Habitat Quotations

It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat.

I have worked with Habitat for Humanity for awhile.

So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet.

It turns out that there are swaths of habitat in the north of Siberia and Yukon that actually could house a mammoth. Remember, this was a highly plastic animal that lived over tremendous climate variation.

Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.

Fungi are the grand recyclers of the planet and the vanguard species in habitat restoration,

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.

More drugs come from soil organisms than from any other habitat on Earth. Soil will be the richest environment but, technically, it is also the hardest. If we can do this with soil, we think we can do it with material from any environment.

One of my first achievements in Congress was enactment of the Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act back in 1996.

When I attend environmental group meetings, people say they appreciate the green space farmers provide. Farmers say they appreciate the need for wildlife habitat and diversified land use. That said, we still haven't met in the middle.

When I look at the mountains here in Colorado they're so beautiful. You have potential habitat everywhere, but there aren't any bears. It's not grizzly country any more. The last grizzly in Colorado was killed by a bow-hunter in 1979.

Some of it has to do with habitat loss, urban sprawl taking away places where people used to hunt. And people just don't have time.

Of course species need habitat to recover -- that's a no-brainer,

Nobody had any idea of what it really cost to manage the habitat . . . to the standard that ultimately became required, ... They were pioneers and they have arrows in them.

People want beautiful yards - you don't have to have 100 percent habitat restoration.

New Orleans and its music were meant to be. We couldn't ask for a better symbol of hope than the houses that are beginning to come out of the ground in the New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village. The hard work of Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and the New Orleans affiliate has made it possible for others, like Dave Matthews Band, to support the project. On behalf of Habitat for Humanity International, we thank Dave Matthews Band for this most generous and sustaining contribution.

If we're going to save the pygmy rabbit and many other native species that are at risk, we need to address the decline in habitat and we can't do that without the help of the Endangered Species Act.

If we really want to expand habitat both in quantity and quality, we have got to reach out to private landowners.

We're excited about this project. We applied for, and received, a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the National Association of Counties and the Wildlife Habitat Council. The grant, along with the help of all our partners will make this project successful.

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a single animal. We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble.

Making habitat restoration part of public works projects is cheaper than eliminating the species and buying mitigation habitat at another location. With the San Pedro Project, for example, habitat restoration cost $3 million, but it would have cost $5-6 million (twice as much) to destroy the habitat and try to recreate it elsewhere.

Many of the building sites will be Habitat for Humanity sites where we will work with that local affiliate for that day. We do not know what stage of the house they will be on, but we could be raising walls, siding, painting, putting on finishing touches-anything is possible.

Many of the folks coming will have a chance to volunteer for a full range of activities, including clean up, Habitat for Humanity or helping people gut their homes.

So far this year, we've donated in excess of $2.5 million in materials and cash to Habitat for Humanity on a national basis.

Shoreline habitat is our biggest issue. We see very few small fish in highly developed areas.

Sea turtles are very global, very migratory. They utilize habitat in many locations. This proves that we should have people working to protect coastal areas in general, not just the sub-tropical nesting areas of sea turtles.

Scrub is probably the most endangered habitat type left in Florida.

The primary goal of this project was to improve the fisheries habitat in both of those lakes.

When things are dumped into ravines or riverbeds, those become contaminated and natural habitat is disturbed.

I was involved in Habitat for Humanity when I was in high school and I think it's an incredible program. I've seen firsthand the effects it has on people.

From what I have read in letters to the editor is that someone else has created a food supply There was a habitat and food supply and they got established. My sympathy goes out to those who have do deal with it, but all you can do is deal with it.

Fort Lewis has been a great partner over the years. They have worked hard to be good stewards of the prairie habitat on the base, even as they advanced their training objectives. We're pleased to have Fort Lewis as a neighbor now and look forward to continued collaboration to improve and care for our rich natural heritage.

Because of the great cooperation of many agencies and organizations focusing on habitat conservation, we have a chance to recover the ivory bill.

To create an improved new habitat in a remote area where the prairie dog can thrive without any human interference.

Having an endangered or candidate species on your property should be a good thing, something a landowner can be proud of, not something to avoid. With the administrative reforms we have made to the Endangered Species Act, such as safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and candidate conservation agreements with assurances, ranchers, timber companies and other landowners are able to participate in the conservation of at-risk species without the concern that their future plans may be delayed or halted.

Hatcheries were intended to replace habitat behind dams. If they close all the hatcheries, we want some dams down, too.

What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure that their habitat is protected? It is nothing, ... This is not a modernization of the act. This is a euthanization.

