UCSB Library Resources
Balancing on the Brink of Extinction: The Endangered Species Act and Lessons for the Future by
Balancing on the Brink of Extinction presents a comprehensive overview of the Endangered Species Act -- its conception, history, and potential for protecting the remaining endangered species.
Call Number: KF5640 .B35 1991 (Print Resource)ISBN: 1559630078Publication Date: 1990-12-01
The Endangered Species Act: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies by
The complex regulations of the Endangered Species Act can be challenging for environmental professionals who must comply with them or assist clients in compliance. This volume discusses the Act using clear scientific prose that all professionals can readily comprehend. It explores the history and the basic scientific theory underlying the Act. It provides an overview of its key provisions and examines the Act in the context of other key environmental planning statutes. The book also details the regulatory processes faced by other government agencies and private developers who must routinely ensure that their actions are in compliance.
Call Number: (Electronic Resource)ISBN: 0429188323Publication Date: 2016-04-19
The Endangered Species Act: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies by
The new model of policy design theory frames the discussion regarding the frequently analyzed Endangered Species Act (ESA) in this historical perspective. Since the 1970s, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), by virtue of its regulatory impact, has been a frequent subject of policy analysis. In this comprehensive history and critique of the ESA, Brian Czech and Paul R. Krausman incorporate the new model of policy design theory to frame a larger discussion about conservation biology and American democracy. Czech and Krausman provide a historical background of endangered species policy that integrates natural history, socioeconomic trends, political movements, and professional developments. Outlining the controversies surrounding the ESA, they find a connection between challenges to species conservation and challenges to democracy. After an assessment of ESA analyses that have been performed from traditional perspectives, they engage policy design theory to review the structural logic of the ESA, analyzing each clause of the legislation for its application of the fundamental elements of democracy. To address the technical legitimacy of ESA, they propose two new genetic considerations--functional genome size and molecular clock speed--to supplement phylogenetic distinctiveness as criteria with which to prioritize species for conservation. Next, they systematically describe the socioeconomic context of ESA by assessing and classifying the causes of species endangerment. A hybrid of policy analysis and ecological assessment, The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of natural resource policy and law, conservation biology, political science, wildlife ecology, and environmental history, and to professionals at agencies involved in wildlife conservation.
Call Number: KF5640 .C99 2001 (Print Resource)ISBN: 0801865042Publication Date: 2001-03-14
The Endangered Species Act at Thirty by
A comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act, this text focuses on the Act's actual implementation record, as well as considering calls for reform of the Act.
Call Number: KF5640 .E482 2006 (Print Resource)ISBN: 1597260096Publication Date: 2005-11-22
Endangered Species Deskbook by
Historical background of the ESA -- Overview and structure of the ESA -- Criteria and procedures for species listing -- Critical habitat designation -- Recovery plans for listed species -- Federal agency conservation obligations and consultation under [section] 7 of the ESA -- Prohibited acts and the "take" definition -- Incidental take permits and habitat conservation plans -- Enforcement and citizen suits -- Federal and state interaction under the ESA -- Interface between the ESA, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Freedom of Information Act -- The ESA and climate change -- International applicability of the ESA -- Application of the ESA to Indian tribes and their lands -- Experimental populations -- Fifth amendment takings and the ESA.
Call Number: KF5640 .L54 2010 (Print Resource)ISBN: 9781585761395Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversity by
Given widespread concern over the worldwide loss of biodiversity and popular crusades to "save" endangered species and habitats, why has the Endangered Species Act remained unauthorized since October 1992? In Fate of the Wild Bonnie B. Burgess offers an illuminating assembly of facts about biodiversity and straightforward analysis of the legislative stalemate surrounding the Endangered Species Act. Fate of the Wild surveys the history of and analyzes the conflict over the legislation itself, the heated issues regarding its enforcement, and the land-use and habitat battles waged between conservationists, environmental activists, and private property proponents. Burgess's meticulous and exhaustive research makes Fate of the Wild a valuable resource for professionals in conservation biology, public policy, environmental law, and environmental organizations, while the narrative clarity of the book will appeal to anyone interested in the fate of nonhuman species. Burgess explains how wilderness has been consumed by concrete and asphalt, the effects of toxins on plants and animals, strip mine tailings, oil slicks, and smog. She exposes, as well, the "invisible" damage that manifests itself in the subtle degradation of natural systems and in the increased incidence and number of diseases, the rise in human infertility, and the drastic alteration of weather patterns and landscapes. Fate of the Wild presents a factual and balanced discussion of the various sides of the contemporary debate over the Endangered Species Act, alongside the author's clearly stated position: We are overpopulating, polluting, and overdeveloping our environment, and as a species we have embarked on a crash course toward a sixth great extinction event on this Earth.
