Endangered Species Act – Environmental Law & Policy – study
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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.
Threatened - correct answer ✔✔Under the ESA, a species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
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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.
Threatened - correct answer ✔✔Under the ESA, a species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
