plant life in grasslands

Canada Gazette, December 26, 2007

Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act — Order Amending

Part II - Official regulations

...a Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca (Tegeticula corruptrix) Teigne tricheuse du yucca Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading "PLANTS": Agalinis, Rough (Agalinis aspera) Gérardie ...

Canada Gazette, January 26, 2005

Schedules 1 to 3 to the Act-Order Amending

Part II - Official regulations

...er under the heading "LEPIDOPTERANS": Elfin, Frosted (Callophrys [Incisalia] irus) Lutin givré Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading "PLANTS": Mary, Spring Blue-eyed (Collinsia verna) ...

Canada Gazette, July 27, 2005

Schedules 1 to 3 to the Species at Risk Act - Order Amending

Part II - Official regulations

..."ARTHROPODS": Moth, Sand-verbena (Copablepharon fuscum) Noctuelle de l'abronie Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading "PLANTS": Butternut (Juglans cinerea) Noyer cendré ...

Canada Gazette, September 06, 2006

Species at Risk Act - Order Amending Schedules 1 to 3

Part II - Official regulations

...enonympha nipisiquit) Satyre fauve des Maritimes Skipper, Ottoe (Hesperia ottoe) Hespéri Ottoé Part 2 to Schedule 1 of the Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading "PLANTS": Buttercup, Water-plantain (Ranunculus ...

Federal Court - June 04, 2008

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society v. Copps, 2001 FCT 1123 (2001)

... It is primarily a vast, poorly drained plain covered by forests, grasslands, muskeg and a multitude of meandering streams, ...... By also continuing to provide the basis for the traditional lifestyles of native residents, the park protects a ...

Brandon Sun, The - February 11, 2008

Suzuki Makes a Good Point in a Bad Way

The problem, according to Searchinger, is that clearing large amounts of natural vegetation to make way for biofuel-producing crops actually results in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, given the large amounts of carbon dioxide released when the vegetation decays or is burned. Researchers from the University of Minnesota calculated that the clearing of forests, grasslands and other natural plant life to grow biofuel crops releases between 17 and 420 times more carbon dioxide into t...

Alternatives Journal - Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, April 1996

Keepers of Life.

... Objections to their work have clearly not affected the creative energies of joseph Bruchac and Michael Caduto, who describe their latest work as 'a seed waiting to be planted." The successful writing team added two new ...

Alternatives Journal - Vol. 23 Nbr. 4, September 1997

Fire on the land: there's nothing primitive about farmers using fire to sustain biodiversity.

Small-scale fires can be very beneficial to forests because they promote greater diversity of species by regenerating the environment. They also limit the damages wrought by wildfires by limiting fuel accumulations.

Winnipeg Free Press - August 07, 2007

Trail Backers Fight Strip Mall

"We're going to lose that," said [Karen Jones]. She said construction will affect drainage in the area, destroying the habitat. "This building is too big." "While a commercial use may be established on a 'C2' Commercial District parcel of land, this development is not appropriate for the size and dimensions of the property," says the report. "It isn't just a case of whether buildings are encroaching on a trail. What surrounds the trail matters to us," said [Gordon Newton].