Habitat Conservation Plans Under the Endangered Species Act
Why should we save endangered species? Congress answered this question in the introduction to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 Act), recognizing that endangered and threatened species of wildlife and plants “are of esthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people.”
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