Where can I find more information on endangered species? A brief
introduction to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is available
from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) publication "ESA
Basics : 40 Years of Conserving Endangered Species"
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/ESA_basics.pdf.
More detailed information, including species currently or
previously listed as endangered, is available from the FWS and
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). - FWS: Endangered Species
Program [http://www.fws.gov/endangered/] - NMFS: Endangered
Species Act [http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/] Because the
ESA requires federal agencies to ensure that actions they
authorize, fund, or carry out do not "adversely impact" any
listed species, or "destroy or adversely modify" any critical
habitat for that species, EPA helps administer the ESA through
its Endangered Species Protection Program
[http://www.epa.gov/espp]. Other government agencies, including
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