THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT of 1973

Cornell Scientific Inquiry Partnership

Cornell University

AMERICAN BUFFALO(BISON)

Steve Maslowski, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Jesse Achtenberg, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Population in 1800: 20-40 Million

George Catlin, Catlin and His Indian Guide Approaching Buffalo under White Wolf Skins, 1846-1848

Alfred Jacob Miller, Driving Herds of Buffalo over a Precipice, 1867

Joselyn Art Museum

L.A. Huffman, 1877

ca. 1873 National Archives

National Archives

ALMOST EXTINCT BY 1878

PASSENGER PIGEON

PASSENGER PIGEON

POPULATION AT ITS PEAK: 2-5 BILLION

PASSENGER PIGEON

EXTINCTION: September 1, 1914, at 1pm

MIGRATORY BIRDS

LEGISLATION BEFORE 1973

1. Lacey Act: 1900

2. Migratory Bird Conservation Act: 1929

3. Bald Eagle Protection Act: 1940

4. Endangered Species Legislation: 1966 & 1969

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT of 1973

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT of 1973

PURPOSES:

1. To protect the ecosystems upon which endangered species depend

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT of 1973

PURPOSES:

1. To protect the ecosystems upon which endangered species depend

2. To preserve and recover endangered species

ESA: MECHANISMS

1. LISTING ENDANGERED SPECIES

2. LAND OWNERSHIP

3. COOPERATION & FUNDING

4. REGULATIONS

1. LISTING ENGANGERD SPECIES

Section 4

- The Secretary of the Interior lists species determined to be endangered or threatened on the basis of the best available science.

1. LISTING ENGANGERD SPECIES

Section 4

- The Secretary of the Interior lists species determined to be endangered or threatened on the basis of the best available science.

- The Secretary of the Interior designates areas of critical habitat for listed species.

2. LAND OWNERSHIP

Section 5- Authorizes the federal government to

purchase land critical for endangered species

- The Power of Eminent Domain

3. COOPERATION & FUNDING

Section 6

- Authorizes cooperative agreements with states, which administer their own endangered species programs

3. COOPERATION & FUNDING

Section 6

- Authorizes cooperative agreements with states, which administer their own endangered species programs

- Authorizes funding for state and private programs that protect endangered species

4. REGULATIONS

Section 7

- Requires that all actions taken or funded by federal agencies protect endangered species

4. REGULATIONS

Section 9

- Makes it unlawful for anyone to “take” endangered species

(“The term ‘take’ means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect.”)

4. REGULATIONS

Section 11

- Authorizes civil & criminal penalties for violating the Act

LEGAL QUESTIONS

1. The Value/Cost of endangered species

- TVA v. Hill 437 U.S. 153 (1978)

TVA v. Hill (1978)

                                        

LEGAL QUESTIONS

1. The Value/Cost of endangered species

- TVA v. Hill 437 U.S. 153 (1978)

2. The meaning of the term ‘take’- Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior v. Sweet

Home Chapter of Communities for a Greater Oregon 515 U.S. 687 (1995)

Babbitt v. Sweet Home (1995)

J&K HollingsworthUSFWS photo

J Brende

ENDANGERED/THREATENEDSPECIES IN NEW YORK

ANIMALSIndiana Bat Blue Karner ButterflyBald Eagle Piping PloverGreen Sea Turtle Eastern Puma (Cougar)Chittenango Snail Shortnose SturgeonRoseate Tern Bog TurtleDwarf Wedgemussel Finback WhaleHumpback Whale Right WhaleEastern Grey Wolf Kemp’s Ridley Sea TurtleLeatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Sea Turtle

ENDANGERED/THREATENEDSPECIES IN NEW YORK

PLANTSNorthern Wild Monkshood

Sandplain Gerardia

Seabeach Amaranth

Leedy’s Roseroot

American Hart’s-Tonge Fern

Houghton’s Goldenrod

Nick Seifert