Preserving the `wild' life
Tags: ENDANGERED species -- Law & legislation; ENDANGERED species -- Government policy
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- Plan to save Texas cave bugs: Is it national model or mistake? Pendleton, Scott // Christian Science Monitor;1/13/95, Vol. 87 Issue 34, p3
Reports on the efforts of the administration of President Bill Clinton in the plan to save endangered insects living in caves and bird species in Texas. Balance in economic and environmental concerns; Warning by environmentalists on the impact on the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA); Details...
- Endangered Species Act faces its own dangers. Knickerbocker, Brad // Christian Science Monitor;3/8/95, Vol. 87 Issue 70, p3
Focuses on the efforts of the Clinton administration and activists to save the Endangered Species Act. Proposals by Republicans and some Democrats; Attacks by critics; Activists concern over certain items in the GOP's `Contract With America'; Views of some activists; Response by the Interior...
- Endangered Species Act: Facing stiff opposition. Lambert, Thomas // USA Today Magazine;Mar96, Vol. 124 Issue 2610, p32
Considers how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has changed from one of the least controversial laws enacted by Congress to one of the most contentious. Insistence by supporters that it is necessary to safeguard America's biological diversity; Criticisms including that the act is costly,...
- Saving endangered species: A new approach. Westrup, Hugh // Current Science;9/3/93, Vol. 79 Issue 1, p4
Focuses on the government's policy to help species endangered by human activity. Achievements and disappointments of the Endangered Species Act of 1973; Conflict with animal conservation groups, land developers and industry; Last minute approach to saving wildlife; Approach called gap analysis.
- Spending on the Endangered Species Act--too much or not enough? Baker, Beth // BioScience;Apr99, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p279
Explains spending by federal and state governments in the United States on the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The 25th anniversary of ESA in December, 1999; Amount spent on ESA in 1995; Views of Congressman Don Young, Alaska; Stance of President Bill Clinton on the ESA; Steady increase in ESA...
- Repeal the Endangered Species Act. Smith, R.J. // Human Events;03/12/99, Vol. 55 Issue 10, p12
Urges the people of the United States to repeal the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. History of ESA; Status of ESA 25 years later; Failures of ESA; Goal of the act; How the environmental community used the act; How to really save a species; Success of the Conservation Reserve Program;...
- Doubling the load. Watkins, T.H. // Wilderness (07366477);Spring94, Vol. 57 Issue 204, p8
Focuses on the extinction of certain species and discusses the benefit of the Endangered Species Act. Public belief that the preservation of species should remain a priority in national policy, even it it produces some economic stress; Logging activity in the Idaho Panhandle; `Taxpayers' Double...
- Science and Uncertainty in Habitat Conservation Planning. Watchman, Luara H.; Groom, Martha; Perrine, John D. // American Scientist;Jul/Aug2001, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p351
Deals with a review of habitat conservation plans (HCP) in the United States which revealed ways to reduce uncertainty for both landowners and imperiled species. Information on the Endangered Species Act of 1973; Number of HCP approved by the end of 2000; Result of an evaluation of the use of...
- ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Has Incomplete Information about Effects on Listed Species from Section 7 Consultations. // GAO Reports;5/21/2009, preceding p1
The article discusses the effects of incomplete information to the listed species based on the Section 7 consultation of the Endangered Species Act of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the U.S. It notes that listed species should not be jeopardized in any actions that of any federal or private...
