Report To Congress On The Recovery Program For Threatened And Endangered Species

A report on the status of the recovery program for federally listed endangered & threatened species. Contents include a recovery overview, an explanation of the recovery policy, recovery implementation procedures, ecosystem approach to recovery, & a look at recovery successes. Provides a species-by-species status summary & complete list of endangered & threatened species: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, snails, clams, crustaceans, insects, arachnids, & plants. Maps, figures & tables, & illustrations & photos.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a far-reaching law that has sparked intense controversies over the use of public lands, the rights of property owners, and economic versus environmental benefits. In this volume a distinguished committee focuses on the science underlying the ESA and offers recommendations for making the act more effective. The committee provides an overview of what scientists know about extinction--and what this understanding means to implementation of the ESA. Habitat--its destruction, conservation, and fundamental importance to the ESA--is explored in detail. The book analyzes Concepts of species--how the term "species" arose and how it has been interpreted for purposes of the ESA. Conflicts between species when individual species are identified for protection, including several case studies. Assessment of extinction risk and decisions under the ESA--how these decisions can be made more effectively. The book concludes with a look beyond the Endangered Species Act and suggests additional means of biological conservation and ways to reduce conflicts. It will be useful to policymakers, regulators, scientists, natural-resource managers, industry and environmental organizations, and those interested in biological conservation.

Excerpt from Endangered Species Act Biennial Report to Congress: On the Status of Recovery Programs, July, 1994-September, 1996 Nmf S manages an information database that tracks: (1) the status of endangered or threatened marine species; and (2) the development and implementation of recovery plans to promote survival of species. This report was generated from the data in that system. The information is also available on the Internet at the following address. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.