The Endangered Species Act: The storm's eye
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- The Endangered Species Act: Dollars and Sense? Miller, Julie K.; Scott, J. Michael; Miller, Craig R.; Waits, Lisette P. // BioScience;Feb2002, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p163
Analyzes the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the questions of the relationship between spending and changes in a species' status, and how the nature of threats to an endangered species influences this relationship. Proportion of requested money spent; Effect of funding on...
- Rethinking Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Monitoring Programs: An Innovative Approach in San Diego, California. Greer, Keith A.; Rocks, Melanie Johnson // Endangered Species Update;Jul-Sep2007, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p91
Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) have become a common, albeit still controversial, method for conserving endangered species at the regional level while balancing the social and economic needs of a region. Since 1982 when Congress first amended the Endangered Species Act to allow for HCPs, more...
- The mouse that no one can ignore. Aldhous, Peter // New Scientist;7/15/2006, Vol. 191 Issue 2560, p12
This article discusses various issues related to the dispute over the issue of conservation of Zapus hudsonius preblei, a meadow jumping mouse. The mouse belongs to rodents which are recognized for their ability to leap up to half a meter into the air. It was the year of 1998 when it was listed...
- Three Cheers for the Snail Darter. Buckley, James L. // National Review;9/14/1979, Vol. 31 Issue 37, p1144
The article presents arguments in the defense of Endangered Species Act in the U.S. This act has been criticized by practical men of affairs for halting progress over trifling issues. It is not possible to estimate the value of a given species immediately. This act aims to save endangered...
- The Latest and Greatest Commerce Clause Challenges to the Endangered Species Act: Rancho Viejo and GDF Realty. Van Loh, Sara D. // Ecology Law Quarterly;2004, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p459
Since its enactment in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has enjoyed considerable judicial deference, yet attacks on its constitutionality have arisen recently in the wake of Lopez and Morrison. In the latest cases, Rancho Viejo and GDF Realty, the D.C. and Fifth Circuits considered...
- FERN TRAMPLING. Rosin, Hanna // New Republic;7/3/95, Vol. 213 Issue 1, p12
Comments on the efforts of U.S. House Committee on Resources Chairman Don Young in dismantling the Endangered Species Act in 1995. Reason for his opposition to the Act; Actions taken to investigates the disadvantages of the legislation; Arguments raised by supporters of the legislation; Efforts...
- Defining Recovery Goals and Strategies for Endangered Species: The Wolf as a Case Study. Carroll, Carlos; Phillips, Michael K.; Lopez-Gonzalez, Carlos A.; Schumaker, Nathan H. // BioScience;Jan2006, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p25
We used a spatially explicit population model of wolves (Canis lupus) to propose a framework for defining rangewide recovery priorities and finer-scale strategies for regional reintroductions. The model predicts that Yellowstone and central Idaho, where wolves have recently been successfully...
- Species Protection vs. Resource Extraction. // Guide to California Freshwater Fishes;1999, p23
This article discusses the vital interests of humans to the preservation of biological species, be they plant or animal. Each species possesses unique genetic material evolved over thousands of years. Once destroyed, this one-of-a-kind source of information cannot be copied or retrieved. No...
- Funding Extinction? Biological Needs and Political Realities in the Allocation of Resources to Endangered Species Recovery. Restani, Marco; Marzluff, John M. // BioScience;Feb2002, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p169
Presents the view that the priority system which should guide the United States Fish & Wildlife Service in endangered species recovery is ineffective. View that spending patterns decrease long-term viability of island species; Statement that recovery expenditures do not track priority ranks,...
