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Endangered Species Act
(redirected from Endangered Species program)

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Endangered Species Act

A federal law originally intended to protect endangered species on federal land, but expanded to include protections wherever found, including private property.The existence of a protected species on one's land may prevent development or dramatically increase the expenses.This is not considered a condemnation,so there is no government compensation.



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Program seeking help Amateur herpetologists may consider volunteering to help the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, reporting sightings of smooth greensnake, eastern hog-nosed snake, eastern ribbonsnake, eastern musk turtle, spotted turtle, and northern leopard frog.
A case in point: Julie MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary of the Interior who supervised the endangered species program, recently resigned after the department's own inspector general found she had pressured scientists to revise their recommendations and provided confidential documents to energy and agriculture lobbyists.
Virginia, headquarters office of the Endangered Species Program (kelly_bornaday@fivs.
 
 
 
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