What is the government doing about endangered species?

The Endangered Species Program administers the Endangered Species Act. The program aims to enable the recovery of species on the Endangered Species List and to prevent more species from being added to the list through proactive conservation efforts.

How are we protecting endangered species?

Scientists tell us the best way to protect endangered species is to protect the places where they live. Get involved by volunteering at your local nature center or wildlife refuge. Go wildlife or bird watching in nearby parks. Wildlife related recreation creates millions of jobs and supports local businesses.

How are endangered animals protected?

Species Protections Once a species becomes listed as “threatened” or “endangered,” it receives special protections by the federal government. Animals are protected from “take” and being traded or sold.

How can the government help protect endangered species?

Defending and strengthening the Endangered Species Act, which provides an essential legal safety net to prevent the loss of plant and animal species to extinction. Holding federal agencies and others accountable for complying with laws protecting rare and endangered species using cooperation, persuasion, and—where necessary—litigation.

What is EPA’s Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP)?

The goal of EPA’s Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP) is to carry out EPA’s responsibilities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), without placing unnecessary burden on agriculture and other pesticide users.

What is a threat to an endangered species?

Threats to a species from habitat destruction, pollution, over-harvesting, disease, predation and other natural or man-made factors must be reviewed and evaluated before an animal or plant can be placed on the federal endangered or threatened species list.

Should endangered species be part of natural resource management?

Provincial governments share this concern, and in addition have a more political one: that protection of endangered species be considered an aspect of natural resource management, and thus a matter for provincial control.