Call Number: QH76 .B87 2001 (Print Resource)ISBN: 0820322962Publication Date: 2001-06-18
Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act by
The first listed species to make headlines after the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 was the snail darter, a three-inch fish that stood in the way of a massive dam on the Little Tennessee River. When the Supreme Court sided with the darter, Congress changed the rules. The dam was built, the river stopped flowing, and the snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee, though it survived in other waterways. A young Al Gore voted for the dam; freshman congressman Newt Gingrich voted for the fish. A lot has changed since the 1970s, and Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy that this sweeping law is alive and well today. More than a general history of endangered species protection, Listed is a tale of threatened species in the wild?from the whooping crane and North Atlantic right whale to the purple bankclimber, a freshwater mussel tangled up in a water war with Atlanta?and the people working to save them. Employing methods from the new field of ecological economics, Roman challenges the widely held belief that protecting biodiversity is too costly. And with engaging directness, he explains how preserving biodiversity can help economies and communities thrive. Above all, he shows why the extinction of species matters to us personally?to our health and safety, our prosperity, and our joy in nature.
Call Number: QH76 .R64 2011 (Print Resource)ISBN: 9780674047518Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species: Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act by
Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species extinctions and support recovery efforts for imperiled species. A controversial law and often subject to political attack, the ESA is successful overall but not without difficulties. Those who enforce the ESA, for example, struggle to achieve viable recovery goals for many species. At the forefront of challenges is a reactive framework that sometimes leads to perverse incentives and legal battles that strain support and resources. Further, few species have been delisted. Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species explores the perspectives, opportunities, and challenges around designing and implementing pre-listing programs and approaches to species conservation. This volume brings together conservation biologists, economists, private and government stakeholders, and others to create a legal, scientific, sociological, financial, and technological foundation for designing solutions that incentivize conservation action for hundreds of at-risk species--prior to their potential listing under the ESA. This forward-thinking, innovative volume provides a roadmap for designing species conservation programs on the ground so they are effective and take place upstream of regulation, which will contribute to a reduction in lawsuits and other expenses that arise after a species is listed. Proactive Strategies for Species Protection is a guidebook for anyone anywhere interested in designing programs that incentivize environmental stewardship and species conservation.
Call Number: S930 .P76 2015 (Print and Electronic Resource)ISBN: 0520960491Publication Date: 2015-03-20
Science and the Endangered Species Act by
Focuses on the science supporting the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and offers recommendations for making the act more effective. Covers species extinction; species definitions; habitat conservation and recovery planning; modern perspectives of habitat; conservation conflicts between species; estimat
Call Number: QH76 .S38 1995 (Print and Electronic Resource)ISBN: 0309052912Publication Date: 1995-10-01
Endangered Species Act - Government Publications
- California Endangered Species Act: Overview of Issues in the Reform DebateCall Number: Government Information, Calif. L960.I87 96-003 (Print Resource)Publication Date: 1996
- Endangered Species Act Consultation Handbook: Procedures for Conducting Section 7 Consultations and ConferencesCall Number: Government Information, U.S., Oversize I 49.6/2:EN 2/4/998 (Print Resource)Publication Date: 1998
- The Endangered Species Act of 1973: US Code, Title 16 1531 et seq.Call Number: (Electronic Resource)Publication Date: 1973
- ESA Basics: 30 years of Protecting Endangered SpeciesCall Number: (Electronic Resource)Publication Date: 2004
- Reference Book of Policies and Guidance for Implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA)Call Number: Government Information, U.S., Oversize C 55.2:EN 2/2 (Print Resource)Publication Date: 1996