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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Endangered Species Act"”.
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A Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act
… thesis was to identify and analyze common characteristics that are shared by recovering species listed in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NatureServe population data was used to determine which listed species were recovering, and a logistic regression analysis was performed to identify which …
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Evaluating Climate Change Policy Through the Endangered Species Act
… over the southwest Arkansas, and a specific endangered species, the Leopard Darter. Upon examination of previous environmental and ecological climate change related research it became clear that the general focus was placed on regional bodies of the U.S., instead of state and county …
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Prohibitive policy and the implementation of the endangered species act.
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Habitat conservation planning under the Endangered Species Act: is it ecosystem management?
Habitat conservation planning under the Endangered Species Act has been compared to ecosystem management by Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt. Yet, ecosystem management, an emerging paradigm for public lands management, has not been defined or criteria established for determining if actions …
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative regulatory approaches under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
The rate of extinction of plant and animal species has accelerated at an alarming rate throughout the 20th century. This depletion has resulted in greater legislative control over wildlife within the United States, and the eventual passage, in 1973, of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA …
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La loi sur les espèces en péril et l'Endangered Species Act: une analyse comparative de deux cadres légaux visant à protéger les espèces en péril
… la Loi sur les espèces en péril du Canada et l'Endangered Species Act des États-Unis. Face au déclin des espèces, les législateurs et les politiciens ont dû chercher à réconcilier la protection des espèces et les considérations socioéconomiques reliées à cette protection. Notre …
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Proactive management of an endangered species on Army lands: The black-capped vireo on the lands of Fort Hood, Texas
Under the Endangered Species Act, federal land managers are obliged to protect threatened and endangered species that occupy lands under their control. In the case of the U.S. Army, this may limit military training and testing activities and other land uses. In order to meet requirements of the Act …
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The Political Water Web of the United States
… these systems are governed by Congressional compact agreements. Water compacts have been influenced by common factors that have reverberated throughout the water-web of the country. These impacts varied in their scale, national level federal regulations, such as the Endangered Species Act of …
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Government land management and the free market in southern Nevada
… of land may represent an impediment to the action of a free market in southern Nevada; The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the largest of several government land managers, consequently this paper concentrates on BLM regulations and practices. The BLM had little power until the passage of …
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The Use of Native Hawaiian Plants by Landscape Architects in Hawaii
… genetic back-up and by outplanting. The Endangered Species Act and Acts 73 and 236 (State Law requiring the use of native Hawaiian plants in State funded projects) were created to protect rare and common native plants and increase the populations and public awareness of these plants. Two …
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The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Polar Bear Conservation Policy: A Descriptive Analysis
Abstract In recent years, the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) has become synonymous with the climate change movement. Prior to concerns over global warming, the biggest threat to polar bears was overharvest and trophy hunting. For decades, policies successfully mitigated population declines as a …
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Movement Patterns of the Kentucky Arrow Darter (Etheosotma spilotum), Frecklebelly Darter (Percina stictogaster), and Southern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster) in Elisha Creek and Gilbert's Big Creek, Red Bird River, Kentucky.
… Etheostoma spilotum is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Percina stictogaster is acknowledged as a species of greatest conservation need in Kentucky by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Over the duration of this study, a totlal of 182 fishes …
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Distribution, Movement, and Ecology of Etheostoma spilotum (Gilbert), the Kentucky Arrow Darter, in Gilberts Big Creek and Elisha Creek, Red Bird River Basin, Clay and Leslie Counties, Kentucky
… Darter (KAD), Etheostoma spilotum, is an endemic species to the Upper Kentucky River Basin and is currently proposed for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ecology and population status of this benthic species is poorly understood, so this study was designed to investigate …
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Population Dynamics and Connectivity Patterns of Adfluvial and Stream-Resident Cutthroat Trout
… LCT) is classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act due to widespread extirpations across its range, and is at increased risk due to drought, habitat fragmentation, and climate change. This study was conducted in the Summit Lake Basin, NV (USA), which has a population of LCT …
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Monitoring Squirrels from the Sky: Applications of Uncrewed Aerial Systems-Based Bioacoustic and Vegetation Monitoring Regimes for Mohave Ground Squirrel
… The Mohave ground squirrel (MGS) is a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act, and occupies a northwest corner of the Mojave Desert, one of the smallest ranges of any ground squirrel (Hoyt, 1972). Several difficulties have been observed in monitoring MGS populations, most …
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Recovery of Oregon Coast Coho Salmon (Onchorhynchus kitsutch) through Restoration of Freshwater Habitats
… Unit (ESU) was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in February 2008. The total number of adult coho salmon returning to Oregon Coast rivers today are between 5-20% of historic levels. Since the 1980s, restoration of freshwater habitat has become a common practice in the …
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Evaluating Volatile Organic Compounds for Contact-Independent Antagonism of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and Assessing the Impact of Fungal Pigmentation on Antifungal Susceptibility
… North America and has led to the listing of impacted species under the US endangered Species Act. Due to the importance of bats to biodiversity and their ecosystem services in agricultural systems, researchers, in conjunction with wildlife management agencies, have been actively exploring …
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The Emergence of the Wyoming Core Area Strategy: "The Sage Grouse Rebellion"
… was supported; the WCAS emerged because the Endangered Species Act listing outputs within the Species Conservation Policy Subsystem threatened the Wyoming Land Use Policy (WLUP) Subsystem's jurisdiction, which was necessary to meet the WLUP Subsystem's economic and lifestyle goals; the …
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Population Status and Trends of the Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera) in The Pearl River Drainage of Mississippi and Louisiana
… It was listed as a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1986 largely due to extensive habitat modification and major habitat degradation throughout portions of its confined geographic range. Despite species protections, alterations to the structure and flow of …
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