The Endangered Species ACT: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies (Hardcover)

Roots of Endangered Species Conservation
Purpose and Objectives of Book
Early Roots of Conservation
History of American Conservation and Endangered Species Legislation
The Endangered Species Act
Agencies Administering the Endangered Species Act
International Protection of Endangered Species
Some Basic Concepts
Ecology
Autecology and Synecology
Autecology
Synecology
Species and Taxonomy
Subspecies
Genetics and Natural Selection
The Endangered Species Act: The Statute and the Regulations
Overview of the Statute
Some Basic Definitions
Endangered
Threatened
Proposed
Candidate
Critical Habitat
Delisting and Downlisting: What the Act Seeks to Achieve
Extinct: What the Act Seeks to Avoid
The Listing Process (Section 4 of the Act)
Criteria for Listing
Process for Listing
Development of Recovery Criteria and a Recovery Plan
Other Key Sections of the Act
Section 7: The Government’s Planning and Consultation Process
Section 9: You Cannot Knowingly Kill or Harm Listed Species
Section 10: But You Can Get a Permit to Do So
Rare Species Designations Outside the Scope of the Endangered Species Act
Related Environmental Statutes and Regulations
The National Environmental Policy Act
The Clean Water Act
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Others
Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management)
Executive Order 11990 (Protection of Wetlands)
Executive Order 13112
National Historic Preservation Act
Section 7: The Federal Consultation Process
Who Must Comply
Basic Information Sources
Web Sites
Other Data Sources
Informal Consultation
Targeted Surveys
Biological Assessments
Definition and Overview of the Biological Assessment
Project Description in a Biological Assessment
Description of Potentially Affected Species and Habitats
Impact Assessment in a Biological Assessment
Impact Assessment from Ecological Risk Assessment Perspective
Cumulative Impacts in a Biological Assessment
Biological Assessment Conclusions
Take Permits and Mitigation
Incidental Take Permits for Federal Agencies
Biological Opinions
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives
Incidental Take Statements
Incidental Take Permits for Nonfederal Applicants
The Permit Application Process
Habitat Conservation Plans
Mitigation
Mitigation under the National Environmental Policy Act
Wetland Mitigation
Endangered Species Act Mitigation
The Future of Mitigation
The Endangered Species Act and the States
Overview of State Endangered Species Regulation
Examples of State Endangered Species Acts
Maryland
Florida
Texas
Future of the Endangered Species Act
Basic Sources of Support for the Endangered Species Act
Basic Sources of Opposition to the Endangered Species Act
Private Property Rights
Concern over Depressing Economic Activity
Specific Recent Controversies
Republican Contract with America
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, Rapanos, and Other Limitations on Section
404 Scope
Proposed Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005
Polar Bear Listing
Bush Administration 2008 "Midnight Rule Changes"
The Tea Party Movement and 2010 Pledge to America
The Endangered Species Act and the 2012 Presidential Election
The Future of the Endangered Species Act
Index