Endangered Species Act – Environmental Law &
Policy – study material
Endangered Species Preservation Act - correct answer ✔✔Passes in 1966;
allowed listing of US vertebrates as endangered and provided limited means
for the protection of such species. However, no protection on private or
state-owned lands.
Endangered Species Conservation Act - correct answer ✔✔Passed in 1969;
passed to provide additional protection of species in danger of "worldwide
extinction". Import of such species was prohibited, as well as their
subsequent sale within the U.S.
Endangered Species Act - correct answer ✔✔Passed in 1973; it's mission is to
provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered and
threatened species depend may be conserved, and to provide a program for
the conservation and recovery of such endangered and threatened species.
Its scope expanded to include invertebrates and plants and non-federal
lands.
Administration of the ESA - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Department of the Interior) for terrestrial and freshwater species and some
marine mammals; NOAA Fisheries (Commerce Department) for marine and
anadromous species; U.S. Geological Survey conducts research on species
for which the U.S. FWS has management authority; management activities
are carried out by many federal, state, and non-governmental groups.
Endangered - correct answer ✔✔Under the ESA, a species that is in danger of
extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion
of its range.