Habitat and the NAACP have such similar values and principles, that this is a natural partnership. Both are committed to giving people a hand up, to social justice issues, to ensuring that everyone has equal access and opportunity, whether it is to housing or anything else.

Habitat for Humanity is a lot of fun. It's also nice to see how it brings a community together in order to work towards a common goal.

Habitat for Humanity is a really good cause.

Habitat for Humanity is not real active here in Summit County. This is an opportunity for people who would be volunteering for Habitat to come volunteer with us.

(Habitat for Humanity) is working on a three-state program down there, once the time comes, to build housing for the poor, ... The Mayor wanted to direct it for an immediate need, which is Red Cross, as well as a long-term need and program, which is Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat (for Humanity) will build you a house, and it will build 500 other houses. It won't build 10,000 houses.

Habitat is not a give-away program. It's a hand-up, not a handout, for hard-working families. Each family is selected on the basis of their present living conditions and their ability to pay a monthly mortgage payment. It is for low-income families not qualified for other traditional low-income mortgage programs.

Habitat is very careful not to put a family in a home that's not ready for home ownership. There's a big difference between renting and owning a home, financially and in regards to responsibility. We would never want to set a family to fail by putting them in a position they're not ready for.

Habitat loss really is the greatest threat for panther survival.

Habitat protection for the toad translates into water quality protection for the people.

Habitat said from the onset that they're very hesitant to try to forge forward on a project that is not well received by the neighborhood,

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

If we never did a critical habitat designation, the frogs would still would be protected and so would their likely habitat.

We talked about what would be fun and what would be worthwhile. We were thinking about maybe something like Habitat for Humanity. But everything was either out of our price range or beyond our time frame. Then one of the Campus Crusade members talked to us about either going to Panama City, Florida or New Orleans to help out with Katrina relief and we felt New Orleans would be worthwhile.

The purpose of the chair is to help to close the gap between the knowledge of wildlife science and the implementation of wildlife policy. Dr. Peterson's professional experience with environmental conflict resolution on such topics as energy, air quality, water quality and use, land use, cultural attitudes about natural resources and wildlife habitat conservation on private lands make her a first-rate choice for this new position.

The purpose of the documented flights is to obtain a photographic record of the riparian habitat zones along the rivers and lakes.

Located along the shoreline in beautiful Monterey, MB focuses on the rich and diverse habitat of the bay. The one-of-a-kind Kelp Forest Exhibit features swaying giant kelp and a host of fish and other marine animals. The Outer Bay wing is one of the few places in the USA to view schools of large tuna. Visitors also can observe sea otters and a beautiful sea jelly exhibit.

Like many South Dakota farmers, he has done well because he has good habitat for the birds he releases, and he has capitalized on his experience with hunting and with people,

Some high quality habitat surrounding the Refuge was in danger of destruction. We have pursued an aggressive program of purchasing land from willing sellers so that we could maintain refuge productivity.

Some of the fires in Idaho and Montana are affecting wildlife habitat and salmon habitat in places we're trying to restore salmon runs, ... So the fire is working against us, and we're going to have a lot of work after the fires are out to try and rehabilitate these areas and try to reduce the risk of more resource damage.

I said 'no.' I would vote 'no,' ... I am reminded of Rogers firefighters who were stuck in a hotel room a few weeks ago. Our taxpayer dollars are to take care of our taxpayers here in Benton County ... I work for Habitat for Humanity, so I do not have a cold heart. I am just trying to be conscientious.

Steelhead and other native fish have had thousands of years to adapt to flooding. Not only can they survive, floods usually improve the habitat by scouring out river bottoms, creating new pools and cleaning out the silt.

Landowners have expressed a growing interest in understanding the principles of wildlife habitat management.

It is confusing for the public. We're saying we need to protect a lot more habitat than the feds call for in their critical habitat plan for Puget Sound salmon.

Our research will document the decline of pocket gophers in Georgia, identify remaining habitat and discuss steps to ensure the long-term survival of this species.

Our coastal communities are the living legacy of Oregon's hard-working, innovative and responsible fishing industry. Increased investment in fishery habitat and tsunami warning research promises a boost to the local economy and a safer, more prepared coastline.

Our biggest concern with delisting is that we have to have provisions for habitat protection. It doesn't do any good to protect the bird if you don't protect his habitat.

Kahlil Gibran was an inspiring author, artist and poet whose works have spoken to millions of people from all backgrounds in dozens of languages around the world. Habitat for Humanity itself seeks to embody many of the ideals Gibran embraced and to be similarly universal in its work to build decent housing with families from all races, religions and languages. We are deeply honored to be recognized by the Arab American Institute Foundation with the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award.

