Same law, diverging practice: Comparative analysis of Endangered Species Act consultations by two federal agencies.

ABSTRACT: Evaluating how wildlife conservation laws are implemented is critical for safeguarding biodiversity. Two agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (FWS and NMFS; Services collectively), are responsible for implementing the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), which requires federal protection for threatened and endangered species. FWS and NMFS' comparable role for terrestrial and marine taxa, respectively, provides the opportunity to examine how implementation of the same law varies between agencies. We analyzed how the Services implement a core component of the ESA, section 7 consultations, by objectively assessing the contents of >120 consultations on sea turtle species against the requirements in the Services' consultation handbook, supplemented wi

SUBMITTER: Evansen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083319 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature