals Limited Sepon, said: "MMG is proud to support the work of the Government of Lao PDR and the WCS in relation to this program. This support demonstrates our company's commitment contributing positively to the communities in which we operate."
Joe Walston, WCS Executive Director for Asia Programs, said: "Successful conservation is about partnerships -- whether it's at the global level with climate change and wildlife trade or the local level with tigers and crocs -- the collective support of local communities, governments, and the private sector in Laos makes stories like this so encouraging."
Classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Siamese crocodile grows up to 10 feet in length. The species has been eliminated from much of its former range through Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia by overhunting and habitat degradation and loss.
In 2014, the head-starting component of the program will be taken on by local communities in the Xe Champhone wetland complex. WCS has already conducted training for this transition and implemented a trial program of rearing young crocodiles at Than Soum village.
Conservationists estimate that less than 250 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild due to overhunting and habitat loss.
The release took place in the village of Than Soum in the Xe Champhone wetland complex in Savanakhet Province near where the eggs of the 19 crocodiles were found during wildlife surveys in 2011.
The hatchlings were transported from the Lao Zoo to a 'soft release' pen and will remain for several months to acclimate with the local area. Members of the Village Crocodile Conservation Group will guard the pen and provide supplementary feeding of the hatchlings to ensure their survival. Once the rainy season begins, the water level in the wetland will rise and allow the crocodiles to swim away, where they will be monitored periodically by conservationists.
A public ceremony will take place on March 6th in Than Soum where local community members will celebrate this collaborative effort with WCS, Government of Lao PDR, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Minmetals Resources Limited, and the Lao Zoo.
WCS Lao PDR Program designed and implemented the release as part of the Community-based Crocodile Recovery and Livelihood Improvement Project. The goal of the program is the recovery of the local Siamese crocodile population and restoration of associated wetlands, linked by socio-economic incentives that improve local livelihoods.
"We are extremely pleased with the success of this collaborative program and believe it is an important step in contributing to the conservation of the species by involving local communities in long term wetland management," said Alex McWilliam a conservation biologist with WCS's Lao PDR Program. "The head starting component of this integrated WCS program represents a significant contribution to the conservation of this magnificent animal in the wild."
Rick Watsford, General Manager, MMG Lane Xang Minerals Limited Sepon, said: "MMG is proud to support the work of the Government of Lao PDR and the WCS in relation to this program. This support demonstrates our company's commitment contributing positively to the communities in which we operate."
Joe Walston, WCS Executive Director for Asia Programs, said: "Successful conservation is about partnerships -- whether it's at the global level with climate change and wildlife trade or the local level with tigers and crocs -- the collective support of local communities, governments, and the private sector in Laos makes stories like this so encouraging."
Classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Siamese crocodile grows up to 10 feet in length. The species has been eliminated from much of its former range through Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia by overhunting and habitat degradation and loss.
In 2014, the head-starting component of the program will be taken on by local communities in the Xe Champhone wetland complex. WCS has already conducted training for this transition and implemented a trial program of rearing young crocodiles at Than Soum village.
The 19-month-old hatchlings, approximately 70 cm (27 inches) in length, are part of a head-starting program where crocodiles are hatched at the Lao Zoo for eventual release into their native habitat.
Conservationists estimate that less than 250 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild due to overhunting and habitat loss.
The release took place in the village of Than Soum in the Xe Champhone wetland complex in Savanakhet Province near where the eggs of the 19 crocodiles were found during wildlife surveys in 2011.
The hatchlings were transported from the Lao Zoo to a 'soft release' pen and will remain for several months to acclimate with the local area. Members of the Village Crocodile Conservation Group will guard the pen and provide supplementary feeding of the hatchlings to ensure their survival. Once the rainy season begins, the water level in the wetland will rise and allow the crocodiles to swim away, where they will be monitored periodically by conservationists.
A public ceremony will take place on March 6th in Than Soum where local community members will celebrate this collaborative effort with WCS, Government of Lao PDR, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Minmetals Resources Limited, and the Lao Zoo.
WCS Lao PDR Program designed and implemented the release as part of the Community-based Crocodile Recovery and Livelihood Improvement Project. The goal of the program is the recovery of the local Siamese crocodile population and restoration of associated wetlands, linked by socio-economic incentives that improve local livelihoods.
"We are extremely pleased with the success of this collaborative program and believe it is an important step in contributing to the conservation of the species by involving local communities in long term wetland management," said Alex McWilliam a conservation biologist with WCS's Lao PDR Program. "The head starting component of this integrated WCS program represents a significant contribution to the conservation of this magnificent animal in the wild."
Rick Watsford, General Manager, MMG Lane Xang Minerals Limited Sepon, said: "MMG is proud to support the work of the Government of Lao PDR and the WCS in relation to this program. This support demonstrates our company's commitment contributing positively to the communities in which we operate."
Joe Walston, WCS Executive Director for Asia Programs, said: "Successful conservation is about partnerships -- whether it's at the global level with climate change and wildlife trade or the local level with tigers and crocs -- the collective support of local communities, governments, and the private sector in Laos makes stories like this so encouraging."
Classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Siamese crocodile grows up to 10 feet in length. The species has been eliminated from much of its former range through Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia by overhunting and habitat degradation and loss.
In 2014, the head-starting component of the program will be taken on by local communities in the Xe Champhone wetland complex. WCS has already conducted training for this transition and implemented a trial program of rearing young crocodiles at Than Soum village.