It all started to occur in the '70s, and by the '90s biologists were noticing some pretty serious damage to the habitat on the breeding colonies at several locations in the Arctic. They were getting together at various conferences and realized that they were seeing the same thing.

Unfortunately, some anglers see this program and the reporting of their steelhead fishing efforts as a hassle, but their information is critical to maintaining and improving healthy and fishable steelhead populations. Our goal is to improve California steelhead habitat and populations and to increase steelhead fishing opportunities and success. This requires accurate and complete data from anglers.

We know that so long as the pressure on the habitat continues, we can't have populations continue to expand, but for the time being we're pretty sure that we do have expanding numbers in at least four areas around the state.

We need to keep a watch on that because our habitat is our source of water and clean air as well.

You can give them the right habitat and food, but they may need specific light or heat or moisture or group size, otherwise the female won't ovulate - and it can take years to study that.

We join with causes to help people. When we worked with Habitat for Humanity a couple of years ago, we helped build eight houses, three in the United States and five around the world. And we look at it this way, our music may be forgotten some years down the road, but the houses will still be there.

That was so important as far as water quality and habitat and public views. People come to South Carolina to enjoy these gorgeous marsh views.

Most of the marsh where that salt water sat for a long time looks dead. It looks like it is does extremely late in the winter and you've had several extreme frosts. Where we found birds, they seemed to be concentrated in the habitat that was not impacted by the storm.

We are now working toward a more economically feasible design, not round, but stretched in length. It's an evolving process for our dreams to go Mars and have a nice habitat there, and not just repeat what cavemen have done.

We know there is plenty of water frozen into the surface layer of Mars at high latitudes. We've designed Phoenix to tell us more about this region as a possible habitat for life.

While Atlanta as an administrative headquarters offers more immediate access to transportation, specialized skills and services, Americus as an operational hub offers the economy of established offices and access to an experienced Habitat workforce. This plan is one that allows us to honor our past and our ongoing dedication to south Georgia, while positioning us for an even stronger future as a more collaborative global organization.

Wildlife in this state are already being squeezed by a variety of new oil and gas projects, and new habitats simply aren't appearing out of thin air to make up for the accelerating rate of habitat loss.

We happen to believe in the product that Habitat brings to the community.

What we did was create a program last April that acknowledges the fact we are in deep trouble in the United States through habitat loss. With massive habitat loss, we've got to do something.

The only way you manage wildlife since we take away their natural habitat is by hunting.

There is a recognition that the current critical habitat arrangement doesn't work, for a whole host of reasons. There are some in the environmental community who think the answer is just no to any change, and I think that's a problem.

Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.

We're happy to provide habitat for fish and wildlife species, ... But we wanted some regulatory certainty and stability.

All over the world there must be far-reaching changes in animal behavior and habitat; if only one could have another life in which to chart it all....Ah, well, that's not a fruitful thing to wish, is it?

If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.

We've taken more water out of the system than the environment can sustain, ... As a result, we have degraded habitat and a lake that's near collapse and a river that's very unhealthy.

The rate of species loss and habitat destruction demands immediate attention, ... Collaboration is critical, and we expect CI to continue to build strong alliances and maintain its commitment to solid science and innovative thinking.

The rate of species loss and habitat destruction demands immediate attention. Collaboration is critical, and we expect CI to continue to build strong alliances and maintain its commitment to solid science and innovative thinking.

When we're done, piping plover and habitat will still be out there. The consensus is, if we do nothing, the habitat is going to go away.

The pattern raises the alarm, however, that species in species-rich regions face two challenges that increase the risk of extinction: habitat destruction, which is occurring at alarming rates in the tropics, and reduced pollinator activity.

The pattern raises the alarm, however, that these species face two challenges that increase the risk of extinction: habitat destruction, which is occurring at alarming rates in the tropics, and reduced pollinator activity.

We worked with a social worker a year ago, and the estimate then was 50 families in Brookfield qualify for the program. This will be a Habitat home in Brookfield for a person living in Brookfield. This won't be someone moving in from Waterbury or Bridgeport.

We don't know how long they live, what kind of habitat they prefer, how many offspring they have, or how sensitive they are to human disturbance. There's still so much to learn.

Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.

When Olivia and her family were selected, they didn't have the same time frame Habitat homeowners usually do to get her sweat equity done.

When Charley blew through here, it stripped all the leaves off the mangrove trees, leaving the habitat of the black crowned night heron naked.

We would like to grow potatoes of many kinds, greens, squash, and beans, and to learn what plants will accompany them as habitat for beneficial insects. If you want to help, you will enjoy a harvest.

We're just chipping away at their habitat and at the population itself and this is just one more sign of what we're doing.

We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.