The Endangered Species Act : : History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies.

• Author: Doub, J. Peyton.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2012.; Ã2013.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author -- 1. Roots of Endangered Species Conservation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Purpose and Objectives of This Book -- 1.3 Early Roots of Conservation -- 1.4 History of American Conservation and Endangered Species Legislation -- 1.5 The Endangered Species Act -- 1.6 Agencies Administering the Endangered Species Act -- 1.7 International Protection of Endangered Species -- Notes -- 2. Some Basic Concepts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ecology -- 2.3 Autecology and Synecology -- 2.3.1 Autecology -- 2.3.2 Synecology -- 2.4 Species and Taxonomy -- 2.5 Subspecies -- 2.6 Genetics and Natural Selection -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. The Endangered Species Act: The Statute and the Regulations -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Overview of the Statute -- 3.3 Some Basic Definitions -- 3.3.1 Endangered -- 3.3.2 Threatened -- 3.3.3 Proposed -- 3.3.4 Candidate -- 3.3.5 Critical Habitat -- 3.3.6 Delisting and Downlisting: What the Act Seeks to Achieve -- 3.3.7 Extinct: What the Act Seeks to Avoid -- 3.4 The Listing Process (Section 4 of the Act) -- 3.4.1 Criteria for Listing -- 3.4.2 Process for Listing -- 3.4.3 Development of Recovery Criteria and a Recovery Plan -- 3.5 Other Key Sections of the Act -- 3.5.1 Section 7: The Government's Planning and Consultation Process -- 3.5.2 Section 9: You Cannot Knowingly Kill or Harm Listed Species -- 3.5.3 Section 10: But You Can Get a Permit to Do So -- 3.6 Rare Species Designations Outside the Scope of the Endangered Species Act -- Notes -- 4. Related Environmental Statutes and Regulations -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The National Environmental Policy Act -- 4.3 The Clean Water Act -- 4.4 The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act -- 4.5 The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act -- 4.6 The Migratory Bird Treaty Act -- 4.7 Others.

4.7.1 Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) -- 4.7.2 Executive Order 11990 (Protection of Wetlands) -- 4.7.3 Executive Order 13112 -- 4.7.4 National Historic Preservation Act -- Notes -- 5. Section 7: The Federal Consultation Process -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Who Must Comply -- 5.3 Basic Information Sources -- 5.3.1 Web Sites -- 5.3.2 Other Data Sources -- 5.4 Informal Consultation -- 5.5 Targeted Surveys -- 5.6 Biological Assessments -- 5.6.1 Definition and Overview of the Biological Assessment -- 5.6.2 Project Description in a Biological Assessment -- 5.6.3 Description of Potentially Affected Species and Habitats -- 5.6.4 Impact Assessment in a Biological Assessment -- 5.6.5 Impact Assessment from Ecological Risk Assessment Perspective -- 5.6.6 Cumulative Impacts in a Biological Assessment -- 5.6.7 Biological Assessment Conclusions -- Notes -- 6. Take Permits and Mitigation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Incidental Take Permits for Federal Agencies -- 6.2.1 Biological Opinions -- 6.2.2 Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives -- 6.2.3 Incidental Take Statements -- 6.3 Incidental Take Permits for Nonfederal Applicants -- 6.3.1 The Permit Application Process -- 6.3.2 Habitat Conservation Plans -- 6.4 Mitigation -- 6.4.1 Mitigation under the National Environmental Policy Act -- 6.4.2 Wetland Mitigation -- 6.4.3 Endangered Species Act Mitigation -- 6.4.3.1 Avoidance and Minimization -- 6.4.3.2 Compensatory Mitigation -- 6.4.4 The Future of Mitigation -- Notes -- 7. The Endangered Species Act and the States -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Overview of State Endangered Species Regulation -- 7.3 Examples of State Endangered Species Acts -- 7.3.1 Maryland -- 7.3.1.1 Statutes and Regulations -- 7.3.1.2 Other Related Maryland Statutes -- 7.3.2 Florida -- 7.3.2.1 Statutes and Regulations -- 7.3.2.2 Other Related Florida Statutes -- 7.3.3 Texas.

7.3.3.1 Statutes and Regulations -- 7.3.3.2 Other Related Texas Statutes -- Notes -- 8. Future of the Endangered Species Act -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Basic Sources of Support for the Endangered Species Act -- 8.3 Basic Sources of Opposition to the Endangered Species Act -- 8.3.1 Private Property Rights -- 8.3.2 Concern over Depressing Economic Activity -- 8.4 Specific Recent Controversies -- 8.4.1 Republican Contract with America -- 8.4.2 Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, Rapanos, and Other Limitations on Section 404 Scope -- 8.4.3 Proposed Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 -- 8.4.4 Polar Bear Listing -- 8.4.5 Bush Administration 2008 "Midnight Rule Changes" -- 8.4.5.1 Reduction in Formal Section 7 Consultation Requirements -- 8.4.5.2 No Formal Consultation for Effects Manifested through Global Processes -- 8.4.5.3 Allowing EISs and EAs to Serve as Biological Assessments -- 8.4.6 The Tea Party Movement and 2010 Pledge to America -- 8.4.7 The Endangered Species Act and the 2012 Presidential Election -- 8.4.7.1 Mitt Romney -- 8.4.7.2 Ron Paul -- 8.4.7.3 Rick Santorum -- 8.4.7.4 Barack Obama -- 8.5 The Future of the Endangered Species Act -- Notes -- Index.