Endangered Species Act

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) http://www.care2.com/causes/is-the-endangered-species-act-endangered.html is highly criticized. Many critics question the act's effectiveness or if it's enough to combat this massive species loss. A Center for American Progress study says that the ESA works, but it's not enough. That's why the Center is calling for the Obama administration to add a new at-risk classification. 1 in 5 U.S. Animal and Plant Species At Risk of Extinction According to an Center for…

day we lose 150-200 species from this Earth. Of the 44,838 species that have been assessed, 16,928 are listed as endangered, meaning they are threatened with extinction. The rest of the estimated 8,700,000 species on Earth have yet to be assessed, so the number of threatened species is significantly larger than the current estimate. In the 1970s, many environmental laws were passed to curb the mass extinction of species including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 or ESA. This act has put many…

I came across this article, talking about how they might under new legislation might get right of the Endangered Species Act all together in the future, and this was appropriate since we have been talking about endangered species in class this past week. There was many reasons I thought this article was credible, one of them was it was quoting different stories from “The New York Times,” a newspaper that has reliable information on this topic. It is also talking about different congressman…

Species Extinction - Modern Species Paper Endangered Species Act incorporates a few distinctive ecological laws in the US. It was marked into law by Previous President Richard Nixon, whose essential target was to prevent numerous jeopardized species from being terminated utilizing whatever methods important. Since it is set to ensure certain creatures that are nearing termination on our planet, it will make individuals who damage or execute them a criminal. While the law has been exceptionally…

The Endangered Species Act has been in law for about four decades and people gave mixed opinions about this. The Act included the right to take away land to persevere for animals use and that an animal cannot be excitant anymore. Palm Spring, California about thirty-one thousand acres of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians were taken away to save the big horn sheep. The Tribe sued the government claiming,”An economic impact of hundreds of millions of dollars”. The Tribe was paining to make a…

a. (EARTH) does have a case to challenge the FWS and NMFS decision not to list the shad. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was made to stop species that are on the road to extinction, and put them on the path of recovery. The big mouthed shad is one of those species, which relies on Maine rivers for its lifecycle. The FWS and NMFS have completed a status review and have decided, against contrary data, that the fish should not be listed. Much like the spotted owl case (NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL v.…

1. Thesis: By applying textual and constructive canons to the Endangered Species Act, it is clear Leg/Reg #41 that Congress intended to protect endangered species from indirect harm, such as timber harvesting. 2. Canons: A) It is unclear whether the meaning of the phrase “to harm” can include indirect conduct, one can look at §1 to gain a better understanding of the statutory purpose; B) In the case of statutory ambiguity, the purpose clause can be a valuable source of insight into…

The Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq., requires that the Corps ensure that manatees and manatee habitat will not be negatively affected by the proposed project. The application received from NASA Environmental Assurance Branch fails to state protective measures they will implement to evade adverse impacts to manatees. The conditions to follow, found within the previously referenced document by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1979, will offset any major direct or indirect injury or…

lands that are the home to endangered species like the red-cockaded woodpecker. On one side of the argument is the logging industry that makes a living off taking from the land. As a society we need an infinite stream of lumber. This also brings about two major issues on the side against logging. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 has given the government "...the power to protect U.S. species from extinction" (Metrick & Weitzman, 1996, p.1). By adding species to the endangered list this "...…

The Other Side of Poaching Poaching has decimated endangered species and has driven certain animals to the brink of extinction. This form of hunting has caused animals like The West African Black Rhino and the Pyrenean Ibex to go extinct. Some believe people illegally hunt these animals for profit and sport; however, an article on the BBC puts this belief into question. In the article “The Real Reason Why People Poach Endangered Species” the author, Kara Segedin, states that some of the…