NORTHERN WATER SNAKES:
"I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment."
Conservationists estimate that less than 250 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild due to overhunting and habitat loss.
The release took place in the village of Than Soum in the Xe Champhone wetland complex in Savanakhet Province near where the eggs of the 19 crocodiles were found during wildlife surveys in 2011.
The hatchlings were transported from the Lao Zoo to a 'soft release' pen and will remain for several months to acclimate with the local area. Members of the Village Crocodile Conservation Group will guard the pen and provide supplementary feeding of the hatchlings to ensure their survival. Once the rainy season begins, the water level in the wetland will rise and allow the crocodiles to swim away, where they will be monitored periodically by conservationists.
A public ceremony will take place on March 6th in Than Soum where local community members will celebrate this collaborative effort with WCS, Government of Lao PDR, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Minmetals Resources Limited, and the Lao Zoo.
WCS Lao PDR Program designed and implemented the release as part of the Community-based Crocodile Recovery and Livelihood Improvement Project. The goal of the program is the recovery of the local Siamese crocodile population and restoration of associated wetlands, linked by socio-economic incentives that improve local livelihoods.
"We are extremely pleased with the success of this collaborative program and believe it is an important step in contributing to the conservation of the species by involving local communities in long term wetland management," said Alex McWilliam a conservation biologist with WCS's Lao PDR Program. "The head starting component of this integrated WCS program represents a significant contribution to the conservation of this magnificent animal in the wild."
Rick Watsford, General Manager, MMG Lane Xang Minerals Limited Sepon, said: "MMG is proud to support the work of the Government of Lao PDR and the WCS in relation to this program. This support demonstrates our company's commitment contributing positively to the communities in which we operate."
Joe Walston, WCS Executive Director for Asia Programs, said: "Successful conservation is about partnerships -- whether it's at the global level with climate change and wildlife trade or the local level with tigers and crocs -- the collective support of local communities, governments, and the private sector in Laos makes stories like this so encouraging."
Classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Siamese crocodile grows up to 10 feet in length. The species has been eliminated from much of its former range through Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia by overhunting and habitat degradation and loss.
In 2014, the head-starting component of the program will be taken on by local communities in the Xe Champhone wetland complex. WCS has already conducted training for this transition and implemented a trial program of rearing young crocodiles at Than Soum village.
NORTHERN WATER SNAKES:
I have had the experience of spotting quite a few of these the past couple of weeks during my training at the nature center and honestly they are such beautiful creatures, they may not be venomous but you sure don't want to go all Irwin and jump at this one! The Northern Water Snake has anti-coagulant in its spit actually that if you grab them and they turn around and bite you, you will continue to bleed and it will not stop for a very long time. These snakes use anti-coagulant on their prey so that they will more than likely bleed to death before they feed on them. Snakes have a sort of glasses they have over their eyes to see and they never blink, they have no ears but feel vibrations underneath its long, slithering stomach and head that they are able to find their way around their habitat and find prey.
Their tongues flick which I think honestly freaks people out the most! but they use that tongue flicking to sense their food and their surroundings to see if they will be in for a feast or be defending themselves from a predator.
So many children and even adults are so frightened by snakes and I just think they are one of the most beautiful creatures!
SAYING NO TO WILDLIFE PRODUCTS!
HOW is killing a crocodile to make croc-skin boots and selling them sustainable in any way? They sell souveneirs to support a cause that is for saving our environment but in the same way are promoting such ignorance to the situations around us.
I have not understood it for years since it became so popular. I have read up on it over the years and it just begins to disgust me more and more by how many people fall for a bargained mind set that this is perfectly fine.
We are supposed to set an example for future generations on animals and keeping the environment working and flowing together the right way so we can all live in an healthy environment that will continue to grow. If you have animals going extinct because of hunting and poaching to use for purses,necklaces,bracelets,boots, etc. the environment will not rotate and stay healthy we NEED animals in the wild to support the trees,oceans, and soil.
Anything can become extinct and as long as that species is "in trend" and popular it will continue to be made, causing more and more of the population to spiral down closer and closer to extinction. The only reason cheetahs have made it so long is because real cheetah print went out of style, Now I'm not talking about walmart brand zebra printed shoes that are not real, but places who are using real live fur & skin for wear that will someday end up at a goodwill somewhere or in a dumpster because it's not Fall's style trend.
If you would like to help-Recycle, Recycle your papers, plastics, etc. food; put it in a compost! Take cloth bags to the store instead of using plastic or paper, they only cost about 0.25 cents a bag at the store, If you have children there are so many crafts that you can use, I have recently started using lunchables for my sisters to hold their paints when they want to paint. and all you have to do is wash it out after their done! and reuse it again, it even holds the water so you don't have to dirty a cup.
Plant trees instead of cutting them down. Leave wildlife where it is at because if you disrupt it's peace it continues to have to adapt to a new habitat and it can't always adapt and usually results in death for the animal and if you are uneducated about that species and if they are near endangerment you could be pushing it further towards extinction depending on the location and species. I think people would really be able to find cool and trendy fun ways of helping the environment if they really started to put thought into it and research more, Researching is always good and always helps you feel alittle more like you can make a difference.
This is a HUGE world but it is always filled with BILLIONS of people who could change and help our environment, make the air alittle cleaner and the environments that these habitats are a little more safe for what is living inside of them.
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