TITLE

Endangered Species Act

PUB. DATE

July 1999

SOURCE

Guide to California Freshwater Fishes;1999, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Book

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article provides an overview of the Endangered Species Act in the U.S. The act was established to slow the rate of extinction by giving at-risk animals and plants special protection, and to restore them in a healthy state within an ecosystem. It mandates federal agencies to use the best scientific evidence to list all species in danger of extinction as either endangered or threatened for several reasons, including present or threatened habitat degradation, overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes, disease or predation, inadequacy of government regulatory mechanisms and other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence. California passed its own Endangered Species Act in 1984, thereby joining the federal government in establishing programs devoted to endangered species.

ACCESSION #

18921313

Tags: ENDANGERED species -- Law & legislation;  EXTINCTION (Biology);  EXTINCT animals;  ENVIRONMENTAL degradation;  PREDATION (Biology);  PARASITISM;  GOVERNMENT programs

 

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