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Endangered Species Home Page
[FWS]
This is the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service official Web site on endangered species. It includes
species lists and information on each species, laws, Federal
Register Notices, international agreements, "For the Media,"
"Species in the Spotlight," and more.
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Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext
Book by Peter J. Bryant [UCI]
This is a hypertext publication with chapters on global patterns of
diversity, the values of diversity, habitat pollution, exotic
introductions, deforestation, and much more. Chapter 8 has extensive
links on the Endangered Species Act including problems and political
challenges.
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Laws to Protect Our Desert Tortoises
Important laws
and regulations about desert tortoises.
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Wildlife Fact Sheets
This site has fact sheets compiled by the U.S. FWS giving concise
information about endangered species plus links to related sites.
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Reports to Congress
1996-2002:
Summary Reports to Congress on the Recovery
Program for Threatened and Endangered Species, 1996-2002
Introduction: "In 1988 the Endangered Species Act was amended to
include, among other things, a requirement that the Secretaries of the
Interior and Commerce report to Congress every two years on efforts to
develop and implement plans for the recovery of threatened and
endangered species. The Recovery Reports to Congress also provide
information on the status of those species for which recovery plans have
been developed."
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Report to Congress
1994:
Recovery Program: Endangered and Threatened
Species, 1994: Report to Congress
From site:
"This 1994 report to Congress chronicles the success of the Service's
efforts to recover endangered species. A good case study, representing
the success of the Service's recovery efforts is the conservation of the
bald eagle, our national symbol. These birds nested throughout the
United States. In 1967, bald eagle numbers in the lower 48 States had
dropped to approximately 417 nesting pairs. Population declines were
attributed to habitat loss, illegal shooting, and the effects of DDT on
reproductive success. In 26 years, the eagle rebounded to more than
4,000 nesting pairs in 1993. This success was due to reintroductions,
the banning of DDT, public awareness campaigns, aggressive law
enforcement, and other actions involving the Service, States, private
organizations, and the cooperation of the American public. As a result,
on July 12, 1994, the Service proposed to reclassify the bald eagle from
endangered to threatened in all of the lower 48 States."
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Report to Congress
1992:
Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery
Program: Report to Congress 1992
This Report to Congress
presents the recovery progress for all federally listed endangered and
threatened species as of September 30, 1992. The report contains
information on the status of recovery plan development, the status of
all listed species in the United States, a state-by-state breakdown of
listed species, and selected species highlights by state.
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USGS Biological Resources
The BRD mission is to make
data and information on the nation's biological resources more
accessible to more people. It presents a broad collection of information
including links to news releases, factsheets, non-government
organizations, museums, and also state, federal, and international
information.
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National Library for the Environment
[NLE]
NLE provides a list of
links to Web sites on population and the environment, career pages,
State of the Environment Reports (by country, by state, and by world
region). Of special note: it provides links to the respected
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports on environmental issues.
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USA.gov
USA.gov is a World Wide Web information portal for the U.S. government
information. Searches retrieve information from the Endangered Species
Home Page, from the Federal Register, from Committee hearings,
from state government Web pages, and other government sources both state
and federal.
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