How to Use conservation in a Sentence

conservation

noun
  • They are trying to raise money for conservation.
  • She specializes in the conservation of furniture.
  • To donate to the fund go to https://sazoo.org/zoo-conservation-efforts/australia-wildlife-fund/.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The rest of the park is set aside for wildlife conservation.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The gardens will remain and most of the open space will be a conservation area.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • That’s put lobsters — and the people who catch them — in the crosshairs of conservation groups.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • At that point, the bear went back to the dog and bit it, conservation officers said.
    Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 29 May 2018
  • The six frogs in the zoo's conservation center are the latest part of that effort.
    Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • But the model didn’t make much of a case for conservation.
    Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • So far, only three percent of the seafloor in the conservation has been mapped.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 11 May 2022
  • As with all things, the first rule in pangolin conservation should be to do no harm.
    Elly Pepper, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 June 2017
  • In the meantime, volunteers and conservation groups have tried to fill in the gaps.
    Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The piece includes a 2-acre pond that would have a conservation easement placed on it.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Not being able to go to the lab, too, is hobbling conservation work.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Tourism funds much of the world’s vital conservation work.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • But for some people in line, even food conservation is not enough to keep them fed all month.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Because of the anchor’s size and the potential cost of conservation, the park will leave the artifact on the seafloor.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • For the sake of water conservation, a low-flow shower head is best.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2023
  • To hear Mary Alice in her own words about conservation and the sea turtles, go here.
    Southern Living, 14 June 2018
  • The zoo has become a hub for the conservation of the vulnerable species.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • If the goal is sage-grouse conservation, alienating ranchers and driving them off the land is the worst thing to do.
    Brian Seasholes, National Review, 26 Sep. 2017
  • This recognition is not Ford's first in the world of conservation.
    Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2018
  • The relics are being cleaned by a conservation team at Stavanger.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The couple began to think about a conservation easement a few years ago.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Time for those big, out of state fishing boats to share in halibut conservation.
    Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Book in at Post Ranch to explore the expansive acreage and learn more about wildlife conservation.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Many of the new lodges have partnered with conservation programs.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 7 Dec. 2018
  • This was from a Mermaid's Cove event, where mermaids would greet guests and teach them about conservation.
    Jacob Linden, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In these tense times, raise a cheer for those Asians whose passion for conservation helps keep channels open.
    The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Yamamoto said says the counties want to see those conservation sets asides downsized in the new plan.
    oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2019

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