Archive: Endangered species

  • Endangered Species Resolution March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to conserve threatened and endangered plant and animal species. WHEREAS, the United States and the states have some of the world’s strictest laws which protect our environment, yet seek to strike a balance between environmental protection and resource production; WHEREAS, the Endangered Species Act may be reauthorized by Congress; WHEREAS, the current Endangered Species does not allow consideration of social or economic consequences in the listing of threatened or endangered species; WHEREAS, the current Endangered Species Act does not adequately consider a role for the states, nor the social and economic […]

  • Protecting Property Rights to Facilitate Species Conservation March 15, 2013

    An act relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional habitat conservation plan or habitat conservation plan or to enter into a conservation agreement. Be it enacted by the State of____________________________ : Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to: (A) establish the requirements for and authority of a governmental entity to regulate wildlife through the development, financing, and implementation of a regional habitat conservation plan or a habitat conservation plan; (B)  encourage governmental entities to use the authority under this Act to develop and implement habitat conservation plans instead of regional […]