1.   -- An infusion of fresh water has sparked the renewed growth of a sea grass that provides prime habitat for shrimp.

2.   Developing towns and cities, often situated along rivers and estuaries, drove eagles away from what had been prime habitat.

3.   In Durham, Litvaitis hikes through an abandoned farm, prime New England cottontail habitat.

4.   It winds through a rocky landscape that is prime habitat for bighorn sheep.

5.   Streams flowing through private land constitute the prime habitat for coho salmon, a major user of the Haskell Slough habitat.

6.   That oil has come ashore near a prime habitat for the Western snowy plover, an endangered shorebird.

7.   The areas are prime habitat for threatened species like the spotted owl and marbled murrelet.

8.   The desert is prime habitat for a small, lithe antelope known as the black buck.

9.   They are also prime habitat for yellow warblers, rufuos-sided towhees, eastern meadowlarks, red-wing blackbirds, and bobolinks.

10.   Those fees, in turn, are used by Travis County and the City of Austin to buy prime habitat, such as Vista Point, for preservation.