Download full textERIC Number: ED304343
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Dec
Pages: 101
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Endangered Species. Management Improvements Could Enhance Recovery Program. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div.
Extinction of animal and plant species has become a serious problem that threatens to become more acute in coming years. The endangered species program was established to prevent further extinctions and ultimately recover species designated as threatened or endangered through the development and implementation of species recovery plans. Concerned about possible program deficiencies, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Envrionment, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, asked the General Accounting Office to determine: (1) the extent to which domestic threatened and endangered species are recovering; (2) federal agencies' progress in developing recovery plans; and (3) whether recovery plans are being implemented. Discussed in this document are The Endangered Species Act of 1973; measurement and development of recovery programs; and guidelines and priorities. Appendices include 18 case studies and comments from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Interior. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conservation (Environment), Endangered Species, Environmental Education, Federal Regulation, Government Role, Legislation, Natural Resources, Public Agencies, Public Policy, Science Education, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
U.S. General Accounting Office, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (first five copies free; additional copies $2.00 each).
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div.
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