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The Endangered Species Act of 1973

The Endangered Species Act of 1973. http://www.ecology.info/img/sea-turtle.jpg. Draft year: 1973 Amendment Years: 1978, 1982 National law (US only) Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement: US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973

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  1. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 http://www.ecology.info/img/sea-turtle.jpg Draft year: 1973 Amendment Years: 1978, 1982 National law (US only) Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement: US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://aec.army.mil/usaec/newsroom/update/sum04/images/sum0411a.jpg Ashley Lo

  2. Summary • Signed on December 28, 1973 by Nixon Administration • Updated version of the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 • Includes 1900 species. Around 1300 are found in the US; the rest are foreign • Goals of the ESA: • to protect ecosystems in which endangered and threatened species live • to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered and threatened species • to take such steps as may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of the international treaties in which the United States has agreed to take part. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/service/library/index.php3?docID=57&docHistory%5B%5D=5 Ashley Lo http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/

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