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Bookmark or Share- Endangered Species Act | Definition & Provisions | BritannicaEndangered Species Act, U.S. federal law passed in 1973 that obligates federal and state governments to protect all species threatened with extinction that fall within the borders of the United States and its outlying territories.
- Summary of the Endangered Species Act | US EPALast updated on September 6, 2023. The Endangered Species Act focuses on conserving threatened and endangered plants and animals. One way EPA helps protect endangered species is through regulating the use of pesticides, and establishing maximum levels for pesticide residues in food.
- Endangered Species Act | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThe Endangered Species Act establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered; provides for adding species to and removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species, and for preparing and implementing plans for their recovery; provides.
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) - LII / Legal Information InstituteOverview. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) ( 7 U.S.C. § 136, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq .) is designed to protect species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
- The Endangered Species Act, explained - National GeographicJanuary 25, 2019. • 9 min read. The United States’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), signed into law in 1973, has helped revive the populations of nearly 300 species. The ESA protects animals that are...
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