Conserving the parks

Article Abstract:

Public attitudes about wilderness began shifting in the 1950s, and the Park Service struggled with the growing tension between recreation and preservation. The 1963 Leopold report stressed conservation, and the Congress reinforced the effort by enacting laws setting out national goals for cleaning up air and water pollution, and saving endangered species, but as the federal administration changed, conservation policies were also modified.

Land, mineral, wildlife conservation, Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions, National Parks, Protection and preservation, National parks and reserves, United States. National Park Service

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Endangered Species Act

Article Abstract:

The 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) holds a special place among the US environmental-protection laws as it was aimed at protecting the plants and animals whose survival was imperiled by pollution and development. The law requires Fish and Wildlife service, under whose jurisdiction the vast majority of species fall, to send Congress a status report on recovery plans every two years.

Interpretation and construction, Environmental law

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Endangered Species Act: Bush policy

Article Abstract:

Several policies adopted or proposed by the US President George W. Bush has weakened key environmental-protection laws and placed additional pressure on struggling species. The Republican-majority Congress passed laws incorporating a number of Bush's proposals impacting wildlife in an effort to curb catastrophic.

Administration of Conservation Programs, Endangered Species, Bush, George W., Natural resource policy

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