Endangered Species Examples Laws Species 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
For example, the federal government owns less than 1% in Connecticut but nearly 80% in Nevada. BLM land is particularly important for conservation of the Greater Sage-Grouse and other sageland species. The birds that rely on federal lands therefore include virtually every species that spends meaningful time in the United States.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.
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4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
” How ironic that on the 50th anniversary of this exceptional law, one legislator, Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has taken it upon himself to block this program’s continuing conservation accomplishments. Future generations deserve nothing less.”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2017
The Preliminaries : Paragraphs 1-5 identify the issues at a high level: the lawsuit involves a proposed turbine at a facility near Ottawa NWR in Ohio that will allegedly kill birds in violation of federal law. Paragraphs 32-39 set forth an overview of the laws that plaintiffs argue would be violated if the turbine constructed.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)
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